You can already say simple sentences and want to get around better in everyday life. In this module you talk about work, health, your apartment, clothes and vacations, and for the first time you talk about the past. It completes level A1. You learn online in a small group and improve your career and economic prospects along the way.

At a glance

Level: A1.2 (2nd of 2 modules at A1)
Prerequisite: none
Language of instruction: German, with English as help when needed
Scope: 12 weeks, 24 online sessions together
Classes: online, twice a week in the group; days and times depend on the cohort
Price: on request
One-on-one sessions: 45 minutes of intensive speaking training (1:1) and 20 minutes of oral exam simulation
Included: course materials, exercises and corrections, at no extra cost
Group: 4 to 8 participants, the course starts with 4 registrations
Goal: You improve your career and economic prospects, with job application training, integration and cultural studies and targeted exam prep in every module.

What you need

a smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer with an internet connection
patience with yourself

What you can do after the course

talk about your workplace and set up appointments
tell the doctor what's wrong and understand advice
describe your apartment and read an apartment listing
talk about your weekend or your résumé
buy clothes, get a ticket and book a hotel room

The topics

No.	Topic	What you practice	Grammar
1	Everyday work life	talking about your workplace, setting up appointments	und/oder/aber, dative prepositions for places
2	Fit and healthy	body parts, at the doctor's office, understanding advice	imperative, sollen, müssen, dürfen
3	My apartment	describing your apartment and furniture, apartment listings	two-way prepositions (wo?/wohin?)
4	School and work	résumé, talking about the past	present perfect
5	Clothes and shopping	buying clothes, colors and sizes, liking and fitting	welcher/dieser, personal pronouns in the dative
6	Off on vacation!	travel, weather, tickets, hotel	man, question words, time expressions
7	Review and exam prep A1	practice test, analyzing mistakes	review of A1

How the course works

We meet online twice a week as a group of 4 to 8 participants. The days and times are listed with each cohort, shown in your own time zone, wherever in the world you live.
In between, you work on your own on the platform: reading and listening exercises, writing assignments with corrections, your own assignments from your course as text, photo, video or file, and a speaking appointment with another person from your course.
Everything included: course materials, exercises and the corrections of your writing assignments and course assignments are included in the course at no charge.
Practice together anytime: You can meet others from your course by video call at any time and practice situations, right here on the platform, without having to share personal details like your phone number or email address.
Intensive speaking training (1:1): Everyone gets a 45-minute one-on-one session with me for personal speaking practice and a feedback talk.
Oral exam simulation: Everyone also gets 20 minutes in which we run through the oral exam just like in the real exam.

Career and integration

Every module improves your career and economic prospects. That is why every module includes:

Job application training: introducing yourself, filling out forms, details for your résumé.
Integration and cultural studies: how Austria works: government offices, the working world, housing, health, education, culture and living together, matching the topics of the module.

Pronunciation and Austrian German

The focus is on the h sound, s, sch, st and sp, the glottal stop and sentence stress. You learn words you need right away in Austria, e-card, Ordination, Krankenstand, Stiege, Meldezettel, ÖBB, Klimaticket, and you hear that in Austria people say ich bin gesessen.

Writing

Short emails (invitation, cancellation, request), a postcard from your vacation, a note to your neighbors.

Exam prep

In every module you practice tasks from the exams at your level in a targeted way: reading, listening, writing and speaking in the real exam format. In the last week you take a complete practice test. The modules end without an exam: you take the exam at a recognized exam institute, for example ÖSD, the Goethe-Institut or telc. I am happy to help you find the right exam institute for your goal.

What's next?

With an A1 certificate you continue at level A2, for example with A2.1: Talking about yourself and others.

A1.2: Managing everyday life

Dates