Course detail
German 1
FSI-N1Acad. year: 2025/2026
The course is intended to teach German as a foreign language at general level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Course is intended for beginners or false beginners.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test. 60% points at the credit test as minimum.
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for with the consent of the teacher.
Aims
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems or giving instructions, that arise in a wide range of technical occupations.
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and simple grammar for everyday communication at level A1 CEFR.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
FUNK, Hermann, Christina KUHN, Laura NIELSEN a Kerstin RISCHE. Studio 21 A1: němčina pro jazykové a střední školy zpracovaná podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky. Plzeň: Fraus, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7489-000-0. (CS)
FUNK, Hermann, Rita Maria NIEMANN a Dong Ha KIM. Studio d A1: němčina pro jazykové a střední školy zpracovaná podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky. Plzeň: Fraus, 2006. ISBN 9788072385447. (CS)
http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/studopory/de/grammar/mluvnice.pdf
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction, spelling in German
2. L 0 – Starting with German, internationalism
3. L 0 – Starting with German, self introduction
4. L 1– Café d, Conversations in the café, intoducing someone else
5. L 1– In the café, numerals, verb "to be"
6. L 2– In the language course, objects in the course room, plural
7. L 2– In the language course, indefinite articles, negation
8. L 3– Cities, countries, languages, simple past tense of "to be"
9. L 3– Orientation on the map, tourist attractions
10. L 4– Living, evaluating, possessive adjectives, adjectives
11. L 4– Living, moving, Cases (Accusative)
12. Station 1– Job: teacher/student, repetition: grammar and
vocabulary
13. Summary, revision, credit test