Group Online German Lessons

This beginner course introduces essential German communication skills for everyday situations. You will learn how to introduce yourself, order in a café, talk about where you live, and manage simple conversations confidently.

Chapter 1: Kaffee oder Tee? (Coffee or Tea?)

What you’ll achieve: Start conversations, exchange contact details, and order food and drinks.

You will learn how to:

• Get to know someone
  
• Introduce yourself and others
  
• Use numbers from 1 to 1000
  
• Order and pay in a café
  
• Say and understand phone numbers

Chapter 2: Sprache im Kurs (Language in the Course)

What you’ll achieve: Participate actively in a German language class.

You will learn how to:

• Ask questions and ask for repetition
  
• Use a dictionary effectively
  
• Apply vocabulary learning strategies

Chapter 3: Städte – Länder – Sprachen (City – Country – Language)

What you’ll achieve: Describe places and talk about origins and travel experiences.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about cities and tourist sights
  
• Discuss countries and languages
  
• Say where you have been
  
• Describe geographic locations

Chapter 4: Menschen und Häuser (People and Houses)

What you’ll achieve: Talk about housing and describe living spaces clearly.

You will learn how to:

• Describe apartments and houses
  
• Write addresses correctly
  
• Talk about living in different countries
  
• Build vocabulary related to housing and furniture

Chapter 5: Termine (Events)

What you’ll achieve: Manage everyday scheduling and daily routine conversations.

You will learn how to:

• Tell the time and say days of the week
  
• Make and arrange appointments
  
• Apologize for being late
  
• Talk about your daily routine

Chapter 6: Orientierung (Orientation)

What you’ll achieve: Ask for directions and describe where people live and work.

You will learn how to:

• Say where people live and work
  
• Describe how people commute
  
• Ask for directions inside a building
  
• Describe an office workplace
  
• Arrange appointments

This course builds on A1.1 and expands your ability to communicate in everyday German. You will learn to talk about work, travel, shopping, health, and daily life situations with more confidence and detail.

Chapter 7: Berufe (Jobs)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss professions, describe routines, and talk about work-related topics.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about jobs and professions
  
• Describe daily routines and activities
  
• Introduce someone professionally
  
• Read and interpret simple statistics

Chapter 8: Berlin sehen (See Berlin)

What you’ll achieve:
Navigate a city, describe routes, and talk about travel experiences.

You will learn how to:

• Identify and talk about famous sights
  
• Ask for and give directions
  
• Talk about past trips
  
• Write a short postcard

Chapter 9: Ab in den urlaub (Off on Vacation)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss vacation plans and describe experiences and incidents.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about holidays and travel plans
  
• Describe holiday experiences
  
• Explain what happened in an accident
  
• Take brief and effective notes

Chapter 10: Essen und trinken (To Eat and Drink)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle everyday food shopping and talk about what you like to eat and drink.

You will learn how to:

• Ask for products while shopping
  
• Ask about and understand prices
  
• Express food and drink preferences
  
• Understand and explain a simple recipe

Chapter 11: Kleidung und wetter (Events)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe clothing, make purchases, and discuss weather conditions.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about clothes and colors
  
• Buy clothing and discuss sizes
  
• Name colors and sizes correctly
  
• Understand weather reports and talk about the weather

Chapter 12: Körper und gesundheit (Body and health)

What you’ll achieve:
Communicate clearly in basic health-related situations.

You will learn how to:

• Name parts of the body
  
• Explain symptoms and describe pain at the doctor’s
  
• Give simple advice and instructions
  
• Talk about emotions and feelings

This course strengthens your ability to communicate independently in everyday situations. You will expand your vocabulary, improve fluency, and learn to express opinions, describe experiences, and handle more complex conversations.

