German course for speakers of Romance languages

During his stays in Chile and Brazil Daniel Veith elaborated a new method of German language teaching for speakers of Romance languages.

The course is based on the practical question “What minimal structures do I need for communication?”. A logical order of the grammar units according to the scheme “What do I already know? What do I need now?” and the direct combination of grammar and conversation help you to learn the German language in only 30 units with results that surpass all conventional methods.

The learning units have the following structure (depending on the available time they may last one or two hours):

•  ¼ of the time: conversation in order to a) apply the new grammar unit and b) introduce the new
   vocabulary to learn for the next hour
•  ½ of the time: explanation of the new grammar unit and realization of the corresponding exercises
•  ¼ of the time: conversation in order to apply the new grammar unit and to introduce the new
    vocabulary to learn for the next hour

The course comprises:

•  course book with 30 grammar units and exercises
•  thematic vocabulary (1,500 words)
•  CD with the spoken vocabulary

The learning units have the following contents:

Part I:
The main clause in present, past and future and its complements
01  Introduction
02  The pronunciation
03  The minimal clause / The auxiliary verb sein / The auxiliary verb haben
04  Conjugation I: The present (The regular verb / The irregular verb / The formal treatment)
05  Conjugation II: The past (Perfekt) / The formation of the perfect participle
06  Conjugation III: The future / The interrogative clause
07  The singular declination / The definite article
08  The word order
09  The negation
10  REVISION I

Part II:
The parts of the clause
11  The modal verb
12  The plural formation / The plural declination of the nouns
13  The numbers
14  The pronouns (The personal pronoun / The reflexive pronoun)
15  The adjective
16  The adverb
17  The comparative / The superlative
18  The article (The indefinite article / The possessive article / The demonstrative article)
19  REVISION II

Part III:
The subordinate clause
20  The relative clause
21  The nominal group / The word formation
22  The subordinate clause / The subjunction
23  The conjunction
24  Preposition I: The local prepositions
25  Preposition II: The temporal prepositions / Other prepositions
26  The infinite / The imperative
27  The subjunctive / The conditional clause
28  The passive / The past (Präteritum)
29  The particle
30  REVISION III – CONCLUSION

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German Course for
Spanish Speakers

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