Cross-cutting

German A2

German 85 hours

Introduction

With this training programme in German A2 Students will be able to understand phrases and expressions commonly used phrases relating to everyday life (very basic personal and family information, shopping, place of residence, employment, etc.), provided that the interactions take place at a pace slow and clear. Also, you need to be able to communicate effectively when carrying out simple, everyday tasks which require nothing more than simple and direct exchanges of information on matters with which they are familiar or which are routine, and which describe in simple terms aspects of their the past and its context, as well as issues relating to their immediate needs.

Objectives

  • Understand frequently used phrases and expressions related to areas of expertise.

  • Describe, in simple terms, aspects of their the past and its context.

  • To know the pronunciation and intonation German words and phrases.

  • Learning how to apply the different varieties linguistic and socio-cultural from German.

Table of Contents

TEACHING UNIT 1. LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC CONTENT

  1. Vocabulary development

TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMAR TOPICS

  1. Prayer
  2. Nouns and adjectives
  3. The superlative form: adj + ste / am + adj + sten. Irregular superlatives (beste, am besten)
  4. Determinants
  5. Pronouns
  6. Verbs
  7. Adverbs
  8. Links

TEACHING UNIT 3. SPELLING CONTENT

  1. Expansion of the spelling content for Level A1:
  2. Spelling of foreign words
  3. Syllabic structure. Word division at the end of a line

TEACHING UNIT 4. PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL CONTENT

  1. Phonemes and suprasegmental features: significant aspects, elements that contrast with the mother tongue and other known languages (primarily English)
  2. Phonemes that may present difficulties: ch, sch, b, w, v, r, z, st, sp, s, ss, β, ä, ü, ö, h
  3. Pronunciation of the diphthongs ‘ei’, ‘eu/äu’ and ‘ie’
  4. Vowel length
  5. Pronunciation of endings: -ig /-ich/, -ag /-ach/, -d / -t
  6. Pronunciation of the -r at the end of a word or syllable
  7. Pronunciation of compound words
  8. Word stress. Stress in: Simple words. Foreign words. Derived words. Compound words
  9. Verbs with separable and non-separable prefixes
  10. Satzakzent: intonation and melody
  11. Function words
  12. Main models of intonation:

TEACHING UNIT 5. SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT

  1. Everyday life
  2. Leisure activities
  3. Human and social relations
  4. Living and working conditions
  5. Values, beliefs and attitudes
  6. Body language
  7. Social conventions
  8. Basic Geography

TEACHING UNIT 6. FUNCTIONAL CONTENT

  1. Assertive behaviour
  2. Binding acts
  3. Management decisions
  4. Phatic and solidarity-based acts
  5. Expressive acts

TEACHING UNIT 7. DISCURSIVE CONTENT

  1. Textual Coherence: The text’s suitability to the communicative context
  2. Language variety.
  3. Textual Cohesion: The internal organisation of the text. Introduction, body and conclusion of the textual unit
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