Chapter 1: Leben und lernen in Europa (Live and Study in Europe)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe personal background, compare places, and explain motivations.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about languages and migration
  
• Describe your personal biography
  
• Compare cities and countries
  
• Give reasons and explain decisions

Chapter 2: Familiengeschichten (Family Stories)

What you’ll achieve:
Speak confidently about family relationships and personal views.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about family members and relationships
  
• Describe people and photos
  
• Congratulate someone and write invitations
  
• Express and justify your opinion

Chapter 3: Unterwegs (On the Way)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss travel experiences and organize trips independently.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about journeys and trips
  
• Express assumptions and probabilities
  
• Read and understand timetables
  
• Plan and book a trip
  
• Organize a train journey

Chapter 4: Freizeit und hobby (Free Time and Hobbies)

What you’ll achieve:
Express personal interests and react appropriately in conversations.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about hobbies and interests
  
• React positively, negatively, or with surprise
  
• Express and understand emotions
  
• Discuss clubs and social groups

Chapter 5: Medien im Alltag (Media in Everyday Life)

What you’ll achieve:
Understand media-related topics and respond appropriately in practical situations.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about different types of media
  
• Interpret and evaluate simple graphs
  
• Respond to complaints
  
• Write short messages

Chapter 6: Ausgehen, leute treffen (Go Out, Meet People)

What you’ll achieve:
Interact naturally in social and restaurant settings.

You will learn how to:

• Say what you feel like doing in your free time
• Read and understand a menu
  
• Order food and drinks in a restaurant
  
• Talk about meeting people and building contacts

This course completes the A2 level and helps you communicate more confidently in social, cultural, and professional situations. You will learn to describe experiences in detail, discuss future plans and hypothetical situations, and handle more complex real-life tasks in German.

Chapter 7: Vom land in die stadt (From Country to City)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss living environments, organize a move, and describe everyday incidents.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about advantages and disadvantages of city and country life
  
• Read and understand apartment advertisements
  
• Plan and organize a move
  
• Describe and explain accidents in the home

Chapter 8: Kultur erleben (Experience Culture)

What you’ll achieve:
Organize cultural activities and describe past experiences in more detail.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about cultural interests and preferencesPlan a sightseeing program
  
• Organize a visit to the theatre
  
• Speak and write about past events

Chapter 9: Arbeitswelten (Working World)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle job-related communication in German.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about career aspirations
  
• Understand and analyze job advertisements
  
• Write a simple CV (Lebenslauf)
  
• Leave a message on voicemail

Chapter 10: Feste und feiern (Festivals and Celebrations)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe cultural traditions and express conditions and consequences.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about festivals and customs
  
• Discuss gifts and celebrations
  
• Compare different celebrations
  
• Express conditions and consequences (if/then situations)

Chapter 11: Mit allen sinnen (With all Your Senses)

What you’ll achieve:
Express emotions clearly and discuss media content in more depth.

You will learn how to:

• Express emotions and respond to others
  
• Summarize a film
  
• Discuss a movie’s themes and story
  
• Introduce people in more detail

Chapter 12: Ideen und Erfindungen (Ideas and Inventions)

What you’ll achieve:
Explain how things work and describe processes clearly.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about inventions and products
  
• Explain what you need and why
  
• Interpret simple charts or diagrams
  
• Describe processes and explain instructions (e.g., a recipe)

This course marks your transition to independent language use at B1 level. You will improve your ability to discuss abstract topics, describe experiences in detail, express opinions clearly, and use more complex grammatical structures confidently.

Unit 1: Zeitpunkte (Time Points)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe historical events, discuss time perception, and give structured presentations.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about time perception and life stages
  
• Discuss important historical events
  
• Describe images in detail
  
• Use nominalization (zum), subordinate clauses (e.g., während), and the simple past of irregular verbs
  
• Present a historical event clearly and logically

Unit 2: Alltag (Everyday Life)

What you’ll achieve:
Express concerns, discuss problems, and give well-structured advice.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about everyday problems and workplace stress
  
• Express concerns and react appropriately
  
• Use subordinate clauses with weil
  
• Use Subjunctive II forms (könnte, müsste, sollte) for advice
  
• Write a clear problem–solution text

Unit 3: Männer – Frauen – Paare (Men – Women – Couples)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss social topics confidently and express agreement or disagreement clearly.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about gender roles and stereotypes
  
• Describe relationships and communication styles
  
• Agree and disagree diplomatically
  
• Use infinitive constructions with zu and subordinate clauses with dass
  
• Apply descriptive adjectives (e.g., with un- and -los)
  
• Participate in a structured debate on gender roles

This stage deepens your ability to handle formal language, hypothetical situations, complex grammar, and socially appropriate communication. By the end of B1.2, you should be able to discuss abstract topics, write structured texts, and reflect on past events with nuance.

Unit 4: Arbeit im Wandel (Work in Transition)

What you’ll achieve:
Talk about regional labor changes, describe workplace environments, and write formal reports.

