If you have any questions about whether your learner's level of German proficiency is a good match for this class, feel free to send me a message.

Here's an answer key for the words and sentences in the course description that you can use as a little placement test for your learner, if that's helpful: 

+ Can you puzzle out the meanings of sentences like these?
   Es gibt viele Bäume im Wald hinter der Stadt.
   There are many trees in the forest behind the city.
   Die Schiffe bringen Produkte von einem Land zum anderen.
   The ships bring products from one country to another.
   Die Häuser sind sehr niedrig, und die Bergen sind sehr hoch.
   The houses/buildings are very low, and the mountains are very high.

+ Do you know some basic German words like these?
   der Baum, der Fluss, das Schiff, die Brücke, das Fenster, die Tür
   tree, river, ship, bridge, window, door

+ If I asked you questions like these in spoken German, would you understand?
   Wo ist die Brücke: im Hintergrund, oder im Vordergrund?
   Where is the bridge: in the background, or in the foreground?
   Wie viele Fenster gibt es in dem Haus in der Mitte: drei, oder dreizehn?
   How many windows are there in the house in the middle: three, or thirteen?