Course Content
A1 - Beginner
- essential verb forms (present tense, perfect tense, modal verbs)
- Correct sentence structure in statements, questions, and subordinate clauses
- Articles, plurals, and the most important cases (nominative, accusative, dative)
- Negation with nicht and kein
- Personal pronouns (Ich, mein, mir/mich …)
- Adjectives and comparisons (groß, größer, am größten)
- Prepositions
A2 - Elementary
- Verb tenses (present, perfect, future, simple past of common verbs)
- Sentence structures with connectors (weil, dass, wenn, obwohl, damit …)
- Cases in detail (Nominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, Einfacher, Genitiv)
- Relative pronouns and reflexive structures
- Adjective endings in all cases (with definite and indefinite articles)
- Word order with time expressions and modal particles (doch, mal, ja …)
- Advanced prepositions (two-way prepositions, prepositional verbs, genitive prepositions)
B1 - Intermediate
- Verb tenses in detail (present, perfect, simple past, future, and the subjunctive II for polite requests & hypothetical situations)
- Complex sentence structures with multiple clauses (time, cause, condition, contrast)
- Passive voice in present and past
- Extended use of reflexive verbs and pronouns
- Adjective declension across all cases and after comparative structures
- Word order nuances in subordinate and relative clauses
- Prepositional phrases with specific meanings (Angst vor, warten auf …)
- Indirect questions (Ich weiß nicht, ob … / wann …)
B2 - Upper Intermediate
- Subjunctive I and II (Konjunktiv I & II) for reported speech and hypothetical scenarios
- Advanced passive structures (with modal verbs, state vs. action passive)
- Nominalization of verbs and adjectives (das Lernen, das Gute …)
- Advanced connectors (insofern, soweit, dennoch, folglich, andernfalls …)
- Nuanced use of modal particles (eben, halt, wohl, schon …)
- Word order in long, complex sentences (focus elements, emphasis shifts)
- Extended genitive constructions and prepositional genitive
- Verbal prefixes and their separable/inseparable distinctions in advanced context
C1 - Advanced
- Mastery of all verb forms, including rare subjunctive & conditional nuances
- Advanced reported speech and indirect discourse with Konjunktiv I
- Fine distinctions between passive, causative, and alternative constructions (lassen, werden, sein)
- Stylistic use of complex connectors and discourse markers (obgleich, wohingegen, insofern als …)
- Expanded nominalization for academic and formal registers
- Nuanced adjective and participle constructions (Partizip I & II as attributes)
- Cohesion devices for advanced writing (rhetorical structures, emphasis, inversion)
- Register awareness: grammar choices in academic, formal, and colloquial contexts
- Avoiding common pitfalls of advanced learners (false friends, word order shifts, preposition subtleties)
C2 - Proficiency
