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
Institute
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
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