Language: German Level: Stage 1 Course book title: Willkommen German Beginner s Course Week Topic (and unit in book) Objectives and language functions Grammar and vocabulary Additional activities 1 Chapter 1: Guten Tag - Introduction to course - Greetings and farewells - Giving basic information about yourself: name, where from and where you live - Numbers from 1-10 - Formal and informal speech - The alphabet - Nouns and capital letters - Revision of numbers and letters using car number plates / advertisements - Willk Activity Book p1 ex 1-3 2 Chapter 1 - Re-cap on numbers / alphabet - Questions and answers for information - Check grammar understanding Bk p21 - Present tense endings regular verbs - Conjugation of sein (to be) - Willk Activity Book p 6 ex 1-3 3 Chapter 2 - Re-cap on speaking about yourself and asking questions - Saying how you are feeling - Countries and nationalities - Numbers 11-100 - Countries: exceptions to in - Male / female versions Willk Act Bk p 9-10 4 Chapter 2 - Re-cap on previous learning - Bingo using numbers to 100 - Say more about yourself: marital status and if working - Irregular verbs in present tense - Question words / Word order - Willk Act Bk, p 17 (Sprechen) p18 (Quiz) 5 Chapter 3 6 Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 - Recap on verbs (quia quiz) - Towns and cities (main buildings) - Jobs - Re-cap of jobs and articles - Hobbies / free time - Genders and indef/def articles - Male / female versions - Re-cap on present tense verbs: regular and irregular - Numbers 100+ - Formal and informal - Grammatik Plus regular verbs sheet (if int d) - Willk Act Bk p19-21 - Reading ex: Act Bk p27 (Heidelberg Uni)
- Use of gern 7 Chapter 4 8 Chapter 4 - Hobbies / Free time - Discussing likes and dislikes - Family - Family - Pets - Position of nicht in sentences - Accusative case (direct object) - Intro to plurals - Possessive adjectives Write a short description of yourself as if looking for a penfriend (80 words) - Act Bk p36-37 (reading comprehension) 9 Chapter 5 - Directions - Ordering in cafe - Recap of previous week s grammar (Willk grammar p 74-76) - Imperative - Of (a glass of wine) - Gibt es use of - Act Bk p 38-40 10 Chapter 5 - Re-cap of directions - Re-cap of basics up to week 10 - Cultural: German Christmas - Preferences: gern, lieber, am liebsten Assessment if interested Revision of everything to date 11 Chapter 5 - Ordering food in a restaurant - Shops (for food) - Buying food at a market Movement + acc case (in) - Act Bk p 46-47 12 Chapter 6 - Days of the week / Months of the year - Booking a hotel room - Separable verbs (act bk p55 1/2) - Act Bk p49-51 13 Chapter 6 - Re-cap of booking hotel rooms - Daily Routine - Arranging to go out - Modal verbs - Act Bk p 57
14 Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 - Arranging to go out - Shops / buying things - Recap of acc case - Prepositions with dative case (position) - Test from Willk book: p121-122 15 Chapter 7 - Daily Routine and work - Transport - Acc (movement) and dative case (position) - Willkommen grammar p 139 141 - Act Bk p65 + p69 16 Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 - Recap of chapter 7 - Yesterday talking about the past - Recap of sein and haben present tense - Perfect tense regular verbs - Act Bk p72 17 Chapter 8 - Opposites - Talking about the past - Recap of regular perfect tense (quia quiz) - Perfect tense imperfect - Willkommen grammar p158 160 - Act Bk p80-1 (2) 18 Chapter 9 - Where you live (type of house) - Rooms in a house - Furniture - Acc (movement) and dative case (position) - Prepositions: acc, dat, either/or 19 Chapter 9 - Re-cap on houses - Town vs Country - Comparatives - Superlatives Worksheet on comparatives 20 Chapter 10 - Clothing & Fashion - Colours - Fashion preferences - Recap on all grammar to date (student preferences) Assessment if interested
21 Chapter 10 - Personal appearance - Buying clothes in a shop (s-thing bigger, smaller, in another colour) - Adjectival endings - Personal pronouns - Exercise on adjectival endings - Act Bk p 98 22 Chapter 10 - Party invitations - Giving presents - Acc case (direct object) - dative case (indirect object) - Grammar Willk p197-199 23 Chapter 11 - Holiday destinations - Re-cap of countries, preferences and prepositions - Recap of acc/dat (movement and position) Writing: My favourite holiday 24 Chapter 11 - The weather - The body (parts of) sub-ordinate clauses - Act Bk p106-108 25 Chapter 11 - Health and illness - Going to the doctor / chemist and asking for advice - Indirect Object - Willk Grammar p 218-220 26 Chapter 12 - Making a phone call (formal / informal) - What do you know about Germany/ Austria and Switzerland - Weak nouns - Goethe poem der Erlkönig 27 Chapter 12 - Is German difficult? Why? - Famous Germans: Goethe, Schiller - Research a German (A /S ) and do a short (1-2 mins) talk on him 28 (Palgrave) - Talk by students on a German of choice - Travel (getting tickets for train etc) - Listening Test (if requested) - The future - Future tense - Palgrave p113
29 The Environment 30 What is good / bad for the environment (nb Topic can be changed adapted if no interest) Recap of student requests: role plays etc