Curricula – Intensive courses

B2/Intermediate level I • C1/ntermediate level II (Zertifikat C1) • C1/ntermediate level II (TestDaF and DSH)

B2/Intermediate Level I

Requirements
Participants must have successfully completed the B1/Elementary Level III course or have a comparable knowledge of German.

Objectives of B2/Intermediate Level I
Independent use of language 2
By the end of the course, participants will be able to express themselves spontaneously and fluently and give their opinions on a broad variety of topics in a clear and sophisticated way. They will be capable of writing clear and detailed texts on a range of topics as well as weighing up and making arguments.

Curriculum
Situations / contents
• People (describing people, writing a curriculum vitae)
• Cities (description of pictures, portraits of towns)
• Language (formal letters, discussions)
• Love (writing dialogues, letters to the editor)
• Occupations (letters of application, making telephone calls)
• The future (radio play, radio criticism)
• Media (newspapers, radio news, computers)
• Automobile (statistics, creative writing)
Grammar
• Adjectives with fixed prepositions
• Sentences (position of words in main and subordinate clauses, negation)
• Verbs (formation of the verb, verbs with fixed prepositions)
• Nouns (composed nouns, nominative usages)
• Connections and prepositions (because of, because)
• Subjunctive II (forms, use)
• Indirect speech (forms, use)
• Passive voice (alternatives to the passive voice)

C1/Intermediate Level II with preparation for the Zertifikat Deutsch C1-examination (=C1)

Requirements
Participants must have successfully completed B2/Intermediate Level I or have a comparable knowledge of German.

Objectives of C1/Intermediate Level II
Competent use of language 1
By the end of the course, participants will be able to express themselves clearly and talk about complex facts in a structured and detailed way. They’ll be able to use the language efficiently and flexibly in their social and professional lives as well as in their studies. In more complex fields, participants will be capable of writing correctly to a large degree.

Curriculum
Situations / Contents
• Short messages (news, radio commentaries)
• Society (men and women)
• Offering advice (personal letters, consultations)
• Literature (essays, written outlines of oral presentations)
• Psychology (listening comprehension about psychoanalysis, formal letters)
• Theatre (radio broadcasts, acting)
• Science and research (writing a press release, discussion)
• Speech (taking notes on a lecture, delivering a speech)
• Painting (interpreting paintings, reading a specialist text on art history)

Grammar
• Indirect speech
• Verbal style-nominal style (after he had completed his studies -  after the completion of his studies)
• Modal participles (well, may, yes, then)
• Conjunctions consisting of two parts (the...the, both...and)
• Adjective endings, noun-verb connections (to make an application)
• Prepositions with the genitive case (on the occasion of, despite)
• Modal verbs with a subjective use (He is said to be a millionaire)
• Functions of "it" (I feel ill)
• Attribution (The good weather, the book I am reading ...)

C1/Intermediate Level II with preparation for the TestDaF- and DSH-examination (=C1)

Requirements
Participants must have successfully completed B2/Intermediate Level I or have a comparable knowledge of German.

Objectives of C1/Intermediate Level II
Competent use of language 2
By the end of this course, participants will be able to cope with longer scientific texts both receptively and productively. They’ll be able to discuss scientific topics, making use of diagrams. Participants will be capable of dealing with standard techniques involved in scientific and research work, and will therefore generally be prepared for studying at German-language universities.

Curriculum
Situations / Contents
Scientific and popular texts in order to train different abilities:
• Reading comprehension
• Listening comprehension
• Text production
• Oral expression
• Treatment of the structure of scientific texts
• Preparation for the DSH-examination or university studies in Germany
• Practise test

Grammar
• Nominalisation (At sunrise – When the sun rose...)
• Conditional clauses (If the weather is bad – Should the weather be bad)
• Final clauses (To avoid traffic jams – For the avoidance of traffic jams)
• Causal clauses (Because the student was concerned – Because of concern)
• Temporal clauses (After he had arrived in Stuttgart – After his arrival in Stuttgart)
• Active voice – passive voice (The doctor examines the patient – The patient is examined)
• Participial attributes (The explored genes, the systematically researching scientist)