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Overview
What you will study
To help develop your fluency in the language, the German - Beginners course offered by University of Oxford will focus primarily on speaking and listening skills, but will also include practice in reading and writing. You will have plenty of opportunities to practise the target language through hands-on collaborative class activities such as conversations and role-plays.
Course objectives:
- To help students develop the language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing for very basic routine communication in the target language.
- To enable students to use a range of high frequency vocabulary and grammar structures for very basic routine interaction in the target language.
- To equip students with an initial appreciation of the culture and civilisation of the country (or countries) in which the target language is spoken.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Greetings and farewells, alphabet
- Forms of address, asking how someone is
- Leisure time activities, expressing likes and dislikes
- Countries, languages, numbers up to 20
- Shopping for food and drinks, numbers up to 100
- Ordering food and drinks, talking about eating habits
- Daily routines, days of the week, telling the time (24-hour clock)
- Accepting and declining invitations, telling the time (12-hour clock)
- Family and relationships, describing a person
- Expressing expectations, hopes and dreams
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
Disciplines
German and Scandinavian studies View 10 other Short Courses in German and Scandinavian studies in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- complete beginners in the language and those who have acquired some expressions informally through travel or socialising
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents275 GBP / full≈ 275 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents275 GBP / full≈ 275 GBP / full
Living costs
Oxford
United Kingdom
939 - 1530 GBP / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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