German Pre-Intermediate Term 3

This course is designed for students who have been studying German for around three years but
who are looking to consolidate their learning in a relaxed environment.
The course includes practice of the four language skills – speaking, listening , reading and writing
but will focus particularly on the first three.
We will start off by building on acquired knowledge and skills and there will be plenty of revision of
topics and grammatical structures.

Themes and topics include:

• Getting back together after a break, talking about experiences
• Living and housing
• Work and careers
• Health and the body
• Food and eating out
• Travel and holidays
• Nature and weather
• Family and relationships
• Media and technology
• Festivals and culture
• Learning languages
• Looking ahead

Grammatical structures include:

• Present, past and future tenses
• Modal verbs
• Separable verbs
• Reflexive verbs
• Common dative verbs
• Word order
• Cases ( prepositions and function within sentences )
• Adjectives ( endings , comparatives & superlatives )
• Pronouns ( personal, possessives, relative )

For my current students, we will be finishing off the Willkommen 1 course book chapter 12 but
new students need not purchase this. A new course book title is yet to be confirmed but will not
be needed for the first few weeks of the September term.

We will also use a wide range of other materials such as magazine articles, songs, poems, video
clips and online exercises.
There will be plenty of opportunity to practise pronunciation, develop grammatical skills, expand
vocabulary and gain confidence in speaking German.
Our main objective is to practise and consolidate spoken and written German and have fun while
doing so. Also, komm und mach mit!