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Course Description

This entry level course is geared toward those students who have not yet had any instruction in German. This is a lifesaver course for students planning a trip to a German speaking country with an emphasis on real life situations.  There will be an emphasis on grammatical construction.

Course Outline

1. Greetings, Introductions and Useful Expressions

  • Subject pronouns
  • Present tense form of verbs
  • Definite articles: der, die, das
  • Gender and third-person pronouns
  • Using adjectives and adverbs
  • Present tense of sein and haben
  • Verbs and vowel changes

2. Number: Measurements, Currencies, Sizes, and Temperature

  • Rules about basic word order
  • Formation of noun plurals
  • Accusative case
  • Indefinite articles
  • Accusative of personal pronouns
  • Prepositions requiring the accusative case
  • Negation with nicht
  • Function and use of adverbs
3. Food, Restaurants, and Eating
  • Giving orders in a polite way
  • Function of modals (modal auxiliaries)
  • Möchten means "Would like"
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Asking indirect questions
  • Conjugation of wissen (to know)
  • More about word order
  • Compound nouns
4. Lodging, Hotels, and Overnight Accommodations
  • Dative case
  • Dative endings for a few masculine nouns in singular
  • Dative endings for plural nouns
  • Dative prepositions
  • Verbs that require the dative case
  • Separable-prefix Verbs
  • Word order of direct and indirect objects
  • Two-say prepositions
5. Telling Time
  • Regular (weak) verbs
  • Irregular (strong) verbs
  • Separable-Prefix verbs
  • Irregular Verbs using haben as auxiliary
  • Regular verbs using sein as auxiliary
  • Irregular verbs using sein as auxiliary
  • Mixed verbs
  • Genitive case

Learner Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 

  • Communicate on a basic level in the target language
  • Greet people and make introductions
  • Understand currency, size, temperature and measurements
  • Order in a restaurant
  • Deal with accommodations
  • Ask for directions
  • Tell time

Notes

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Section Title
Beginning German
FIS ID
347999
Section Schedule
Jan 22, 2026 to May 07, 2026
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
Th
Time
7:00PM to 9:00PM
Dates
Jan 22, 2026 to Apr 02, 2026
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
Th
Time
7:00PM to 9:00PM
Dates
Apr 16, 2026 to May 07, 2026
Schedule and Location
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Contact Hours
30.0
Location
  • Central Campus / CPCC
Delivery Options
CLASS  
Course Fee(s)
Reg fee 25-50 hours non-credit $125.00
Additional Fee(s)
CAPS Fee $12.00 Mandatory
TECH Fee $5.00 Mandatory
CEUs
3 CEUs
Drop Request Deadline
Jan 20, 2026
Transfer Request Deadline
Jan 20, 2026
Instructors
  • Daniela Weinert
Section Notes

Initial communication is done through email.  Please be sure to update your email address with Customer Service upon registration.  Book Required.  

Class will NOT met 4/9

Section Materials
  • (Mandatory) Deutsch: Na klar! An Introductory German Course by Robert Di Donato and Monica Clyde ISBN 9781264090877
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