German Upper Intermediate 3:
Book and material:
- Sicher B2.2 aktuell coursebook (unit 7-12)
- Sicher B2.2 aktuell workbook (unit 7-12)
- Sicher B2 aktuell: Online platform of Hueber.de
Topics and vocabulary:
- forms of relationships and forms of living
- advert slogans for food products
- studying
- providing services
- first aid kit
- foreign words
Grammar and structures:
- nouns with prepositions; indirect speech; generalising relative clauses;
comparative clauses
- subjective meaning of the modal verb "sollen"; derivation: nominalising
verbs; conditional relations; concessive relations
- consecutive relations; fixed relations of nouns with verbs; derivation:
negation of adjectives by using prefixes and suffixes
- alternatives to passive voice; passive sentences without a subject
- indefinite pronouns; modal relations
- extended participles; adversative sentences; participles as nouns; the
joint element "-s" in combined nouns
Language skills:
- audio & video comprehension:
reportage: patchwork families; pair talks; poetry slam; answering machine
message: cooking course; specialist's lecture: What do students need money for;
student's film: dream of studying; round table: bargain hunting; short
commentary: Prien; photo reportage: reading hour; as a doctor abroad; info
clip: care is good; radio reportage: "The blue wonder"; German as an official
language; the band competition "Plattsounds"
bicultural relationships; reporting about national dishes; presentation:
presenting a project; choosing a university; exchanging experience; offering a
service; role play: conversation at the doctor's; alternative therapy methods; presenting
a travel program
novel extract: "Das Blütenstaubzimmer"; newspaper article: long-distance
relationships; newspaper article: from vegan to flexitarian; newspaper article:
dealing with food products; info-brochure: the Ruhr-University of Bochum;
newspaper article: on the flower field; info paper: subscribing the magazine
"Erklärbär"; newspaper article: doctor: dream job or a tough job; scientific
article: alternative therapy methods; technical article: regional variety of
German
reader's letter; a complaint; letter of motivation; a text summary; blog
post for an internet platform; opinion
