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Description of Levels - Vienna, Austria
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8 different levels in each session, consecutive courses can be booked. You will cover one level in each course. Also, in level "intermediate" you can choose from different fields of interest: culture, literature, linguistics, economy.
Students are assessed to levels by means of an interview at the beginning of the course.
Objectives in all levels: Conversation, reading, written exercises, listening comprehension, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary.
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Elementary 1: Completion of this course corresponds to level “A1” of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
For absolute beginners or participants with little knowledge, conversations using the most elementary phrases and frequently used grammatical forms for immediate communication in the German language
No alphabetisation!
Elementary 2: For participants with basic knowledge, expanded vocabulary and improved style in everyday conversation to understand sentences on everyday topics and to read and understand simple texts, simple forms of written communication, elementary grammar
Elementary 3: Completion of this course corresponds to level “A2” of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Conversation about everyday topics (culture, sports, travel, etc.), reading simple prose from literature and newspapers, written repetition exercises and reports, intensified morphology, selected chapters from syntax
Elementary 4: Completion of this course corresponds to level “B1” of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Language use including the entire basic vocabulary, short talks on topics of general interest and work-related issues, understanding the radio news, reading newspapers and texts from literature, compositions on various problems, discussing the different stylistic values of syntactical forms and idioms
Intermediate 1: For participants with good command of German, discussions on specific topics, accurate reading and listening comprehension, gaining skills such as argumentation, reporting, summarising and commenting as well as grammar structures and expanded vocabulary
Intermediate 2: Completion of this course corresponds to level “B2” of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Conversation beyond everyday situations, talking about more specific subjects, awareness of functional use, ability to use a variety of registers, understanding of subject-related texts and lectures, exercises on the stylistic use of the modern German language
Intermediate 3: Completion of this course corresponds to level “C1” of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Understanding of scientific lectures, elocution exercises to intensify idiomatic and stylistic expression, reading texts from literature and selected technical articles, completing the basic and advanced vocabulary, written texts, oral reports and discussions on the student's courses of studies and professions, vocabulary and free speech exercises, stylistic drills on modern language usage
Advanced 1: For participants with very good knowledge of German, reading modern German literature and articles on different topics, perfecting the command of the language by vocabulary exercises, oral reports and discussions
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