Conversation Classes

Grundstufe Conversation

8 week class, once a week for 1.5 hours

Completion of G100 or equivalent recommended. Course integrates use of regular and irregular verbs in the present and conversational past, with a review of frequently used prepositions of time and space while further building everyday vocabulary. Class activities include group and partner dialogues, role play scenarios and grammar review as requested. This class is offered in the Summer semester only.

 

Mittelstufe Conversation

8 week class, once a week for 1.5 hours

Completion of G300 or equivalent recommended. Course allows for practice of accusative and the dative case in present, past, and future tenses. Integrated review of simple clauses and advanced sentence structure. This class is offered in the Summer semester only.

 

Oberstufe Conversation

8 week class, once a week for 1.5 hours

Oberstufe  Conversation is conducted 100% auf Deutsch  is suitable for the advanced-level student whose primary goal is to increase oral fluency through regular discussions and speaking exercises.  Recommended completion of 2-3 quarters of Advanced Mittelstufe Review or equivalent (8 semesters of German) recommended.

Students will expand their vocabulary and increase their fluency through lively class discussions, readings, and occasional short writing assignments. This class is offered in the Summer semester only.