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German A1.1 Lesson Plan
(Chapters 1 to 3 of Textbook)
12 lessons of 1.5 hours each – Total 18 hours
Textbook & Workbook with CDs: Begegnungen Daf Sprachniveau A1+
Written By: Anne Buscha & Szilvia Szita
| Lesson | Details |
| Lesson 1 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 1 – Good Day (Guten Tag) |
| Skills | Introduction, greeting, spelling, counting |
| Grammar | Verbs conjugation present tense, personal pronouns, basic sentence structure, basic question structure |
| Vocabulary | Numbers (1-1000), German alphabet, ask for & give information about person |
| Activities | Dialogues: introduction (self) |
| Lesson 2 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 1 – Good Day (Guten Tag) |
| Skills | Introduction, greeting, telephone numbers, occupations |
| Grammar | Verbs conjugation present tense, personal pronouns, basic sentence structure, basic question structure, definite article (Nominative) |
| Vocabulary | Ask for & give information on persons |
| Activities | Dialogues: introduction (third person), number understanding |
| Lesson 3 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 1 – Good Day (Guten Tag) |
| Skills | Introduction, numbers, occupations, languages, countries |
| Grammar | Verbs conjugation present tense, personal pronouns, basic sentence structure, basic question structure, indefinite and possessive article (Nominative) |
| Vocabulary | Ask for & give information on persons, languages, countries |
| Activities | Dialogues: introduction (third person), number understanding, countries and cities, who comes from where |
| Lesson 4 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 1 – Good Day (Guten Tag) |
| Skills | Introduction, family, occupations |
| Grammar | Verbs conjugation present tense, personal pronouns, basic sentence structure, basic question structure, use of ‘gern’ and ‘lieber’ |
| Vocabulary | Ask for & give information on persons, family relationships, activities & hobbies |
| Activities | Describe your own family (3 generations, min 5 people, each with at least 2 attributes) |
| Lesson 5 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 1 – Good Day (Guten Tag) |
| Skills | Introduction self and third party, description of family & country |
| Grammar | Verbs conjugation present tense, personal pronouns, basic sentence structure, basic question structure |
| Vocabulary | Ask for & give information on persons, short information about countries |
| Activities | Dialogues: introduction (third person), description third party, country information home country |
| Lesson 6 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 2 – First Contact at Work Place (Erste Kontakte am Arbeitsplatz) |
| Skills | Discussions with colleagues, office equipment & furniture, negation, describe thingsthat do not work |
| Grammar | Indefinite & definite article (Nominative), Possessive article, negative article &negation |
| Vocabulary | Office articles & furniture |
| Activities | Dialogues: problems with office equipment; Listening: Office description |
| Lesson 7 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 2 – First Contact at Work Place (Erste Kontakte am Arbeitsplatz) |
| Skills | Discussions with colleagues, office equipment & furniture, negation, describe things that do not work and opposites |
| Grammar | Indefinite & definite article (Nominative), possessive article, negative article &negation, modal verb ‘können’ |
| Vocabulary | Office articles & furniture, opposites (adjectives), university departments |
| Activities | Dialogues: problems with office equipment, description of articles of opposite nature |
| Lesson 8 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 2 – First Contact at Work Place (Erste Kontakte am Arbeitsplatz) |
| Skills | Discussions with colleagues, office equipment & furniture, negation, describe things that do not work & opposites |
| Grammar | Indefinite & definite article plus adjective (Nominative), possessive article, negative article & negation, modal verb ‘können’ |
| Vocabulary | Opposites (adjectives), free time activities, university departments |
| Activities | Dialogues: problems with office equipment, description of articles of opposite nature |
| Lesson 9 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 2 – First Contact at Work Place (Erste Kontakte am Arbeitsplatz) |
| Skills | Discussions with colleagues, office equipment & furniture, negation, describe things you like / prefer to do, weekdays, express agreement & disagreement |
| Grammar | Indefinite & definite article (Nominative); possessive article, negative article & negation, use of ‘gern’ & ‘lieber’, sentence starting with weekdays (inversion), use of ‘schon’ and ‘auch nicht’, modal verb ‘können’ |
| Vocabulary | Opposites (adjectives), weekdays, free time activities |
| Activities | Dialogues: problems with office equipment, description of activities during the course of a week, express agreement & disagreement |
| Lesson 10 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 3 – On the Road in Munich (Unterwegs in München) |
| Skills | Arrival at hotel, room reservation, check-in, hotel comparison |
| Grammar | Verbs with Accusative, definite & indefinite article (Accusative), modal verb ‘möchten’ |
| Vocabulary | Hotel |
| Activities | Dialogues: check in, reception, Q&A using verbs with Accusative |
| Lesson 11 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 3 – On the Road in Munich (Unterwegs in München) |
| Skills | Describe problems at hotel room, name preferences of hotel room choices |
