Let's Learn German Language, Culture & Geography -BEGINNERS Level 1 (Ages 12-17)

Start of your German journey with the right guidance to high German pronunciation, literature, culture and fun! This course is for total beginners of the German language. 

Like in all my classes, in this class we will lean heavily on the natural language immersion model. Students will have fun learning a wide range of basic German vocabulary and phrases.  They will also study important cultural, geographical and historical concepts related to Germany and the German language. The focus in this class will be on language comprehension and taking any fear of becoming confident German communicators from the start as well as repeating high German (no accent) after me and setting the ground work for correct and native-like pronunciation. At the end of the course your student will be able to carry short conversations in German, introduce him or herself to their peers, comprehend basic conversational concepts, and hold a mini presentation in German. 

Being a native speaker I have found that in teaching German the most efficient and most natural approach is the language immersion model. The students will hear me speak a lot of German and will have fun repeating a lot of phrases after me. We will initially focus on comprehension and then move to reading, writing and first grammatical concepts to understand German sentence structure. Your scholar will not notice how much he or she is learning while having fun!

I am a very compassionate, encouraging and fun loving teacher and it is a joy to continuously see my students gain confidence in their speaking ability and pronunciation. Highlight of my month is always hearing formerly shy students confidently holding accent free presentations at the end of the semester!

About me: I have obtained my BA in Linguistics from a German University (Universitaet Hamburg) and my MA from a U.S. University on the East Coast. I have been tutoring and teaching in various classroom and private settings for the past 20 years - including language institutes, public charter schools and private schools. I am also in the pool of adjunct faculty for my local community college.

I speak high German (no dialect) and enjoy hearing my students develop an accent-free German, naturally by listening to me speak and by hearing themselves repeat German phrases till they become natural to them.  

Every class will begin with a review of the previous class. We will practice and reinforce what we learnt before we go into the new material. I am also a big advocate of team work and begin small group projects in this class already to help students develop positive and mutually encouraging  relationships with each other.

I'm looking forward to seeing you in my class soon! 
(Ich freue mich dich bald kennenzulernen!! ) 

Bis bald, (see you soon)
Nancy 

***Currently, I am only selectively available for private tutoring sessions. Feel free to email me for any questions or requests.



GERMAN 1- COURSE OUTLINE (Ages 12-17)


Lesson 1-2

Beginning Comprehension
Beginning communication:
Greetings, Introduction, Hobbies, Favorite Things etc 
Learning About An Important German City. Highlight: Hamburg 
The German Language in History
Geography of German speaking countries 


Lesson 3-4

Reptition of past concepts
Numbers/ Ages/ Stating Telephone Numbers and count to 100
Simple Math Problems 
Alphabet
Colors
Expressing simple facts
First Foods
Geography and Culture


Lesson 5

Healthy Food and eating (vocabulary and culture)
Expressing likes
A German Poem
Final Presentations 
to be (1st Person singular and 3rd person singular) 
German Geography 
Focused enhancing communication skills and Celebrating each others achievements
If we have time:
Building food vocabulary
1st German Composer Profile 
Animals