At the A1 level, learners are introduced to the basics of German. This stage focuses on equipping students with the fundamental skills needed to communicate in simple and routine tasks.

Skills Developed:

• Listening: Understand familiar everyday expressions and basic phrases aimed at satisfying concrete needs.
• Speaking: Use simple phrases and sentences to express personal information, such as where you live and people you know.
• Reading: Recognize familiar names, words, and very simple sentences, for example, on signs and posters.
• Writing: Write short, simple postcards and fill out forms with personal details.

Goals:

Enjoy engaging in simple dialogues about everyday activities.

Carry out basic conversations on familiar topics.

Ask and answer questions about personal details.

The A2 level builds upon the foundation established in A1, expanding vocabulary and grammatical structures to facilitate more detailed communication about familiar topics.

Skills Developed:

• Listening: Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g., personal and family information, shopping).
• Speaking: Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information.
• Reading: Read and understand short, simple texts, and can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material.
• Writing: Write short, simple notes and messages related to immediate needs and write a very simple personal letter.

Goals:

Express likes, dislikes, and preferences in simple sentences.

Discuss daily routines and familiar topics with increased confidence.

Engage in conversations about hobbies, work, and travel experiences.

At the B1 level, learners begin to engage more deeply with the language, enabling them to discuss more complex subjects and express opinions.

Skills Developed:

• Listening: Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
• Speaking: Produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, including descriptions of experiences, events, dreams, hopes, and ambitions.
• Reading: Understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. Can understand the description of events, feelings, and wishes in personal letters.
• Writing: Write simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, including descriptions of experiences and events.

Goals:

Navigate everyday situations and conversations with relative ease.

At the B2 level, students achieve a level of proficiency allowing them to communicate effectively in most situations, including more complex conversations and texts.

Skills Developed:

• Listening: Understand the main ideas of complex speech on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialization.
• Speaking: Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
• Reading: Read and understand articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints.
• Writing: Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to their interests, explaining a viewpoint on a topical issue.

Goals:

Understand and participate in discussions in various contexts, including work environments and academic settings.

Discuss complex topics such as cultural or social issues with confidence.

Engage in debates and conversations, offering opinions and arguments effectively.