Introduction to German 1

This module will provide students who are complete beginners in German with an introduction to the language and some basic communication skills.  It will equip students with linguistic "survival skills" such as making contact, introducing themselves, exchanging general personal information and observing general standards of politeness. 

The following lexical and grammar items will be covered: regular and irregular verbs in the present tense, definite and indefinite articles, personal, demonstrative, indefinite pronouns in adjectival form, predicative adjectives, numerals, simple sentence structure, questions, negation.  Students will acquire oral language skills through guided interactive oral exercises in class, supported through independent listening and reading exercises.  Reading and writing skills will be acquired through guided exercises in class, supported by independent reading and writing work.  Learning will also be supported by the use on-line learning environments.

The level of success of the students will be evaluated by means of a mixture of written and oral tests. 

This is an SCQF Level 7 module and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 10 credits.

To view the module descriptor, please visit Programme Specifications and Module Descriptors 

 

Learning Outcomes

• Communicate orally in situations involving personal information and daily activities in Geman at the lower band of A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) 
• Demonstrate basic competence in listening skills in German at the lower band of A1 of CEFR 
• Extract a gist and some specified detail of texts in German relating to letters to friends, public notices, as well as short and uncomplicated pieces of written news at the lower band of A1 of CEFR
• Write short texts in German regarding personal information, basic daily routines and leisure activities and describing people and places, at the lower band of A1 of CEFR 

 

Delivery 

The mode of delivery will typically be 2-hour classes on campus. 

 

Funding 

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates.  Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk.

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone. 

Further enrolment information is available at the Student Information Portal. 

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.