Workshop: German Course (A2+)

German Course (A2+)

Target Group

WU faculty and staff at A2+ level of German (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) who would like to improve their German skills in an intensive course.
You can find a guideline for self-evaluation here >>. For a more accurate assessment of your previous knowledge, you can also take this online-placement-test from Cornelsen.

Workshop Goals

The structure of this course is aimed at acquiring the vocabulary and grammar structures necessary for everyday communication taking into consideration individual needs and wishes of the participants. Therefore, the language of communication in the course will be German, which should contribute to the development of the participants’ awareness of the language and maximise communicative effect.  

Needless to say, you will have the opportunity to work on all four language skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing).

Workshop Content and Methods

The course is designed to support WU faculty and staff

• in the active use of German in different work and life situations.
• Therefore a variety of everyday topics will be offered, such as making a phone call/writing an email, keeping up a conversation in different situations etc..
• Any situation of participants’ interest will be included into lessons, all of which will be practice-orientated.
• Supportive grammar will be appropriately explained and intensified by using a variety of exercise types.
• The workshop units will be very interactive.

Location, Date and Time

On Mondays and Wednesdays, 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm
 

All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.

If you are interested in learning German, but this workshop does not suite your level or your schedule, you may as well attend German courses at external language schools or at the WU Business Language Center.
There is the possibility to request support from the Personnel Development Office and your organizational unit, for more information please visit our website.
 

Fees and Registration

This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 6 April 2020.

Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged. Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.

To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. By registration for this workshop, you accept our terms and conditions “Workshop and Event Registration Information Sheet”. Further information on the collection of personal data can be found in the document “Information obligations pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 of the GDPR”.

For any further information please contact Nina Rath (Nina.Rath@wu.ac.at, Ext. 6173).

The course fee is €40.

Trainer

Mag. Kristina Reich   Born and educated in Austria and Germany Master’s Degree in German Language and Literature and History Additional university education in German as a Foreign and Second Language Teaching at secondary school level in Vienna with emphasis on German as a Foreign and Second Language External Lecturer for German as a Foreign Language at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration since 1996 Summer further education courses organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education for foreign teachers of German as a Foreign Language