German Year 3 (Intermediate)

Please note that some topics of German 2 will be revised at the beginning of the academic year. The course outline below is only a guide and topics will be studied according to students' needs and progress.

Course content

Term 1

Topics covered

Revision German 2, Work and leisure time; family, youth and social affairs; events, parties and traditional festivals

Grammatical structures

Revision German 2: perfect tense and cases, Subjunctive II (e.g. wenn-sentences), modal verbs, reflexive verbs, various connectors

Learning objectives

o Expressing wishes
o Expressing yourself more politely
o Talking about events that may/or not happen
o Giving and getting advice
o Discussing aspects of your work-life balance
o Talking about advantages and disadvantages of different jobs
o Discussing social affairs and reading adapted articles about the topic
o Inviting people to events (e.g. parties)
o Making and changing appointments

Term 2

Topics covered

Education in German speaking countries and elsewhere, cuisine and products in German speaking countries; film

Grammatical structures

Tense system, passive voice, relative clauses, indirect questions, more connectors

Learning objectives

o Narrating events using various the past tense
o Discussing future events
o Discussing aspects of the education system in German speaking countries
o Talking about food and exchanging recipes
o Describing processes
o Watching and discussing films
o Reading biographical information and reviews
o Describing people and items in detail

Term 3

Topics covered

Travel and places of historical and architectural interest; music, literature and art; sport events

Grammatical structures

Local prepositions, imperative, negation, verbs plus preposition, infinitive plus "zu", comparative and superlative

Learning objectives

o Talking about travelling
o Making travel arrangements
o Reading travel guides
o Discussing places of interests in German-speaking countries
o Discussing creative work
o Talking about and discussing advantages and disadvantages of certain sports and hobbies
o Comparing places with each other
o Expressing disagreement, intentions, disappointment
o Argumentation: developing a critical point of view