Course Details

German for Beginners

Academic Year 2022/23

VYN001 course is part of 11 study plans

B_A+U Summer Semester 1st year

B_A+U Summer Semester 1st year

BPC-VP Summer Semester 1st year

B_A+U Winter Semester 1st year

B_A+U Winter Semester 1st year

BAK-EP Winter Semester 1st year

BAK-ESBD Winter Semester 1st year

BAK-MIn Winter Semester 1st year

BAK-PM Winter Semester 1st year

BAK-UAD Winter Semester 1st year

BPC-VP Winter Semester 1st year

Grammar: conjugation of verbs to be, to have and other basic verbs, separable prefixes, personal and possessive pronouns, word order in a sentence, negation, definite and indefinite article, plural, numbers, time expressions, modal verbs können and wollen, prepositions, past tense ("Perfekt")

Vocabulary: meeting others, introducing yourself, family, food and drink, living in a house or a flat, my day, free time, learning

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Objective

Basic understanding of simple expressions and phrases, elementary situations
Target level according to the CEFR: A1 lower

Knowledge

The student will be able to understand simple expressions and phrases and will be able to communicate in very basic situations. The student will achieve the target level A1 lower according to the CEFR.

Prerequisites

None.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/254556

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1st week: personal pronouns, preposition aus, verbs sein, kommen, sprechen, the alphabet, topic: meeting people, introducing yourself
2nd week: revision, verbs leben, haben, preposition in, topic: family, filling in a form
3rd week: numbers 0-20, possessive pronouns, topic: family, personal details
4th week: word order, indefinite article, plural, verb essen, topic: food and drink
5th week: numbers 21-100, negative, definite article, advebs hier/dort, topic: living in a house or a flat
6th week: questions, numbers 100-1 000 000, negative nicht, adjectives, téma: furniture
7th week: separable prefixes, prepositions an, um, von, topic: telling the time, days of the week
8th week: verbs sehen, arbeiten, verb position in a sentence, topic: daily routine, weather
9th week: accusative, vebs lesen, treffen, schlafen etc., topic: hobbies
10th week: modal vebs koennen, wollen, past tense – intro, topic: plans and goals
11th week: past tense („Perfekt“) with sein and haben, topic: learning goals
12th week: revision, test