German 1 Syllabus
Text: Deutsch heute (5th edition, by Moeller, Liedlaff, Adolph, Kirmse Lalande, Houghton Mifflin, 1992).
Video Instructor: Ruth Urbom
1. Chapter 1: German alphabet
Pronunciation practice
Numbers 1-10
2. Chapter 1: Dialogs (page 2)
Role-plays: personal introductions
Numbers to 20
3. Chapter 1: Days of the week
Numbers to 100
Definite articles: der, die, das
4. Chapter 1: Vocabulary - household objects
Review numbers
Personal pronouns
Students should have Workbook Chapter 1 completed after Lesson 4.
5. Chapter 2: Formal/informal forms of address: du, ihr, Sie
Adjectives to describe personality
6. Chapter 2: Telling time
Conjugation: the verb sein (to be)
7. Chapter 2: Verbs - Infinitive form
Present-tense conjugation of regular verbs
Yes/no questions
Questions with wann ? (when?)
8. Chapter 2: Dialogues (page 22) and role-play
Word order with time adverbs
gern (like to)
9. Chapter 2: Questions with question words
More on yes/no questions
Tag questions
10. Chapters 2-3: Months and Seasons
Vocabulary: weather
Dialogues (page 52)
Conjugation: the verb haban (to have)
Students should have Workbook Chapter 2 completed after Lesson 10
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11. Chapter 3: Simple past of sein (to be)
Plural forms of nouns
12. Chapter 3: Word order
Indefinite articles ein/kein
Lesestuck (Reading passage) *Students should review passage at home.
13. Chapter 3: Questions on reading passage
Occupations
Geography and nationalities
14. Chapter 3: Countries and capitals
Possessive with hames
Wo and Woher ?
15. Chapter 3: Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative pronouns
16. Chapters 3-4: Review possessive forms
The particle doch
Conjugation: the verb essen (to eat)
Vocabulary: Foods
Students should have Workbook Chapter 3 completed after Lesson 16
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17. Chapter 4: Conjugation: the verbs geben, nehmen
Lesestuck (Reading passage) *Students should review passage at home.
18. Chapter 4: Questions on reading passage
Compound words
Imperative
19. Chapter 4: More on imperative
Units of measurement
20. Chapter 4: Vocabulary: Supermarket
Word order: time-manner-place
Direct object: accusative case
21. Chapter 4: Demonstrative pronouns in accusative
gern haben
wer/wen
Indefinite article in accusative case
22. Chapter 4: Possessive in accusative case
Prepositions with object in accusative
Weak masculine N-nouns
Personal pronouns in accusative
Students should have Workbook Chapter 4 completed after Lesson 22.
23. Chapter 5: Dialogue (page 126 - first one only)
Vocabulary: Family members
Modal verb: konnen (can)
24. Chapter 5: Modal verbs durfen, sollen, wollen, mussen, mogen
25. Chapter 5: Modal verb: mochten
Modal verbs without infinitive
Dialogues (page 126)
26. Chapter 5: Role-plays: college majors
Lesestuck (Reading passage, through line 23) *Students should review passage at home.
The verbs werden, sehen, lesen, wissen
27. Chapter 5: dieser-words
Verbs with separable prefix
Lesestuck (Reading passage - to end)
Students should have Workbook Chapter 5 completed after Lesson 27.
28. Chapter 6: Dialogues (page 160)
Modes of transport
Dative case
29. Chapter 6: More on dative case
Independent clauses and coordinating conjunctions
Verbs with object in dative case
30. Chapter 6: Dative prepositions
Indirect object
Dependent clauses and subordinating conjunctions
31. Chapter 6: Reading passage *Students should review passage at home.
More on dative case
Word order in dependent clauses
32. Chapter 6: Questions on reading passage
Possessive adjectives in dative case
Demonstrative pronouns in dative case
Students should have Workbook Chapter 6 completed after Lesson 32
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