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German for beginners - for business or holidays - and more!

A 30+ day challenge for learning basic German in time for your awesome holiday or successful business trip to Germany
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (40 ratings)
2,538 students
Created by Angelika Davey
Last updated 11/2020
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Have a basic conversation in German
  • Read basic instructions in German
  • Have an understanding of German numbers from 0 to 100
  • Buy clothing/ food/ drinks etc.. in German
  • Ask for directions
  • Have a great holiday in Germany
  • Show prospective new clients the willingness to learn their language

Requirements

  • No previous knowledge of German required!
  • Pen and paper for making notes
  • A cup of coffee or tea and a good mood (not really essential but helpful)
  • A sense of humour. Learning German with a smile is a lot more fun that without :)

Description

December 2018: This course has been updated to accommodate more lectures. It still has the 30 day challenge but now also has 2 extra sections with additional lectures to take you beyond the challenge.

A 30 day challenge to learn enough German to help you feel less daunted and have a great time on your first trip to Germany. 

        If you are a busy person who finds it hard to fit in time for language lessons, then this course is perfect for you! 

        Each topic comes in a bite-sized challenge, lasting no more than 5 - 10 (a few maybe 15) minutes work a day, followed by a revision quiz on the following day. 

        This will be enough to make you feel less uncomfortable when in Germany and people speak to you or you read German instructions. 

A final assignment will also help with more personal details you might need for your trip to Germany.

        And for the business person, who wants to exhibit in Germany or who is meeting a prospective client - this course may just help you get that deal! 

        Contrary to popular belief, not all Germans do speak English - and even if they do, a few polite sentences in German may just be what they needed to hear to be persuaded to buy from you. 

    Topics in the challenge covered are: 

  • greeting people

  • My name is ...

  • I come from ...

  • I live in ...

  • four little words

  • Do you speak English?

  • Sorry!

  • days of the week

  • numbers from 0 - 10

  • Where is…?

  • directions

  • ordering drinks

  • ordering food

  • I'm allergic!

  • numbers from 11- 20

  • numbers from 21 - 100

  • What's the time?

  • How much does it cost?

  • buying clothes

  • colours

  • buying train tickets

  • body part and illnesses

  • buying medicines

  • booking a hotel room

  • at the restaurant

  • saying goodbye

And now even more:

  • Du or Sie?

  • Being polite

  • Special dietary requirements

  • extra listening and reading exercises

  • and more to come...

Who this course is for:

  • Absolute beginners, who want to go on holidays in Germany.
  • Business people who are hoping to exhibit in Germany or meet prospective clients, but don't speak any German.
  • This course could also be a refresher course for those who did learn German some time ago and can't remember much.

Course content

8 sections • 52 lectures • 3h 8m total length

  • Preview04:46
  • How to navigate inside this course (for new Udemy students)
    03:31
  • About the instructor (for new Udemy Students)
    02:53

  • Preview02:52
  • What do you already know?
    1 question
  • Tips and hints for doing the challenge
    1 page
  • Preview00:53
  • What? No grammar?
    00:43
  • Those extra little letters and how to write them?
    00:49

  • Preview02:20
  • Lecture 7 revision
    3 questions
  • Day 2 - introducing yourself
    05:18
  • Lecture 8 revision
    2 questions
  • Day 3 - Telling people where you come from
    03:31
  • Day 4 - Telling people where in the world you live
    03:42
  • Lecture 9 & 10 revision
    2 questions
  • Day 5 - Four little words
    02:14
  • Lecture 11 revision
    2 questions
  • Day 6 - "Do you speak English?"
    02:53
  • Lecture 12 revision
    4 questions
  • Day 7 - Sorry isn't the hardest word to say in German!
    02:45
  • Lecture 13 revision
    1 question
  • Day 8 - The days of the week
    02:54
  • Lecture 14 revision
    1 question
  • Day 9 - Numbers from 0 to 10
    06:28
  • Lecture 15 revision
    5 questions
  • Day 10 - Celebrate your progress, part 1
    01:12

  • Day 11 - Where is ...?
    07:58
  • Can you ask for places?
    2 questions
  • Day 12 - Hearing and giving directions
    07:05
  • Let's check those direction words again!
    1 question
  • Day 13 - Ordering drinks - and not just beers :)
    07:08
  • Can you order your drinks?
    3 questions
  • Day 14 - Ordering food - there's more than Currywurst :)
    03:38
  • Can you order your cake?
    3 questions
  • Day 15 - I'm allergic!
    03:21
  • Day 16 - Numbers from 11 - 20
    02:31
  • Let's test your numbers - no maths involved!
    5 questions
  • Day 17 - Even higher numbers: 21 - 100
    04:52
  • More numbers to test, oh yes!
    5 questions
  • Day 18 - What's the time, Mr Wolf?
    05:07
  • Can you tell, what time these TV programmes are on?
    3 questions
  • Day 19 - How much is that doggy in the window?
    07:24
  • I want to buy this, but how much is it? Test your prices.
    3 questions
  • Day 20 - Celebrate your progress, part 2
    01:25

  • Day 21 - I want that jumper! Going shopping
    11:05
  • Did you buy that jumper?
    3 questions
  • Day 22 - Knowing your basic colours
    04:49
  • A little colour quiz
    3 questions
  • Day 23 - Buying train tickets to travel around Germany
    06:54
  • Can you buy a return ticket?
    1 question
  • Day 24 - Body parts and illnesses
    07:47
  • Know your body
    3 questions
  • Preview05:05
  • Test your word power at the chemist
    2 questions
  • Day 26 - Booking a hotel room
    05:58
  • Get that room!
    3 questions
  • Day 27 - At the restaurant
    05:57
  • Table for two, or three ...?
    3 questions
  • Day 28 - saying goodbye - no, I didn't forget it :)
    02:42
  • I don't like it, but we have to say it
    2 questions
  • Day 29 - Celebrate your progress, part 3
    01:20

  • Something positive!
    00:49
  • Are you ready for your visit to Germany?
    1 question
  • Bonus: Day 30 - Where do you go from here?
    01:48
  • Extra bonus - a copy of 'Learn German for your holidays'
    00:11

  • Want some extra practice and like word games?
    00:27
  • Du or Sie - which one to use?
    01:53
  • When to use Sie?
    02:28
  • Asking questions using 'du'
    08:45
  • Being polite
    05:30
  • Special dietary requirements
    03:49
  • Ordering coffee in Germany
    00:59

  • Extra listening and reading practice - at the dentist
    01:44
  • Extra listening and reading practice - at the hotel
    01:44
  • Extra listening and reading practice - phoning a friend
    01:36
  • Extra listening and reading practice - phoning a language school
    01:37
  • Extra listening and reading practice - phoning a restaurant
    02:04

Instructor

Angelika Davey
experienced German tutor & translator teaching on & offline
Angelika Davey
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 1,981 Reviews
  • 38,422 Students
  • 15 Courses

      Once upon a time there was a little girl in Germany who had this idea of moving to England as soon as she was grown up and to make all English people like the German language. Then she wanted to be an air hostess, a ballet dancer, a famous singer …… 

      Fast forward to the present and this little girl hasn’t quite achieved what she wanted, but … 

      Angelika is a qualified teacher and native German speaker from Lower Saxony in the North of Germany, who moved to England in 1982. She has been teaching German since 1991. Her students are private and business clients, school children and adults in evening classes, with the youngest student being 3 years old and her oldest 80! 

      Angelika has written six books, two in German and four in English and seven planners and journals for language learners. She translates from English to German and vice versa, and she teaches face-to-face, via Skype and on Udemy! 

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