German Level 4

German Level 4

Course Description

Level 4 Classes: This course suits people who have recently completed Level 3 or have acquired language skills which encompass communicative themes and grammatical points covered in Level 3. In Level 4, you will gain confidence in speaking in a variety of communicative situations, including giving a voluntary presentation in front of the class on a topic of your choice. This is not compulsory. 

In Level 4, we work at the A2 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages*). 

Term duration 10 x weekly 2-hour class, Thursday evenings, 6:15pm to 8:15pm 

Key Language

Communicative themes may cover: 

• Geography and culture of some German-speaking countries (e.g. Germany, Austria, Switzerland) 

• German literature – fairy tale 

• Current events  

• Describing people 

• Travel – Railway station, Lost and Found Office 

• At the department store 

• Feature film screening and subsequent discussion 

Key grammatical points covered include: 

• Revision of complex sentences and sentence connectors 

• Consolidation of word order and sentence structure   

• Revision of noun cases  

• Revision of the Perfekt spoken past tense 

• Consolidation and expansion of the Imperfekt (written) past tense – e.g. er hatte, du warst, wir konnten, sie ging, ich machte, etc.  

• Declension of adjectives before nouns – e.g. Das ist ein großes Auto. Du hast einen schönen Hund. 

• Consolidation of Subjunctive Konjunktiv II for wishes, polite requests, and for making suggestions – e.g. Du könntest mich morgen anrufen. 

*CEFR levels indicated on our level descriptors are not a guarantee that you can take the associated German exam for this level. If you would like to take an external German exam, for instance the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 (there is an exam centre in London), please speak to your tutor to discuss what they think would be most appropriate. 

For more information visit: https://uealanguageprogramme.org/evening-classes