| Grammar | Verbs with Accusative, definite and indefinite article (Accusative), modal verb ‘möchten’, adjective in front of noun (Nominative & Accusative) |
| Vocabulary | Hotel, things that do not work |
| Activities | Dialogues: things that do not work, issue preferences, Q&A using verbs with Accusative |
| Lesson 12 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 3 – On the Road in Munich (Unterwegs in München) |
| Skills | Orientation in the city, sightseeing in Munich |
| Grammar | Verbs with Accusative, definite & indefinite article (Accusative), modal verb ‘möchten’, adjective in front of noun (Nominative & Accusative), prepositions (temporale & lokale) |
| Vocabulary | City buildings & functions, museums, free time activities |
| Activities | Dialogues: visiting a museum, Q&A what to do in a city |
German A1.2 Lesson Plan
(Chapters 3 to 5 of Textbook)
12 lessons of 1.5 hours each – Total 18 hours
Textbook & Workbook with CDs: Begegnungen Daf Sprachniveau A1+
Written By: Anne Buscha & Szilvia Szita
| Lesson | Details |
| Lesson 1 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 3 – On the Road in Munich (Unterwegs in München) |
| Skills | Sightseeing in Munich, information about Munich, times |
| Grammar | Verbs with Accusative, definite and indefinite article (Accusative), modal verb ‘möchten’, adjective in front of noun (Nominative & Accusative), prepositions |
| Vocabulary | Museums, university, company, sightseeing, times |
| Activities | Writing: Describe a day in Munich |
| Lesson 2 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 4 – Food & Drinks (Essen und Trinken) |
| Skills | Breakfast in hotel and in general |
| Grammar | Plural of nouns, adjectives without article (nouns) |
| Vocabulary | Food, breakfast, buffet |
| Activities | Dialogue: Preference for breakfast, common ground on food; Reading: Breakfast buffet |
| Lesson 3 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 4 – Food & Drinks (Essen und Trinken) |
| Skills | Food and drink, measurement of food and drink (containers) |
| Grammar | Plural of nouns, adjectives without article (nouns), modal verb ‘mögen’ |
| Vocabulary | Food and drink, measurements/containers |
| Activities | Dialogue: Shopping at the fruit market, Q&A: food & drink using ‘mögen’ |
| Lesson 4 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 4 – Food & Drinks (Essen und Trinken) |
| Skills | Food and drink, recipes, cooking/baking, food culture, eating at the restaurant |
| Grammar | Plural of nouns, adjectives without article (nouns), modal verb ‘mögen’, polite imperative |
| Vocabulary | Food and drink, food preparation, recipes, restaurant |
| Activities | Discussion/Writing: What do you eat during the day? – Dialogue: At the restaurant |
| Lesson 5 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 4 – Food & Drinks (Essen und Trinken) |
| Skills | Food and drink, food culture, eating at the restaurant, the potato |
| Grammar | Plural of nouns, adjectives without article (nouns), modal verb ‘mögen’, polite imperative, simple past ‘haben’ & ‘sein’ |
| Vocabulary | Food and drink, restaurant, potato |
| Activities | Discussion/Writing: Write a recipe you like – Q&A: Around the potato |
| Lesson 6 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, time |
| Grammar | Verbs with prefix (separable & inseparable), tell time |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities |
| Activities | Discussion/Writing: your daily routine – Listening: 2 daily routines |
| Lesson 7 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, time & durations |
| Grammar | Verbs with prefix (separable & inseparable), tell time & duration, modal verbs ‘sollen’ & ‘müssen’ |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities, events, time durations |
| Activities | Discussion: use of modal verbs & change of meaning (language nuances); Writing: morning/afternoon description |
| Lesson 8 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, past tense use |
| Grammar | Modal verbs ‘sollen’ & ‘müssen’, creation & use of Perfect (past tense) |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities, events, time durations |
| Activities | Describing/Writing: Daily routine using Perfect |
| Lesson 9 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, past tense use |
| Grammar | Create & use of Perfect (past tense) |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities, events, work at computer, make appointments |
| Activities | Describing/Writing: Make appointments, decline appointments |
| Lesson 10 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, past tense use |
| Grammar | Create & use of Perfect (past tense), preposition (time) |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities, events, work at computer, making appointments, complaints |
| Activities | Describing/Writing: Complain about something in writing |
| Lesson 11 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, past tense use, lists & dates, e-mail etiquette |
| Grammar | Create & use of Perfect (past tense), preposition (time), order numbers |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities, events, work at computer, make appointments, complaints, write e-mails |
| Activities | Describing/Writing: write e-mail on appointments & work |
| Lesson 12 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 5 – Everyday Life (Alltag) |
| Skills | Describe daily routine, work activities, past tense use |
| Grammar | Create & use of Perfect (past tense), percentages |
| Vocabulary | Daily routine, work activities, events, work at computer, make appointments, complaints, TV |
