1-2-3 Deutsch - Private 1-On-1 German Beginner Class, Ages 9-13

This course is held as a private 1-on-1 class. Academic instruction is paired with interactive exercises and role-play to enhance the learning experience and to stimulate students of varying learning styles. Each week, instruction follows a specific pattern, including 4 learning units. Please read on the find out about specific topics planned for the first 10 weeks.

Learning Units:
1. Greetings / Warm-up
2. Vocabulary unit
3. Language application unit
4. Interactive exercises


Lesson Sequence for the first 10 weeks:

Week 1 - Numbers 1-10 / Colors / Fruit

1. Greetings / Teacher introduction

2. Vocab unit#1: Numbers 1-10 / Colors / Fruit

3. Language application: "Hallo" and "Guten Tag"; introduction to basic greetings in German

4. Interactive exercises: role-playing to encourage student to practice greetings and digital game for counting colorful fruit


Week 2 - Numbers 10-20 / Colors / Vegetables

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#2: Numbers 11-20 / Colors / Vegetables

3. Language application: “Wie alt bist du?”; Introduction to telling age: practice asking and answering "How old are you?"

4. Interactive exercises:  student asks and responds to questions about age and digital game for counting colorful vegetables


Week 3 - Days of the Week / Animals

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#3: days of the week / animals

3. Language application: Verbs and Question Words “Was?” and “When?” Introduction to basic verbs related to animals and practice asking questions using "When?"

4. Interactive exercises:  student asks and responds to questions about animals, their colors and numbers, as well as their basic actions; digital game to reinforce taught concept


Week 4 - Months of the Year / Seasons

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#4: the months and the seasons; vocabulary related to German holidays and celebrations. 

3. Language application: Question words “Was?” and “Wann?”; Introduction of basic verb conjugation

4. Interactive exercises:  student asks and responds to questions about what animals do; digital game to reinforce taught concept


Week 5 - People / The Body

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#5: people / the body

3. Language application: Question word “Wer?”; Introduction of the irregular verb “sein” (to be)

4. Interactive exercises:  student asks and responds to questions about people and parts of their body; digital game to reinforce taught concept


Week 6 - Clothing

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#6: clothing

3. Language application: the plural, expressing likes - nouns: “Ich mag” (I like…)

4. Interactive exercises:  digital game to reinforce taught concept: Fashion Show Activity


Week 7 - Food

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#7: food

3. Language application: more plural, expressing dislikes - nouns: “Ich mag keine“

4. Interactive exercises:  student asks and responds to questions about food; practice expressing food preferences and dislikes in digital game


Week 8 - Hobbies / Activities

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#8: hobbies and activities

3. Language application: expressing likes and dislikes - verbs: “Ich … gern / nicht gern…” (I like / don’t like to…)

4. Interactive exercises:  student asks and responds to questions about activities and hobbies in digital game


Week 9 - Things in the House

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#9: household items

3. Language application: Introduction to basic adjectives; question word “Wie?” (How?)

4. Interactive exercises:  student describes things in the house in digital game


Week 10 - Things That Go

1. Greetings: student applies knowledge from previous week

2. Vocab unit#10: transportation

3. Language application: Review - Recap all the topics covered in the previous weeks

4. Interactive exercises:  grand finale - digital matching game, using all vocabulary topics covered over the past 9 weeks