Your German is very good and you want to master all its subtleties. This module is about language and communication in transition, and about history and memory, with plenty of room for your own texts. You learn online in a small group and improve your career and economic prospects along the way.

At a glance

Level: C2.1 (1st of 4 modules at C2)
Prerequisite: C1 certificate
Language of instruction: German only
Scope: 12 weeks, 24 online sessions together
Classes: online, twice a week in the group; days and times depend on the cohort
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

discuss language, media and gender-fair language in depth
formulate objections politely and sharply
talk about history, culture of remembrance and restitution
rephrase sentences between prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses
revise your own texts stylistically

The topics

No.	Topic	What you practice	Grammar and style
1	Language and communication (1)	German among other languages, a talk about your own mother tongue	tenses, prefix verbs
2	Language and communication (2)	media use, communication in transition	Konjunktiv II for criticism and unreal situations
3	Language and communication (3)	gender-fair language, short story	Konjunktiv I
4	Past and present (1)	history, memories and smells	adverbial clauses: causal, conditional
5	Past and present (2)	nostalgia, personal change, letter to the editor	adverbial clauses: concessive, adversative
6	Past and present (3)	looted art and restitution, the Middle Ages	rephrasing prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses
7	Workshop	revising your own texts, idioms	idiomatic expressions, error analysis

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: applying for management and specialist positions, negotiating, appearing confident.
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

You practice grading objections finely in discussions. From Austria: Austrian German as a variety of German in its own right, culture of remembrance and contemporary history.

Writing

Letter to the editor, short story, news item, text for a talk.

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. 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?

Continue with C2.2: Strengths, education, research.

C2.1: Language, communication, history

Dates