Studio 21: B1.1 Overview
Willkommen in B1 (Welcome to B1)
- Meet course participants and introduce yourself.
- Discuss topics that connect people.
- Present your language learning biography.
- Grammar:
- Review: Subordinate clauses and perfect tense.
Chapter 1: Zeitpunkte (Times)
- Talk about time and perceptions of time.
- Comment on information.
- Discuss German history.
- Understand words in context.
- Grammar:
- Nominalization with “zum.”
- Subordinate clauses with “während.”
- Preterite of irregular verbs.
- Review: Preterite and sentences with “wenn…, (dann).”
Chapter 2: Alltag (Everyday)
- Discuss everyday problems and personal well-being.
- Give advice and reasons.
- Search for information in magazine articles.
- Grammar:
- Conjunctions: “deshalb,” “darum,” “deswegen.”
- Graduating adverbs: “sehr,” “ziemlich,” “besonders.”
- Present subjunctive (Konjunktiv II) of modal verbs: “können,” “müssen,” “sollen.”
- Review: Subordinate clauses with “weil.”
- Imperative.