Course Details
German for Beginners
Academic Year 2025/26
VYN001 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
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
Vocabulary: meeting others, introducing yourself, family, food and drink, living in a house or a flat, my day, free time, learning
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Entry Knowledge
None.
Aims
Basic understanding of simple expressions and phrases, elementary situations
Target level according to the CEFR: A1 lower
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.
Target level according to the CEFR: A1 lower
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.
Basic Literature
NIEBISCH, Daniela. Schritte International NEU 1. Hueber, 2016.
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