You will learn how to:

• Describe regions and workplaces
  
• Discuss work-related accidents
  
• Write formal, factual reports
  
• Use adjective declension correctly
  
• Form diminutives with -chen
  
• Apply adjective endings after definite and indefinite articles

Unit 5: Schule und Lernen (School and Learning)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss education critically and express wishes and hypothetical scenarios.

You will learn how to:

• Compare education systems
  
• Talk about learning strategies and environments
  
• Express wishes and hypothetical situations
  
• Use Subjunctive forms (wäre, würde, hätte, könnte)
  
• Form and use relative clauses correctly

Unit 6: Klima und Umwelt (Climate and Environment)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss environmental issues and make informed predictions.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about weather and climate forecasts
  
• Describe environmental problems
  
• Express contrast and conditions
  
• Give reasons and discuss records
  
• Use wegen + Genitive
  
• Form the future tense (werden + Infinitiv)
  
• Use double conjunctions
  (nicht … sondern, je … desto …)
• Review time expressions

Unit 7: Das ist mir aber peinlich! (That’s so embarrassing!)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle social situations appropriately and narrate past events clearly.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about social norms and embarrassing situations
  
• Apologize and explain mishaps
  
• Comment on situations and recount past events
  
• Use Partizip I
  
• Use subordinate clauses with obwohl
  
• Form and use Plusquamperfekt
  
• Review advice structures (wenn, sollte)

This course completes the B1 level and prepares you for upper-intermediate communication. You will learn to discuss social and political topics, analyze texts, express assumptions, and present structured arguments clearly and confidently.

Unit 8: Generationen (Generations)

What you’ll achieve:
Reflect on different generations, express wishes and assumptions, and analyze texts thoughtfully.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about life stages, dreams, fears, and future wishes
  
• Express assumptions using könnte
  
• Discuss and analyze literary texts
  
• Use genitive possessive articles correctly
  
• Form subordinate clauses with seit
  
• Apply double conjunctions
  (nicht nur … sondern auch / weder … noch)

Unit 9: Migration

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss migration thoughtfully and describe feelings of belonging or foreignness.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about reasons for migration, hopes, and fears
  
• Describe experiences of “Heimat” and “Fremde”
  
• Use the verb lassen correctly
  
• Use genitive relative pronouns
  
• Apply passive alternatives with man
  
• Review and strengthen passive voice usage

Unit 10: Europa

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss European topics confidently and present arguments with clarity.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about Europe and EU institutions
  
• Give short structured presentations
  
• Express alternatives and contrasts
  
• Use double conjunctions
  (entweder … oder)
• Use contrast words such as trotzdem
  
• Form question words with prepositions
  (wofür, woran, etc.)
• Form nouns with -keit and -heit
  
• Review verbs with prepositions

This course marks your transition to upper-intermediate proficiency. You will refine your ability to analyze texts, structure arguments, negotiate effectively, and communicate precisely in both spoken and written German.

Chapter 1: Von Feen und Prinzen Of (Fairies and Princes)

What you’ll achieve:
Analyze literary texts and produce structured narrative and promotional writing.

You will learn how to:

• Discuss and analyze fairy tales
  
• Retell stories using clear narrative structure
  
• Read biographies and take structured notes
  
• Compare images using descriptive and comparative language
  
• Write a persuasive advertisement text

Chapter 2: Mein gutes Recht (My Right)

Focus: Law, responsibility, argumentation, and formal writing

What you’ll achieve:
Handle conflicts diplomatically and write formal complaint texts effectively.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about rights and responsibilities
  
• Express certainty and uncertainty
  
• Make assumptions and formulate complaints
  
• Resolve conflicts through negotiation language
  
• Give structured advice
  
• Write a formal complaint letter

Chapter 3: Digital zu Hause (Digitally at House)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss digital habits critically and interpret statistical information confidently.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about media and media usage habits
  
• Analyze and comment on charts and graphics
  
• Leave structured voicemail or recorded messages

Chapter 4: Einfach Lecker?! (Simply Delicious?!)

What you’ll achieve:
Express opinions clearly, negotiate effectively, and summarize complex texts.

You will learn how to:

• Discuss food, nutrition, and eating habits
  
• Comment briefly and precisely on statements
  
• Negotiate, confirm, and order appropriately
  
• Evaluate and summarize written texts