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German for You A1/A2: A German Language Course for Beginners
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German for You A1/A2: A German Language Course for Beginners

From zero to beginner to elementary, native German tutor, explanations in English, all language exam material covered
Last updated 7/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand and use German on a basic to elementary level.
  • Make your own sentences and questions and understand the answers in everyday situations.
  • Hands-on step by step explanations, so you can see how to do it.
  • Grammar/structure, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Course content

12 sections273 lectures18h 36m total length
  • Course overview3:25

    Begin with English explanations and an active, participatory approach designed for beginners. Read, hear, and repeat sentences, study vocabulary, and receive explanations and examples to form your own German sentences.

  • Warm up: 23 German words that look familiar6:51

    Explore 23 German words that resemble English spellings or sounds, guess their meanings, and practice pronunciation cues like silent r, sch, umlaut, ch, and v.

  • Good to know: About the German Language6:40

    Learn German gender with der, die, and das, four cases and declensions, conjugations, verb-centered word order, and the importance of intonation, plus a downloadable grammar terms sheet.

  • German Pronunciation A-Z & ä-ß17:48

    Explore German pronunciation from A to Z, including long and short vowels, umlauts, eszet, ch and other consonant patterns, and learn by listening and repeating.

  • German Numbers6:02

    Master German numbers from zero to twenty, then learn how tens like zwanzig and dreißig work, using the unit-before-ten rule einund for ages and larger values.

  • What is A1/A2 - official level information2:13

Requirements

  • There is no previous knowledge required.

Description

Welcome to my course!

The focus of this course is being able to understand German and express yourself in German on a beginner (A1) to elementary (A2) level in line with the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). We will cover all the vocabulary, grammar and phrases that you need.

After an introductory section we will work with very simple sentences straight away, and then you will learn the German grammar along these sentences.

The lectures are mostly bite-sized and have visuals to help you remember all the new things you learn.

For each topic there are lectures that solely contain examples. You will also find practice lectures, quizzes, exercises (e.g. translations, sentence building) and downloadable material including vocabulary sheets, grammar overviews and additional exercises, which you can find by clicking on the 'Resources' buttons in the Course Overview on the right side of the video player.

Later into the course, you will find a complete collection of all A1 vocabulary additionally to the vocabulary in the lectures.

At the end of the course, you can check your progress by taking a big final test that covers the whole course content.

This course will greatly support you in taking your first steps in German, and eventually understand and speak the language.

All the best,

Your Course Instructor Esther

Who this course is for:

  • Anybody who wants to start learning the German language.
  • So-called false beginners who have already done a bit of studying German or learned it a long time ago
  • Students of German , who want to review A1/A2 material and/or close possible knowledge gaps.