Close sidebar Home » Services and Admin » Language Centre » Languages » German » German A2 Open sidebar menu German 201 A2: Communication and grammar skills This course is addressed to learners with some previous knowledge of German. Participants have either completed the EUI A1 level or have sat an EUI placement test. The course starts in October and continues throughout the academic year completing the A2 level in June. However, it is possible to participate in single terms. EUI language courses are free for EUI PhD and LL.M. researchers, but most other EUI members have to pay a nominal fee. German 201 Communication and Grammar skills CEFR level A2 All EUI members Length of course 24 weeks, 72 hours divided into 3 terms: First term: 16 October 08 December 2023 8 weeks 24 hours Second term: 15 January 22 March 2024 10 weeks 30 hours Third term: 15 April 24 May 2024 6 weeks 9 hours Time Third term starts on 16 April 2024 Tuesday 15:30 - 17:00 Place & Instructor Convento De Saussure room Karen Diehl Enrol now » German A2: Communication and grammar skills Learning outcomes By the end of the course students will have reached level A2 of the Common European Framework be able to interact in areas of immediate personal relevance be able to ask for and give information on everyday topics and their own field of research be able to express preferences, opinions, hypothesis understand short, clear messages and announcements be able to find information in a text be able to write simple connected texts Course contents Course materials are provided by the German teacher. The course includes work on the following: Reading: informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest; texts that consist of general language and academic-related language (fields of research, academic professions and positions) Writing: simple texts in the past, present and future tense; short connected texts, requests and answers Listening: understanding clear and simple spoken texts, recognize concrete information in dialogues and announcements Speaking: social conversations, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple conversations on topics of personal and professional interest Basic grammar and syntax Learning methods and activities In this course we work with various methods such as the cognitive, constructivist, audio-lingual/ audio-visual and communicative approach in order to train all the language skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing) and to suit the needs of different types of learners. Activities in and out of class include: expanding your vocabulary grammar and syntax exercises reading and writing texts listening and speaking exercises (phonetics and intonation) conversations, discussions videoclips, online materials Page last updated on 19 April 2024