Beginning German 2 - A2
The training programs German, Level A1, and Level A2, All Skills, form the basis of the following lessons. This course develops your ability to understand German words and expressions and to communicate verbally and in writing. You will speak German confidently with activities designed to perfect your pronunciation and to improve your command of German grammar.
Fernsehturm, Winter, Berlin
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Beginning German 2 picks up the Tell Me More program where Beginning German 1 ends. Therefore, the lesson numbers begin with Lesson 12 of the learning program Beginning German A1, Everyday Situations, All Skills.
Lektion 12. Tiere und Sachen
- Expand your vocabulary for everyday objects found in an office or study.
- Learn vocabulary for animals including descriptive adjectives.
- Learn the "ein"-word pattern, the cases of the indefinite article (a, an).
- Learn the possessive adjectives.
Lektion 13. Eigenschaften
- Learn how to describe oneself, others and objects more completely using adjectives.
- Be able to discuss the weather (an important social skill in almost any culture!)
- Learn vocabulary for discussing one's opinions, feelings and health.
- Practice forming the plural of familiar nouns.
- Use the conjunction "weder ... noch" (neither .. nor).
Lektion 14. Willkommensparty
- Increase your ability to engage in social conversations including the ability to talk about how long you have learned German (review and expand vocabulary for introductions and talking about time and space).
- Learn the present tense of the modal verb "dürfen" (to be allowed to, to be permitted to).
- Learn how to say you or someone else is sorry about something: "es tut jemandem leid," using pronouns and nouns in the dative case.
With this lesson you will come to the end of the TMM program A1. You will now be able to switch your program from "Beginner: All Skills" to "Intermediate: All Skills." Make this change by clicking on your "Training" tab and choosing "Add to my Program." Here you can redefine your program goals and then enter the next lesson, the first lesson of level A2.
You will discover in level A2 a great deal of review of level A1. These reviews will build your ability to express yourself orally and in writing and establish a solid foundation from which to develop your skills.
Lektion 1. Frühstück
- Learn basic vocabulary for breakfast foods and how to order breakfast in a restaurant.
- Review the formation of questions.
- Learn about inseparable-prefix verbs.
- Learn about compound words in German (a very special and interesting feature of the language!)
- Lektion 2. Landeskunde.
Words and grammar are only parts of a system of communication … the cultural context is also important. These brief lessons provide an insight into an aspect of German culture.
Lektion 3. Kaffee oder Tee
- Learn more vocabulary for foods and for expressing your desires in a restaurant - including the ability to send something back to the kitchen!
- Review and expand your ability to describe persons and objects using adjectives.
- Learn about the relationship between verbs and nouns in German: verbs formed from nouns and nouns formed from verbs.
Lektion 4. Hauptgerichte
- Continuing through your gastronomic day, in this lesson you learn how to order the main meal of the day - vocabulary for the different dishes, utensils and courses of a meal.
- You will also learn how to ask for and give recommendations regarding food and drink.
- In the grammatical realm, you will review the use of prepositions for describing locations.
- You will also practice using the modal verb "müssen" (must, to have to) in the present tense.
- Lektion 5. Landeskunde.
Lektion 6. Nachtisch
- Finish your meal with something sweet - learn how to order dessert.
- Then you must deal with the check - learn how to ask for the check in a restaurant and discuss prices.
- Reminisce about your restaurant experience - learn to describe past experiences using the present perfect (also known as the conversational past) tense.
- Learn how to form the participle of verbs, which auxiliary or helping verb to use with which verbs, and how to arrange the elements of a sentence in the present perfect tense.
- Lektion 7. Landeskunde.
Lektion 8. Urlaubsplanung.
- Von Hunger zu Reiselust. From hunger to the urge to travel - by learning how to reserve a vacation home or apartment, in Lesson 16 you will review and expand vocabulary related to housing, rooms, furniture and appliances.
- You will also review vocabulary for talking about dates and times. In doing so, you will learn how to use the ordinal numbers in German.
- In exploring what is or is not available in the vacation accomodations, you will learn how to use the phrase "es gibt ..." ("there is / there are ...").
- You will learn two new ways to describe things or persons: with the genitive case and with relative clauses.
When you have completed Lektion 8, take the Language Achievement Test in Tell Me More. You will find it on your TMM Homepage by clicking the "Tests" tab. This assessment becomes available when you have completed thirty-six hours of practice with Tell Me More.
Congratulations on your new level of proficiency! Let your instructor know whether you want your Language Achievement Test outcome entered on your Certificate of Course Completion.