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The Open University

Getting started with German 3

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Overview

You'll start this course by building your vocabulary with language to use whilst shopping, such as items of clothing, colours, and how to ask for help. Then, in Week 2, you'll learn how to talk about television programmes and statistics. The course will give you opportunity to practise expressing preferences, asking for and giving permission and apologising. You'll also learn how to use separable verbs.This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXG003 Beginners German 3: richtig so! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Open Centre for Languages and Cultures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week1Week 1: Einkaufen
  • Introduction
  • 1 Store shopping
  • 2 Clothes shopping
  • 3 Asking for, declining and giving permission
  • 4 Talking colours: what you like and what you like best
  • 5 Shopping online
  • 6 Apologising and expressing regret
  • 7 This week’s quiz
  • 8 Summary of Week 1
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week2Week 2: Ich sehe gern …
  • Introduction
  • 1 Statistics on viewing habits in Germany
  • 2 How much TV?
  • 3 Switching on and off: separable verbs
  • 4 Viewing choices
  • 5 The irregular verb sehen
  • 6 This week’s quiz
  • 7 Summary of Week 2
  • Next steps
  • Acknowledgements

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