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Courses :
German – I
By Prof. Milind Brahme | IIT Madras
ABOUT THE COURSE :
German I is meant to be an introduction to the German language and a basic orientation towards Germany (and to some extent Austria and Switzerland).Learning to understand and articulate oneself in day to day real life situations, and to begin to make sense of Germany as a cultural space are the overall objectives of the course. Serious learners should be able to grasp the basic sentence structure and build a goodfoundational vocabulary through this course.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Anyone interested in learning elementary German
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Companies / Organisations / Individuals having business / work with Germany, Austria and/or Switzerland
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 12 weeks
Start Date : 25 Jul 2022
End Date : 14 Oct 2022
Exam Date : 30 Oct 2022 IST
Enrollment Ends : 01 Aug 2022
Category :
Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Course layout
Week 1: Themes: Introducing oneself and others; Grammar: W questions, personal pronouns, simple sentence, verb conjugation
Week 2: Themes: hobbies, the week, numbers, the alphabet, months, seasons /Grammar : articles , plural, the verbs to have and to be
Week 3: Theme: In the city / naming places and buildings, means of transport, basic directions / Grammar : definite and indefinite articles; negation – kein and nicht; imperative
Week 4: Themes: food, drink, family / groceries and meals / Grammar : the accusative
Week 5: Theme: Everyday life, telling time, making appointments / Grammar :prepositions am, um, von..bis; modal verbs, possessive articles
Week 6: Leisure activity, celebrations / Grammar: separable verbs, the accusative, past tense of to have and to be
Week 7: Contacts, writing letters / Grammar: dative
Week 8: My apartment, rooms, furniture, colours / Grammar: changing prepositions
Week 9: Professions / Grammar : perfect tense
Week 10: Clothes / Grammar: perfect tense and dative
Week 11: Health and the body / Grammar: the imperative and modal verbs
Week 12: Holiday and weather
Books and references
- Prescribed Textbook: NETZWERK Deutsch als Fremdsprache A1(Goyal, New Delhi, 2015)
- Other recommended books: Schulz-Griesbach: Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Grundstufe in einem Band (for Grammar)
Web Resources
- FACTS ABOUT GERMANY
- ONLINE GERMAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
- PRACTICE MATERIAL: 1st Link | 2nd Link | 3rd Link
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