What you’ll learn
- At the A2 level you will learn to communicate in more detail about yourself, family, friends, everyday shopping, work and hobbies.
- You begin understanding commonly used expressions about a wider variety of topics related to the environment around you.
- You can describe your background and education, immediate surroundings and needs in a simple way.
- You will find it easier to exchange information regarding routine situations and activities.
- You will be guided on how you should answer to score high in the Goethe - Zertifikat A2 exam, with special emphasis on the Writing and Speaking parts where your performance depends entirely on your own creativity
Course Content
A2.1-1 ( Opposites / The Perfect Tense / Forming the Perfect Tense using “to have” and “to be” )
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PDF Notes
A2 exam
Speaking:
- Introduction of yourself, elaborating on your education, future plans, family, hobbies and so on
- Answering questions about your occupation, interests and so on
- Speaking on common topics like work, holidays, shopping, travel, expenses, going to the doctor, etc.
- Planning an event like a party, celebration, visit, outing, etc.
Reading:
- Personal pronouns and possessive pronouns
- Adjectives
- Opposites
- Positive, Comparative and Superlative degree
- Connecting words – and, but, or, because, so, if, whether, in case
- Reading passages and answering questions on them
Writing:
- Writing an SMS to a friend and a formal letter or e-mail to an office, travel agency, hotel, boss, colleague, etc.
- Tenses – Present, Past and Perfect
- Past tense of modal verbs
- Cases – Akkusativ, Dativ and Genitiv
- W-questions – What, Who, Where, Why, When, Which, Whose, etc.
Listening:
- Announcements in a store, mall or public place
- Announcements in a train, bus, train station, airport, etc.
- Announcements about weather forecasts
- Telephone conversations between two persons
- Conversations and interviews
This course includes
- 5 videos of intensive training to prepare for the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 exam
- 2 downloadable pdf files of training material and practice exercises
- 4 downloadable A2 model tests of the Goethe Institut
- Solutions of model tests including letter-writing and speaking parts
- Word list for A2 level vocabulary
- Book list which includes links to videos and supplementary practice material
Requirements
- Laptop or desktop computer or tablet
- Stable internet connection
- For the A2 level prior knowledge of German is required. Learners with no prior knowledge of German are advised to take the combined A1+A2 course
Description
This course will enable the learner to achieve the desired level of proficiency in the German language to be able to take the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 (Start Deutsch 2) exam. The course is divided into 2 parts – A2.1 and A2.2. There are 5 lesson videos – 3 for A2.1 and 2 for A2.2. Each video builds on the previous one to help the learner with knowledge of German at the A1 level to gradually progress to a proficiency level suitable for taking the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 exam of the Goethe Institut. All the study material and practice exercises will be available as downloadable pdf files.
Instructor
Sudha
German Teacher & Online Course Creator
Hello dear students,
I am Sudha, your German teacher. I started learning German in 1977 as my second language in Class 11. This was mostly the written form of the language with translation playing a major role in those days. My speaking skillls were quite limited. I actually started speaking German when I went to Germany to do research in Chemistry in 1991.
There were two women (eine chinesische Professorin und eine ungarische Studentin) who only spoke German besides their native language, because of which I was forced to speak German. This is when I realized that you don’t really know a language unless you can speak it – a learning experience that I am incorporating into my teaching method.
Some years ago, when I was teaching Chemistry to Engineering undergraduates, one day some students approached me with a surprising request. They had somehow found out that I knew German, and they wanted me to teach them. Unfortunately, I had to disappoint them at that time, but these students were the inspiration for me to teach German and I promised myself that I would, once I retired from Chemistry. I decided that I should teach German with the purpose of giving people the necessary boost to achieve their life’s goals.
And what is more appropriate than training them for the Goethe A1 and A2 exams for kickstarting their career? In order to do this meaningfully, I reasoned that I need to know first-hand how the Goethe exams are conducted, if my students are to genuinely benefit. Until then, I had not taken any exam of the Goethe Institut. I first took the C1 and then the C2 (GDS) exam. Passing these exams at the first attempt gave me a lot of insight as to how I need to tailor my teaching methods so that my students are able to pass the A1 and A2 exams at the first attempt. I wish you all the very best for the exams.
Sudha
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This course includes:
5 videos of intensive training to prepare for the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 exam
2 downloadable pdf files of training material and practice exercises
4 downloadable A2 model tests of the Goethe Institut
Solutions of model tests including letter-writing and speaking parts
Word list for A2 level vocabulary
Book list which includes links to videos and supplementary practice material