B1+: Advanced Mittelstufe Review (in-person ~ Tues. PM)

• Structurally: B1+ builds on the Intermediate German sequence by reinforcing and expanding the grammatical structures introduced at the B1 level. Students will refine their use of complex sentence structures, the passive voice, subjunctive forms, relative clauses, and a wider range of connectors to express ideas with greater accuracy and flexibility.
• Functionally: Students will strengthen their ability to communicate in a variety of everyday, academic, and professional situations. They will develop greater confidence in presenting opinions, discussing current events, expressing and defending viewpoints, negotiating solutions, and summarizing information from spoken and written texts. Authentic materials will help students expand their vocabulary and improve comprehension.
• Objectives: At the end of B1+, students will be able to participate in extended conversations on familiar and unfamiliar topics, present and justify their opinions with supporting arguments, describe experiences and events in detail, summarize and respond to authentic texts, and write clear, connected texts for a variety of purposes. Students will demonstrate greater fluency and accuracy in spoken and written German and will be well prepared to transition to the B2 level.

Course Dates, Location, & Time:

This is an in-person class that meets for 12 weeks on Tuesday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the GAI. Additionally, the instructor will offer a weekly "office hour" (30 min) for homework questions and review. The course instructor will decide on a day/time to offer the 30-minute office hour and communicate day/time of week with all registered course participants.

Textbooks:

• Cost: $40 for the set, available for purchase directly from the GAI by adding the textbook option to your cart.
• Book order: Books ordered later than 3 weeks before the class starting date won't be available for early pick-up.  We will do our best to have them available by the first class session. Books shipped to your house can take up to a week to arrive.
• Textbook Pickup: Books ordered at least 3 weeks before the class start date will be available for pick up from approximately one week prior to the first class session on. Please be sure to check your email for updates about book pickup dates. 
• Shipping: If you are unable to pick up your books onsite at the GAI, you are welcome to use the shipping option at checkout. A $12.00 shipping & handling fee applies.

Minimum Enrollment:

If there are too few students registered to run a class section, the Director of Language Education will contact the student(s) in the week prior to the term’s start date to discuss other class options.

Questions?

Contact our Language Education Department at [email protected]