LN748 German: Level Two (Fast Track)

Some previous knowledge of German at the A1 level CEFR is required, e.g. completion of the LSE Language Centre courses LN742 or LN744. Students should also:

demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework and all assessments;
dedicate at least two hours per week for coursework in addition to classes.

Admission into the course upon tutor’s approval. All students must take the online aptitude test and gain permission of the tutor in their Needs Analysis Interview to take this course. Students are expected to be experienced language learners with a basic knowledge of English / German grammar terms.

Course Aim:

To develop the ability to use German effectively for purposes of practical communication in familiar work and social contexts
To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of German.
To improve pronunciation and sentence intonation.
To improve basic knowledge of grammatical gender, word-formation and word-order.
To deal with a range of predictable simple language tasks using a limited range of language to meet the needs of differing but familiar situations and topics.
To bring students to level A2 CEFR.

Communicative Content:

Asking for and giving personal information, directions and opinions;
Talking about actions, describing people, objects and places;
Talking about likes, dislikes, expressing preferences and making comparisons.
Expressing intentions, ignorance and proposing alternatives
Expressing frequency
Describing feelings, events and objects in the past
Talking about habitual actions in the past
Talking about festive events, invitations, plans
Asking for and giving advice.

Structural Content: Introducing the basics of German grammar in the following areas:

Grammatical gender and plural of nouns
Adjectives and adjectival endings
Present tense of regular, modal and some irregular/strong verbs
Direct and indirect objects; complements
Personal and possessive pronouns
Prepositions taking the dative and/or accusative case
Present perfect of regular and irregular/strong verbs
Frequency adverbs; numbers
Combining Perfect and Präteritum/Imperfekt
Expressions of time
All three forms of the imperative;
Word order in main and subordinate clauses

16 hours of classes in the MT. 22 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.

This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

DaF kompakt neu A2, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch + 2 Audio-CDs (Ernst Klett Publishers), 2016. ISBN: 978-3-12-676314-1.

Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT and LT.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.

Department: Language Centre

Total students 2019/20: Unavailable

Average class size 2019/20: 12

Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.