The course will integrate all four language skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, throughout class and home assignments and provide guidance and practice to develop essential study skills. The main focus will be on understanding and speaking German of moderate difficulty, and you will be introduced to the contemporary civilization and culture of the German peoples through the textbook and supplementary materials from the Internet, CDs, etc. You will also study some of the major grammatical and structural aspects of the language.

CILO-1: Understand familiar words and simple sentences which refer to the students’ family and familiar objects and concepts around them. CILO-2: Speak simple sentences and make themselves understood, ask and answer simple questions, if they are familiar and refer to the immediate surroundings. CILO-3: Use simple expressions and sentences to describe people and the living environment. CILO-4: Write a short message, letter or postcard, e.g. from holidays, fill in forms with personal information.