German 11, version 02

It is recommended that students complete:
• German 10 or equivalent

Module 1:

Section 1: Describing yourself and others; asking for and giving personal information; making comparisons; describing certain moods and providing reasons; the plural noun; the accusative personal pronoun; the genitive possessive adjective; seitdem; weder . . . noch; the comparative; sprechen Ÿber and accusative; tun
Section 2: Naming clothes and describing what you are wearing; understanding and giving detailed descriptions of people; the indefinite article with adjectives; the plural noun with adjectives; the simple past tense of haben and sein; tun
Section 3: Describing a location; the genitive definite article; als (meaning when); wessen
Section 4: Describing the place where you live; giving your opinion about the place; the imperative form; giving the year; gegenŸber + dative; an + dative + vorbei; the simple past tense
Section 5: Identifying certain jobs; saying what you intend to do when you leave school; saying if you plan to carry on with your studies; saying you are unsure what you want to do; the dative pronoun; zweieinhalb, etc.; the relative pronoun: der, die, das; the future tense; ob; was; the adjective without an article
Module 1 Test covers the work of Module 1.

Module 2:

Section 1: School timetable; describing a typical school day and giving the names of classrooms; giving directions; samstags, etc.; welche; wer, wen, wessen
Section 2: Expressing an opinion about various school subjects; giving reasons for your opinions; saying what you do and do not like; weil; welche; dies; jeder, seit + present tense; the superlative form
Section 3: Giving the names for the various forms of accommodation in Germany; learning about the German system of dividing houses between families
Section 4: Describing your house and your room; seeking and giving opinion; expressing uncertainty; the definite article with adjectives; the relative pronoun: nominative and accusative singular; nominative and accusative plural; the prepositions and their cases; the reflexive pronouns
Section 5: Giving an opinion, expressing intention, weder (conditional tense)
Module 2 Test covers the work of Module 2.

Module 3:

Section 1: Asking or telling someone to do something; helping in a Youth Hostel or a private house; learning the names for dishes and cutlery; offering to set the table and to help in the kitchen; finding out where things are; the infinite used as a noun: wer, wessen, wem, wen, sollen (present tense)
Section 2: Learning the names of food; offering and requesting various foods; expressing degrees of liking; asking and saying where things go in the kitchen; einige, ein paar, etwas, ein StŸck; mšgen; the word order for dative pronoun with a noun; the conditional tense of kšnnen, mšgen, sollen, werden
Section 3: Learning the names of various holidays; describing a holiday; discussing advantages and disadvantages; expressing an opinion; trotz + genitive; ich glaube, da§, ich meine, da§; fractions
Section 4: Asking what kind of accommodation there is in a place and what is available; the pluperfect tense/past perfect tense
Section 5: Making a written reservation at a Youth Hostel, campsite, etc.
Module 3 Test covers the work of Module 3.

Module 4:

Section 1: Making a reservation on arrival at a campsite; making inquiries about a campsite; expressing mild shock
Section 2: Saying and understanding what is and is not allowed; dŸrfen (present tense)
Section 3: Saying what you need at a gas station; explaining that something is wrong with your car and asking to have it checked; using emergency telephones and phoning the automobile club; providing location; erst, da, etwas machen lassen; the dative relative pronoun
Section 4: Train reservations; writing a letter to arrange details of a journey and giving times of arrival, etc.
Section 5: Learning how to obtain medical treatment in Germany; reporting a loss; describing a lost article
Module 4 Test covers the work of Module 4.

Use of an audio tape recorder is compulsory. There are two audio tapes with this course. Audio tapes are available from your Distance Education School. To obtain them you submit a completed rental form and a deposit to the Distance Education School.