| Activities | Listening/Discussion: Can you live without TV? |
German A1.3 Lesson Plan
(Chapters 6 to 8 of Textbook)
12 lessons of 1.5 hours each – Total 18 hours
Textbook & Workbook with CDs: Begegnungen Daf Sprachniveau A1+
Written By: Anne Buscha & Szilvia Szita
| Lesson 1 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 6 – Travel (Reisen) |
| Skills | Weather, travel destinations, give reasons |
| Grammar | Conjunctions, imperative, modal verb ‘wollen’ |
| Vocabulary | Weather, travel destinations, give reasons |
| Activities | Discussion: Travel destinations, weather preferences |
| Lesson 2 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 6 – Travel (Reisen) |
| Skills | travel destinations, describe travel & luggage |
| Grammar | Conjunctions, imperative, modal verb ‘wollen’, preposition (direction), verbs with Dative |
| Vocabulary | Weather, travel destinations, give reasons, clothing, travel gear |
| Activities | Listening: Before the holiday |
| Lesson 3 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 6 – Travel (Reisen) |
| Skills | travel destinations, describe travel & luggage, colours, like/dislike |
| Grammar | Conjunctions, imperative, modal verb ‘wollen’, preposition (direction), verbs with Dative, special structures using Dative, demonstrative pronoun |
| Vocabulary | Weather, travel destinations, give reasons, clothing, travel gear, shopping, colours |
| Activities | Discussion: Shopping |
| Lesson 4 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 6 – Travel (Reisen) |
| Skills | travel destinations, describe travel & luggage, colours, like/dislike, buying tickets, taking train, describe holiday experience |
| Grammar | Conjunctions, imperative, modal verb ‘wollen’, preposition (direction), verbs with Dative, special structures using Dative, demonstrative pronoun |
| Vocabulary | Weather, travel destinations, give reasons, clothing, travel gear, shopping, colours, travel information & experience |
| Activities | Listening: announcements Writing: post card from holiday |
| Lesson 5 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 7 – Residence/Living (Wohnen) |
| Skills | Describe apartment & location, ways to live |
| Grammar | Location using Dative, direction using Accusative, prepositions that change |
| Vocabulary | Apartment, location, neighbourhood |
| Activities | Listening/Discussion: Apartment & Living in the city |
| Lesson 6 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 7 – Residence/Living (Wohnen) |
| Skills | Describe apartment & location, ways to live, describe inside of apartment, house hunt |
| Grammar | Location using Dative, direction using Accusative, prepositions that change, comparative of adjectives |
| Vocabulary | Apartment, location, neighbourhood, furniture |
| Activities | Writing: describe your own apartment |
| Lesson 7 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 7 – Residence/Living (Wohnen) |
| Skills | Describe apartment & location, ways to live, describe inside of apartment, give directions from A to B |
| Grammar | Location using Dative, direction using Accusative, prepositions that change, comparative of adjectives, verbs with location/direction use |
| Vocabulary | Location, neighbourhood, directions |
| Activities | Writing: From your home to school |
| Lesson 8 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 7 – Residence/Living (Wohnen) |
| Skills | Describe apartment & location, ways to live, describe inside of apartment, house orders in Germany |
| Grammar | Location using Dative, direction using Accusative, prepositions that change, comparative of adjectives, modal verb ‘dürfen’ |
| Vocabulary | Apartment, location, neighbourhood, furniture, prohibited things when living together |
| Activities | Listening/Discussion: How do Germans live compared to other nations? |
| Lesson 9 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 8 – Encounters & Events (Begegnungen und Ereignisse) |
| Skills | Well-wishes, gifts, accept/decline invitations |
| Grammar | Verb ‘werden’, verbs using Dative & Accusative, sentence structure using Dative & Accusative |
| Vocabulary | Events, excuses |
| Activities | Listening/Discussion: At a party – chats between people |
| Lesson 10 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 8 – Encounters & Events (Begegnungen und Ereignisse) |
| Skills | Well-wishes, gifts, accept/decline invitations, excuses using Präteritum (past tense) |
| Grammar | Verb ‘werden’, verbs using Dative & Accusative, sentence structure using Dative & Accusative, modal verbs in Präteritum |
| Vocabulary | Events, excuses, party, medicine, body parts |
| Activities | Discussion: Health recommendations, Reading: medicine information |
| Lesson 11 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 8 – Encounters & Events (Begegnungen und Ereignisse) |
| Skills | Excuses, news |
| Grammar | Verb ‘werden’, verbs using Dative & Accusative, sentence structure using Dative & Accusative, modal verbs in Präteritum, prepositions: zu, von, mit, für |
| Vocabulary | Events, excuses, party, medicine, body parts, news text |
| Activities | Discussion: News contents |
| Lesson 12 | 1.5 hours |
| Chapter | 8 – Encounters & Events (Begegnungen und Ereignisse) |
| Skills | Public holidays, Christmas party |
| Grammar | Verb ‘werden’, verbs using Dative & Accusative, sentence structure using Dative & Accusative, modal verbs in Präteritum, verbs in past tenses |
| Vocabulary | Christmas party, holiday traditions |
| Activities | Discussion: Christmas party, holiday tradition |