Upon the successful completion of the Language Immersion Course German (DaF) 1, students will acquire the following competencies regarding the German language:

• greet others and introduce themselves
• communicate about classroom-related topics
• talk about Austrian cities and famous Austrians
• give personal details about themselves
• interact with others in short conversations in public spaces (e.g. at the train station)
• provide telephone numbers and personal data
• make short phone calls
• arrange a meeting with someone
• ask about directions (different places in the city)
• book a hotel room
• talk about nationalities
• write short e-mails
• talk about living in Austria
• ask questions about the time and discuss the parts of the day
• make requests
• describe objects
• read announcements
• talk about professions and describe roles
• talk about movies
• order food and drinks at public places
• talk about their daily routine
• talk about their family
• express agreement and disagreement

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This is a beginners' course for students with little or no prior German language knowledge (at CEF level A1). The following language topics will be covered in this module:

• Vocabulary and phrases related to introduction, German in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, travelling, making appointments, daily routine and family
• Formal and informal language, form and usage
• Interrogative clauses: "wie", "woher", "wo", "was"
• Verbs in present tense
• Personal pronouns
• Singular and plural nouns
• Definite and indefinite article
• Negation with "kein/e"
• Sentence structures: W-Frage-Sätze, Satzfragen, Aussagesatz
• Imperfect of "sein"
• Possessive article in 1st case: "mein"/"dein"/"sein"/"ihr"/"unser"/"euer"/"ihr"/"Ihr"
• Article in 4th case: "ein/e/n"/"den"/"die"/"das"
• Adjectives
• Interrogative clauses "wann" and "von wann bis wann"
• Prepostions and time of day: "am", "um", "von ... bis"
• Separable verbs
• Negation using "nicht"
• Imperfect tense of "haben"
• Prepositions with 3rd case: "in", "neben", "unter", "auf", "vor", "hinten", "an", "zwischen", "bei" and "mit"
• Ordinal numbers

Braun, B., Doubek, M. et al (2016). DaF kompakt neu A1-B1. Stuttgart: Klett Sprachen.
Dreyer, H. & Schmitt, R. (2010). Die Gelbe aktuell: A Practice Grammer of German. München: Hueber Verlag.
Fussy, H. & Steiner, U. (red.) (2012). Österreichisches Wörterbuch. Wien: oebv.
Gottstein-Schramm, B., Kalender, S., & Specht, F. (2017). Schritte Grammatik. München: Hueber Verlag.
Götz, D. (2015). Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München/Wien: Langenscheidt.
Jin, F. & Voß, U. (2018). Grammatik aktiv. Berlin: Cornelsen.
Krenn, W. & Pucha, H. (2016). Motive: Kompaktkurs DaF. München. Hueber Verlag.

• Lecture and presentation
  
• Group and pair work
  
• Role plays
  
• Learning games
  
• Individual exercises
  
• Blended learning
  
• Homework

Integrated module exam (immanent examination character):

• Class participation 20%
  
• Class preparation/homework 20%
  
• Final examination (exam includes reading and listening comprehension, speaking and writing) 60 %