German C1 Level Course Overview
Topics Covered
Introduction
– Advanced greetings and formal introductions
– Setting course expectations and objectives
Family and Occupation
– Detailed vocabulary for family dynamics and professional roles
– Using advanced possessive articles (unser, euer) and perfect and präteritum tenses
Living, Moving, Interior
– Vocabulary for sophisticated discussions about living spaces, moving processes, and interior design
– Mastery of changing prepositions with accusative and dative cases
Tourism, Nature, Evaluation
– Advanced vocabulary for tourism, environmental discussions, and critical evaluations
– Techniques for word construction: turning verbs into nouns
Shopping, Grocery, Measurements
– Vocabulary for complex shopping scenarios, grocery items, and measurements
– Adjective declension with indefinite articles
Planning, Reporting, Postcards, Emails
– Advanced writing skills for detailed planning, reporting, and formal communications
– Adjective declension with definite articles
Suggestions, Objections, Events
– Formulating sophisticated suggestions and objections
– Advanced prepositions of time
Giving and Receiving Advice, Sport
– Vocabulary for nuanced advice-giving and discussions about sports
– Mastery of subjunctive II, advanced prepositions of time, and adverbials
Health, Accidents, Empathy, Hope
– Discussing health issues, accidents, expressing empathy, and hope with advanced vocabulary
– Use of conjunctions for complex sentence structures
Work Environment, Evaluation
– Vocabulary for detailed evaluations and discussions about the work environment
– Adjective declension after zero articles
Restaurant, Placing Orders, Payment
– Advanced vocabulary for dining out, placing detailed orders, and discussing payment options
– Using the conjunction dass for complex sentence structures
Congratulations, Gratitude
– Expressing congratulations and gratitude in formal contexts
– Using reflexive verbs in advanced scenarios
Surprise, Comparison
– Expressing surprise and making detailed comparisons
– Using conjunctions like wenn in complex sentences
Grammar Topics
Modal Verbs
– Advanced usage of common modal verbs (müssen, sollen, dürfen, können, etc.)
Conditional | Subjunctive (Konjunktiv II)
– Mastering verbs like “könnten, sollten, müssten” and “hätten, wären, würden” for hypothetical and polite expressions
Passive Voice
– Forming and using passive voice in complex sentences
Accusative and Dative Prepositions
– Differentiating between nuanced expressions such as “to be inside” vs. “go into” or “put something on a table” vs. “sit on a sofa”
Accusative and Dative Verbs
– Using articles, personal pronouns, and possessive pronouns with advanced accusative and dative verbs
Indirect Speech
– Recognizing and using indirect speech in advanced writing and articles
Relative Sentences
– Using relative pronouns (which/how) in complex sentence structures
Prepositional Pronouns
– Constructing sentences like “I am interested in learning German” (Ich interessiere mich dafür, Deutsch zu lernen) with fluency
Adjective Endings
– Mastering adjective endings that are case-sensitive, gender-dependent, and influenced by definite and indefinite articles