Print this page Beginner German: A2.2 Course
Develop your German further at A2.2, building on approximately 100 hours of prior study. You will broaden your communication skills across education, careers, travel and tourism, discussing work experience and responsibilities, planning trips, describing places and attractions, and talking about past experiences and memories.
You will consolidate the perfect tense and develop further control of past and future forms, verb-preposition combinations, two-way prepositions and the dative and accusative cases. You will also encounter an introduction to the genitive and zu + infinitive structures, while pronunciation practice supports clearer, longer spoken responses and more natural descriptive speech.
DELIVERY MODE
Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:
- Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
- Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.
TEXTBOOK
- Willkommen 2 1st Ed German Beginners Coursebook (John Murray: 2025), ISBN 9781471805158
Suggested Textbook Suppliers: Abbey's Bookshop · Intext Book Company / Language International Bookshop · The Language People
The textbook is not included in the course fee. Please check textbook availability with the supplier and wait until your course is confirmed before purchasing. WEA Sydney cannot accept responsibility for textbook purchases if a course is cancelled. Courses are confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days before the start date.
COURSE OUTLINE
Communication
- Discussing education and career pathways
- Talking about jobs and workplaces
- Describing work experience and responsibilities
- Understanding simple job advertisements
- Talking about travel and tourism
- Planning trips and weekend activities
- Describing places and attractions
- Comparing cities and regions
- Talking about past experiences and memories
Grammar
- Consolidation of the perfect tense
- Introduction to simple past forms of common verbs
- Future tense with werden
- Verb-preposition combinations
- Two-way prepositions
- Review of dative and accusative
- Introduction to the genitive
- zu + infinitive structures
Phonetics
- Pronunciation of past participles
- Intonation in descriptive speech
- Improving clarity in longer spoken responses
- Stress patterns in compound nouns
- Listening discrimination for case endings
Vocabulary
- Education and qualifications
- Careers and professions
- Workplace communication
- Tourism and holidays
- Travel planning
- Cities and landmarks
- Cultural activities
- Directions and transport
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Discuss education, careers, workplaces, travel, tourism and holiday plans in familiar situations.
- Describe places, attractions, cities and regions, and talk about past experiences and memories.
- Use common past and future forms, case structures, verb-preposition combinations and two-way prepositions with increasing confidence.
