LN751     
German: Level Three (Fast Track)

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Requisites

Assumed prior knowledge:

Language skills and knowledge of German at A2 level of the Common European Reference Framework for Languages are required.

Additional requisites:

Knowledge and skills of German at the A2 level of CEFR are required, for example completion of the LSE Language Centre courses LN746 or LN748. 

Participants 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.

All students must take the online aptitude test and gain permission of the tutor in the Needs Analysis Interview to take this course.

Course Aims:

• To develop the ability to use German effectively for purposes of practical communication in familiar contexts
• To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of German
• To improve the pronunciation of German sounds and sentence intonation
• To improve reading comprehension, oral and listening skills as well as written communication
• To improve accuracy in using inflexions, gender and word-order in sentences.
• To enable students to follow and discuss social, political and economic issues related to German-speaking countries at a basic to intermediate language level
• To bring students to level B1 CEFR

Communicative Content:

• Talking and writing about past events and experiences.
• Talking and writing about jobs and professions.
• Asking for and giving advice.
• Talking and writing about future plans.
• Describing the behaviour of people.
• Talking and writing about cultural and social events.
• Expressing your personal opinion in discussions and arguments

Structural Content: Improving the contextual understanding and use of grammatical structures:

• Past and future tenses
• Expressions of time and frequency
• Word order in main and subordinate clauses
• Graduating modal verbs
• Introduction of subjunctive and passive voice

16 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.
22 hours of classes in the Winter Term.

Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

16 hours of classes in the AT. 22 hours of classes in the WT. 2 hours of group tutorial time, as arranged by the teacher during the AT, WT, ST.

• DaF kompakt neu B1, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch + 2 Audio-CDs, (Ernst Klett Publishers), ISBN: 978-3-12-676315-8.

Oral examination (30%)

Continuous assessment (70%)