Elementary German 2

Overview

You’ll learn to express your opinions on everything from the weather to what is important to you in life. You’ll also learn how to deal with everyday situations of mounting complexity. 

Grammar is explained in plain English and there are lots of opportunities to practise using tenses, correct endings and word order. You’ll also deepen your awareness of the cultural diversity of German-speaking countries.

After successfully completing this Elementary German 2 course at The Open University UK, you will receive a digital badge. This can be shared on social media, added to email signatures or act as a certificate.

You will learn

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• communicate in increasingly complex situations, for example, knowing what to do if you lose something valuable, and how to complain about poor service, understand train announcements, and deal with disruption to your travel plans and problems when driving
• express your opinions on a variety of themes and topics, such as lifestyle, daily routines, leisure activities, landscapes and geography, and travelling
• talk about past events, using the perfect tense and imperfect tense, where appropriate
• understand statistical information and make comparisons
• improve your German pronunciation and intonation
• enhance your intercultural understanding through engaging with learning materials which reflect German-speaking countries and their people and through learning about places and sightseeing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. For example, you will look in depth at things like changes in family life and population structure, how life in the countryside has changed and some important German writers.

The course is designed to help you achieve a level of language proficiency equivalent to level A1 of the Council of Europe Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).