C1 Course Overview

Embark on Mastering German with the C1 Course

Take the next step in your German language journey with our C1 German course, designed to develop advanced proficiency and refine your communication skills. This course enables learners to understand a wide range of demanding texts and implicit meanings, empowering them to express ideas fluently and spontaneously. Whether you’re aiming to enhance your career prospects, pursue higher education in a German-speaking country, or improve your overall communication abilities, this course equips you with the tools to excel in real-world situations.

C1 Course Syllabus

MODULE 1: Everyday Life

• Topics Covered:
  • Texts on time management and social involvement in clubs
  • Use of mobile phones and common issues in shared living spaces
• Grammar Focus:
  • Connectors (e.g., andernfalls, folglich, außer wenn)
  • Separable and inseparable verbs

MODULE 2: The Power of Words

• Topics Covered:
  • The pros and cons of modern media reachability
  • Interviews on “quick-wittedness” and the impact of language acquisition
  • The use of dialects in modern society
• Grammar Focus:
  • Methods of reporting speech (Redewiedergabe)
  • Nominal and verbal styles

MODULE 3: At Work

• Topics Covered:
  • Curriculum vitae and its evolution
  • Differences between “Ausbildung” and “Studium”
  • A discussion on multitasking and soft skills via radio interviews
• Grammar Focus:
  • Subject and object clauses
  • Advanced subordinate clauses (Weiterführende Nebensätze)

MODULE 4: Economic Summit

• Topics Covered:
  • Development of the Ruhr area (Ruhrgebiet)
  • Discussions on global conscience and opinions on globalization
  • The concept of crowdfunding and its implications
• Grammar Focus:
  • Nominalization and verbalization of temporal phrases
  • Causal and modal clauses

MODULE 5: Setting Goals

• Topics Covered:
  • Articles on social networking and its impact on career goals
  • Conversations about professional aspirations
  • Good resolutions and tips for achieving goals, voluntary engagement
• Grammar Focus:
  • Negative consecutive clauses with zu (e.g., um zu, als dass)
  • Nominalization and verbalization of concessive and final clauses

MODULE 6: Healthy and Happy

• Topics Covered:
  • The risks and effects of placebos
  • Discussions on wellness, beauty, and bio-products
• Grammar Focus:
  • Infinitive clauses in present and past tenses
  • Nominalization and verbalization of conditional clauses

MODULE 7: Crime and Regulations

• Topics Covered:
  • Reports on failed crimes and youthful mistakes
  • Articles on regulations, laws, and crime stories (Krimis)
• Grammar Focus:
  • Features of passive voice
  • Modal participles

MODULE 8: Who You Are

• Topics Covered:
  • Experiments on daily life and human behavior
  • Texts on brain research and gender behavior
  • Articles on highly gifted individuals and parenting opinions
• Grammar Focus:
  • Subjective modal verbs for assertions and assumptions

MODULE 9: The Art World

• Topics Covered:
  • Creativity and its influence on art
  • Graphic descriptions of films
  • Information on the lives of artists and autobiographies about reading habits
• Grammar Focus:
  • Nominalization and verbalization of prepositional complements
  • Connectors (e.g., allerdings, mittlerweile, vielmehr)

MODULE 10: Remembrance

• Topics Covered:
  • Texts on the function of memories
  • Radio programs on false memories
  • Questions related to the topic of face blindness
• Grammar Focus:
  • Separable and inseparable verbs

DURATION: 2 MONTHS

Interactive Live Online Sessions
Along with the interactive live online sessions, the following will be provided by GERMANSHALA:

• Goethe Exam Training for Zertifikat C1
• All worksheets and course workbooks
• Weekly online tests
• Individual attention and doubt clearance
• Performance tracking for each student
• Vocabulary drills and more