Intermediate Class

This class builds on the foundations of Basic German. Students expand their vocabulary and improve pronunciation while practicing everyday conversations, such as greetings, shopping, ordering food, and describing daily routines, hobbies, and holidays. Cultural topics (Oktoberfest, Christmas traditions, Carnival, Easter) are integrated into the lessons, giving learners both language practice and insights into German life. Grammar is introduced step by step, including sentence structure, verb conjugation, articles, and conjunctions, preparing students for more advanced study.

Online resources: 

Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten - Deutsche Welle

Slow German - Annik Rubens

The material for the Basic German course is organized by month. German grammar is categorized separately.

October

• Einbruch im Louvre
• Der Medizinnobelpreis
• Feiertage im Oktober
• Personal Pronouns and Verb Conjugations
• Raptor Release at the Carpenter Nature Center

September

• Das Oktoberfest in München
• Introducing Yourself / Sich vorstellen

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April

• Das Osterfest
• Sprich über Osterbräuche in Deutschland
• Sprich über Freizeit und Interessen
• Sprich über den Frühling

March

• Alltagsgespräche: Die Zeit und der Tagesablauf
• Alltagsgespräche: Wetter, Zeit und Einkaufen
• YouTube video: Conversation in Slow German
• Text to YouTube video: Conversation in Slow German

February

• Feiertage im Februar
• Karnevalsgebäck
• YouTube video: Emotions in Slow German
• Text to YouTube video - Expanded and Detailed: Emotions

January

• Feier- und Gedenktage im Januar 
• YouTube video: 10 Things That Happen Only in Germany
• Text to YouTube video: 10 Things That Happen Only in Germany
• YouTube video: 43 Words You Need for Traveling by Train in Germany
• Text and Grammar to YouTube video: Traveling by Train in Germany
• YouTube Video: German Sentence Structure Explained in 10 Minutes
• Text to YouTube video - Expanded and Detailed: German Sentence Structure
• Use Conjunctions to Combine Sentences

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December

• Feiertage im Dezember
• Vokabeln zur Advents – und Weihnachtszeit
• Lückentexte: Advents – und Weihnachtszeit
• Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
• Im Café
• COP29 ; Resources: Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten

November

• Feiertage im November
• Vocabulary with articles
• Find the correct article in this exercise
• Practice how to order food and drinks in a restaurant
• Sharing travel memories from Saxony, Thuringia, and Berlin

October

• Feiertage im Oktober
• Kleine Geschichten
• Restaurant bezogene Vokabeln
• Ein Besuch im Restaurant
• YouTube video: Ordering in a Restaurant in Slow German
• Text to YouTube video: Ordering in a Restaurant in Slow German

September

• Greetings and Goodbyes
• Navigating Language Barriers in German
• Greetings and Common Questions
• Assistance and Politeness
• Expressions for Evaluations, Feelings, and Reactions in German
• Oktoberfest

Grundlagen der deutschen Grammatik

• Regeln und Tendenzen: der, die, das (Artikel)
• W - Fragen
• German Pronouns in the Nominative Case

Verben und ihre Konjugation

• Ich will, Ich mag, Ich möchte (Modalverben & wollen/mögen/möchten)
• Conjugation Forms of Verbs
• Verb Conjugation im Präsens: Please visit the website to learn about German verb conjugation: https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german.html

Satzbau und Satzverbindung

• German Sentence Structure
• YouTube Video: German Sentence Structure Explained in 10 Minutes 
• Use Conjunctions to Combine Sentences