These courses strike a balance between mastery of grammatical features and development of reading writing, listening, and speaking skills. Warm-ups and activities designed to improve communication skills are implemented to help students improve their pronunciation, intonation, and fluency in German.
Assignments aim to develop critical thinking skills and creative expression.
The goal of the first-year intensive course is to provide students with a solid knowledge of German grammatical structures, a basic vocabulary, and practice speaking and understanding spoken and written German. By the end of Intensive German I, students can understand simplified written texts and short spoken passages without the aid of a dictionary and they can express themselves spontaneously in everyday conversation. The final exam is modeled after the proficiency exam, but geared to the first-year level. It measures grammatical accuracy and aptitude in all four language skills. Intensive German II covers second-year German in one semester.