Course Detail

Goethe A1

The Goethe A1 (Start Deutsch 1) Zertifikat exam has 4 parts: Reading (Comprehension), Writing, Listening and Speaking. The pattern that we will follow is how small children learn their native language. That is, they first learn to speak and they increase their vocabulary by learning new words. The rest follows. The course will deal with the following broad topics:

Speaking

• Introduction of yourself and others
• Answering questions about your address, telephone number, occupation, hobbies and so on
• Occupations
• Hobbies
• Eating and drinking
• Shopping
• The family
• The house
• Means of transport
• Time, months, seasons, directions
• Clothing
• Places in the city
• Travel
• Parts of the body
• Going to the doctor

Reading

• Nouns – Gender (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter)
• Verbs – inseparable and separable, modal verbs, their conjugation
• Cases – Nominativ, Akkusative and Dativ
• Prepositions
• Pronouns and possessive pronouns
• Adjectives
• Opposites
• Positive, Comparative and Superlative degree

Writing

• Filling out a form
• Writing a letter or email to a friend
• Tenses – Present, Past and Perfect
• The W-questions – What, Where, Why, When, Which, etc.

Listening

Announcements in a store or mall

Announcements in a train, bus or train station

Announcements about weather

Telephone conversations between two persons