START 3: A1.3 (ONLINE ~ Thu. PM)

• Structurally: A1.3 concludes the Beginner German sequence. Students will consolidate the grammatical structures introduced throughout the A1 level and expand their ability to communicate in a variety of everyday situations. They will further develop their use of the perfect tense, modal verbs, and sentence structure, while learning to express opinions, make comparisons, give reasons, and talk about future plans using simple constructions.

• Functionally: Students will continue to develop their ability to communicate about everyday life with increasing confidence. They will discuss topics such as travel, health, celebrations, work, leisure activities, and everyday experiences. Students will reinforce and expand their vocabulary through additional theme-based units and continue to strengthen their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.

• Objectives: At the end of A1.3, students will be able to participate in short conversations on familiar topics, describe people, places, and past experiences, make plans and arrangements, express opinions and preferences with simple explanations, and write short, connected texts such as messages, emails, and descriptions. Students will have completed the A1 level and will be prepared to continue to A2.

Course Dates, Location, & Time:

This is an online class that meets for 12 weeks on Thursday evenings from 6:30PM to 8:30PM.  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. You will receive a zoom link 24 - 48 hours before class starts.

Textbooks:

Coursebook:

Momente A1: Kursbuch plus interaktive Version

Workbook:

Momente A1: Arbeitsbuch plus interaktive Version

• Cost: $75 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 the Language Education Department: [email protected]