The German courses offered by the MLB Program will stretch over the academic year.

Our teachers are all trained as teachers for German as a foreign language.

The following levels of German courses will be offered:
a) Beginners
b) Basic
c) Intermediate
d) Advanced

Placement test/interview will take place during the Orientation Program. Course material will be provided. The cost for the German courses at the MLB Program for the whole year is EUR 350.

Beginners
for students without any previous knowledge of German
- Basic communication skills for everyday situations, topics: German pronunciation and alphabet, greetings, numbers, shopping, restaurant, asking for the time/way, reactions in everyday situations (how to apologize, say thank you …),
- Frequently used grammatical forms for immediate use: articles, present tense, the German sentence.

Basic
For students with little knowledge of German
- Review of basic communication skills for everyday situations, expansion of vocabulary, topics e.g.: shopping, hobbies, likes and dislikes, expressions of time, apartment/furniture,
- Elementary grammar based on the previous knowledge of the students (e.g. possessive articles, modal verbs, prepositions, imperative, past tense (Perfekt), comparative/superlative, ordinal numbers).

Intermediate
For students with basic knowledge of German
Course focuses on communication and expansion of vocabulary. Topics and grammar focus (e.g. tenses, adjectives, prepositions, verbs with prepositions, passive, subordinate clauses, sentence structure, subjunctive II) will be chosen in class.

Advanced
For students with a good command of German
Course will be adjusted to students' needs/interests, topics and grammar focus (e.g. adjective declension, subjunctives, verbs with prefixes) will be decided upon in the class.

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