
Virtual German Courses
We strongly encourage participants to self-assess their current language skills and check the course content description and/or learning outcomes of each course prior to registration.
External Resource:
CEFR self-assessment grids by the Council of Europe
Online German self-assessment by the Goethe Institute
Upcoming Courses
Course number: CAUXXDE038
Course name: German at B2 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level, German at B1/B2 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time:
26.11.2022 – 27.11.2022
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00-17:00 (with breaks)
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to
- Learn about the German holidays and ways to celebrate in December (Nikolaus, Weihnachten (Christmas), Silvester (New Year’s Eve)) which we are going to compare to the customs in your home countries.
- The workshop is going to include a lot of creative writing tasks, dialogues, reading German stories about holidays in December and possibly 1 or 2 songs typical for the season.
Additional details:
- Lessons via Zoom – make sure to update to the latest version and ideally use a device other than mobile phones
- Class size of max. 24 in total
- total workload: 14 hours
- no extra material is needed
Contact person/information: language-seaeu@uv.uni-kiel.de
Register before 16.11.2022 at https://sprachenportal.zfs.uni-kiel.de. Follow the instructions given within the Registration Guide:
Participants will be notified 5-7 days before the course and receive connection details latest 1 day before the start of the course.
Past Courses
Course number: CAUXXDE001
Course name: German at A1.1 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 04.10., 06.10., 08.10., 11.10., 13.10., 18.10., 20.10., 22.10., 25.10., 27.10.2021; time: 18:00-20:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to or acquire skills to
- introduce themselves
- talk on a low level about food, activities and locations
- know about basic vocabulary
- know about basic verbs and grammar
- get an idea of the German culture
Course number: CAUXXDE002
Course name: German at A1.1 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 11 Oct 2021 – 11 Nov 2021, Mondays 09:00-11:00 & Thursdays 10:00-12:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to use and understand
- Pronouns & verbs
- Sentence structure
- Singular & Plural
- Adjectives
- Numbers
- Times (mainly present & past tense)
- Vocabulary
Course number: CAUXXDE003
Course Name: German at A1.1 – A1.2 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 25 Oct 2021 – 26 Nov 2021, Mondays & Wednesdays 18:00-20:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to use and understand
- to use the basics of German communication
- to use the most frequent & useful vocabulary
- to use the base set of German grammar / Pronunciation
- to get insights into German culture and the city of Kiel (sights & activities)
Course number: CAUXXDE004
Course name: German at A1.1 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 15 Nov 2021 – 16 Dec 2021, Mondays 09:00-11:00 & Thursdays 10:00-12:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to use and understand
- Pronouns & verbs
- Sentence structure
- Singular & Plural
- Adjectives
- Numbers
- Times (mainly present & past tense)
- Vocabulary
Course number: CAUXXDE005
Course name: German at A1.1 – A1.2 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 20 Nov 2021 – 05 Dec 2021, Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-13:30
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to use and understand
- to use the basics of German communication
- to use the most frequent & useful vocabulary
- to use the base set of German grammar / Pronunciation
- to get insights into German culture and the city of Kiel (sights & activities)
Course number: CAUXXDE029
Course name: German at A1.1 Level
Course details
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 12.03., 13.03., 19.03., 20.03., 26.03., 27.03., 02.04., 03.04.2022
10:00-13:30
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to or acquire skills to
- communicate on a basic level (about the following topics: Introduction, free time activities, making plans for the evening)
- use the most frequent & useful vocabulary
- use the base set of German grammar & pronunciation
- get an idea about German culture and Kiel (sights & activities)
Course number: CAUXXDE030
Course name: German at A1.2 Level
Course details
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 02.04., 09.04., 23.04., 30.04., 07.05., 14.05.2022 (Saturdays 9:00 – 13:00)
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to or acquire skills to
- write and speak German at a basic level
- pronounce more precisely
- use the dative case
- use adjectives and make comparisons
- use the past tense
- use new prepositions and vocabulary
Course number: CAUXXDE031
Course name: German at A2.1 Level
Course details
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level & German at A1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 09.04., 10.04., 16.04., 17.04., 23.04., 24.04., 30.04., 01.05.2022
10:00-13:30
(After consultation with the teacher there is a possibility of a change of date at Easter (16./17.4.)).
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to or acquire skills to
- consolidate grammatical knowledge
- use advanced grammatical structures
- build and expand vocabulary range
- speak more confidently
- get an idea about German culture, economy and politics
Course number: CAUXXDE034
Course name: German at B1.1 level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level, German at A2.2 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time: 6.09.2022 – 19.10.2022, Mondays and Wednesdays: 17:00-20:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to
- get to know past tense and future tense
- askpolitely with Konjunktiv 2
- use relative clauses
- get to know reflexive verbs
- learnnew vocabulary
- talk about free time activities, food and workplaces
Course number: CAUXXDE035
Course name: German at A2.1 level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level, German at A1.2 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time:
01.10.2022 – 19.11.2022
Saturdays: 9:00-12:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to
- use the simple past
- use the genitive case and reflexive verbs
- extend their knowledge about subclauses
- improve phonetic skills to be more confident in talking
- get to know new vocabulary about food, work spaces and daily routines
Book required:
Spektrum Deutsch A2 (Anne Buscha und Szilvia Szita)
Teilband 1 (14,50 €) ISBN: 978-3-941323-38-4
or Vollversion (24,50 €) ISBN: 978-3-941323-31-5
Course number: CAUXXDE036
Course name: German at A2.1 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level, German at A1.2 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time:
03.10.2022 – 27.10.2022
Mondays and Thursdays: 18:00-21:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to
- build upon your communication skills from German A1.
- extend and diversify your vocabulary within different thematic areas.
- practice and repeat your already acquired knowledge about German grammar and add new grammatical topics from German A2.1 on top.
- improve upon your pronunciation skills.
- insights into German culture (behaviour, sights & activities)
- pick a topic – what interests you most about Germany?
(for example: work, current music, politics, nature, economy…)
→ one class will be centered around this topic
Course number: CAUXXDE037
Course name: German at A2.2 Level
Course details:
Target Group: This course is open for SEA-EU Students and Staff.
Prerequisites: English at B1 level, German at A2.1 level
Courses offered by: Kiel University
Start-End Date/Time:
01.11.2022 – 24.11.2022
Tuesdays and Thursdays
18:00-21:00
Course content:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to
- introduce themselves
- talk on a low level about food, activities and locations
- know about basic vocabulary
- know about basic verbs and grammar
- get an idea of the German culture