Course description

SLS offers a 16-hour German Beginner 1 Course for those who wish to learn basic conversational German for the first time. Available at our convenient Sydney CBD location during weeknights or weekends, our course is ideal for those who work full time.

All language courses come with free training materials and you’ll enjoy our small class sizes for a great interactive learning experience. Upon completion, you’ll also receive a Certificate of Participation.

Who should take this class?

German Beginner 1 Students who have no knowledge of the language, wants to begin a course of study and wants to know simple words and phrases to start communicating with a German friend/partner/speaker

Program

Week 1    Greetings and goodbyes; Pronunciation; Numbers; Articles: der, die, das; Special letters of the German alphabet

Week 2   Introductions (yourself, family members); Categorise some German nouns; Numbers up to 100; Countries; About the nominative case

Week 3    Express likes/dislikes/favourites; Formulate questions; Numbers up to 10000; Talk about hobbies; Use question words; Verb endings in the present tense

Week 4    Telling time; Birthdays; Days of the week; Months of the year; About the accusative case

Week 5    Reading and understanding basic German texts; Describe leisure time activities; Names of the seasons

Week 6    Recap of previous lessons; Currencies/money; use modal verbs

Week 7    Shopping in Germany; Agree/disagree with someone; Different secitons of a department store; Verbs “habeb” and “sein”; Irregular verbs

Week 8    Names of quantifiers; Names of clothing; Adjective endings; The perfect tense

What’s special with the course?

The fee includes:

• Free Training Material (handouts, not including CDs or books)
• Free end-of-course certificate of participation
• 10% discount to any other language classes

Expected Outcome

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• pronounce all the sounds and tones in German
• say hello, goodbye, thank you, and greetings
• tell and listen to the time
• tell your nationalities
• say numbers, weeks, months, and years
• order food at a restaurant
• asking for direction
• get a taxi or buy a train ticket
• currency exchange

Book used for the course: 

• Fast Track German: Teach Yourself
• Deutsch Downunder: German Course Book 1

• Duration: 8 weeks x 2 hours = 16 hours
• Time:        6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Cost:         $330 + GST = $363
• Mode of Delivery: Face-to-face class

No class to suit you? Please JOIN the waiting list and we’ll notify you when a new class is scheduled or if a place becomes available. 

How to Enroll and Pay:

Please Note:

• The enrolment fee must be paid at least one week in advance of the course commencement date.
• All classes need a minimum of 5 students to go ahead.
• If your course does not have enough students, it will be cancelled and you will be informed via SMS or email two days before the starting date. Alternatively, we may re-schedule the course to get more enrolment or still offer the course for 4 students with a slightly higher tuition fee with your agreement.
• If the course is cancelled due to low Enrolment, you will receive a full refund and 10% off next time when you enroll again into the same course.