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German courses, A1 to B2

Four levels based on the Common European Framework (CEFR). Choose your starting point and move up at your own pace.

A1Beginner

For learners with no German or very little. You’ll learn the sounds, the basic grammar and the phrases you need every day.

By the end of this level you can:

  • Introduce yourself and others
  • Ask and answer simple personal questions
  • Understand and use everyday expressions
  • Order food, shop and ask for directions
  • Alphabet & pronunciation
  • Numbers, dates & time
  • Greetings
  • Present tense
  • Articles & nouns
A2Elementary

You know the basics and want to speak with more confidence about everyday life.

By the end of this level you can:

  • Describe your family, work and daily routine
  • Talk about the past and make plans
  • Handle simple tasks such as booking and travelling
  • Write short, simple messages
  • Perfect tense
  • Modal verbs
  • Separable verbs
  • Travel & shopping
  • Work & hobbies
B1Intermediate

The level most employers, schools and visa processes ask for. You start to speak freely and express opinions.

By the end of this level you can:

  • Deal with most situations in a German-speaking country
  • Describe experiences, hopes and plans
  • Give reasons and opinions
  • Write connected texts on familiar topics
  • Subordinate clauses
  • Past tenses
  • Opinions & discussion
  • Formal & informal writing
  • Everyday life in Germany
B2Upper intermediate

For confident learners ready for study, professional work and fluent conversation.

By the end of this level you can:

  • Follow complex texts and longer talks
  • Interact fluently with native speakers
  • Write clear, detailed texts on many subjects
  • Explain a viewpoint and weigh pros and cons
  • Complex grammar
  • Passive voice
  • Academic & work German
  • Reading strategies
  • Presentations

Not sure which level to start with?

Tell us what German you already know and what you’d like to achieve. We’ll point you to the right level.

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