German for beginners - for business or holidays - and more!
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
- Preview04:46
- 03:31How to navigate inside this course (for new Udemy students)
- 02:53About the instructor (for new Udemy Students)
Instructor
![Angelika Davey](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 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!