German-I

IIT Madras, , Prof. Prof. Milind Brahme

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

German I is meant to be an introduction to the German language and a basic orientation towards Germany (and to some extent Austria and Switzerland).Learning to understand and articulate oneself in day to day real life situations, and to begin to make sense of Germany as a cultural space are the overall objectives of the course. Serious learners should be able to grasp the basic sentence structure and build a goodfoundational vocabulary through this course.

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Lecture 1: Herzlich willkommen!

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COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1: Themes: Introducing oneself and others; Grammar: W questions, personal pronouns, simple sentence, verb conjugation

Week 2: Themes: hobbies, the week, numbers, the alphabet, months, seasons /Grammar : articles , plural, the verbs to have and to be

Week 3: Theme: In the city / naming places and buildings, means of transport, basic directions / Grammar : definite and indefinite
articles; negation - kein and nicht; imperative

Week 4: Themes: food, drink, family / groceries and meals / Grammar : the accusative

Week 5: Theme: Everyday life, telling time, making appointments / Grammar :prepositions am, um, von..bis; modal verbs, possessive articles

Week 6: Leisure activity, celebrations / Grammar: separable verbs, the accusative, past tense of to have and to be

Week 7: Contacts, writing letters / Grammar: dative

Week 8: My apartment, rooms, furniture, colours / Grammar: changing prepositions

Week 9: Professions / Grammar : perfect tense

Week 10: Clothes / Grammar: perfect tense and dative

Week 11: Health and the body / Grammar: the imperative and modal verbs

Week 12: Holiday and weather