German level 9
Course information
German level 9 is intended for students who already have a high level of German. Upon completing the German level 9 course, you will have a thorough and complete knowledge of basic German. After this course you will, among other things, be able to:
- conduct a conversation about business and personal goals
- write an extensive line of reasoning
- understand a personal story down to the finest details
Who is it for?
This general language training course is designed for those students who have advanced knowledge of the German language.
What will you learn?
During this course, you will increasingly expand your active language skills. The primary aim of this course is to develop your German proficiency, building on your existing knowledge, so that you can express ideas and viewpoints in German with confidence and accuracy, both orally and in writing. You will also be able to understand regional dialects and irony.
By the end of this course, you will recognise jokes and expressions and have some understanding of the content. You will understand reasoning and arguments, be able to express your opinion and use arguments to convince someone. You will be able to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
You will be able to write an extensive line of reasoning using main and subordinate clauses. You will be able to compose a letter of complaint and write a newspaper article. You will also be able to summarise an article. You will understand a job vacancy text and know what is meant by professional qualifications. You will also be able to understand texts on economic topics.
This course builds upon the knowledge gained in German level 8, which is why the goals are in many ways similar. The expansion of the knowledge of the language is mainly in the aspects of writing and grammar.
And grammar?
The grammar you learn during this course includes:
- using the adverbs andernfalls, demnach, folglich, somit, sonst, außer wenn and es sei denn
- recognising if a verb is separable or inseparable
- making prepositional phrases using the dative
- recognising and using verbal and nominal style
- recognising the Konjunktiv I
- recognising and making subject clauses
- making non-attributive subordinate clauses