German Language and Culture: Intermediate 1 / B 1 - Dr. Agata Czarkowska

Oct 1, 2026

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FU-BEST DaF Online 2 is an intermediate B1 German course taught in a Berlin context. It strengthens communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing while expanding cultural and historical understanding of German-speaking societies, with a focus on Berlin and its surroundings. Learners practice everyday interaction, discussions on familiar topics, reading strategies for articles and short literary texts, and structured text production with vocabulary growth and self-revision. The course combines weekly live sessions with recorded lessons and online course work.

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German Language and Culture: Intermediate 1 / B 1 Dr. Agata Czarkowska | Email Address: | [daf-fubest@fu-berlin.de](daf-fubest@fu-berlin.de) | | --- | --- | | FU-BEST Course Number: | FU-BEST DaF Online 2 | | Live Sessions: | Tuesday, 6 – 7.30 p.m. CET (Berlin time) | | Duration: | Feb. 9 – May 11, 2021 | | Language of Instruction: | German | | Contact Hours: | 30 | | ECTS Credits: | 4 | Course Description This course is designed to strengthen and expand your communicative competences in listening, speaking, reading and writing, and to deepen your understanding of German-speaking cultures in the context of Berlin. With the help of the book Netzwerk B1 and additional material, which is primarily dealing with cultural and historical aspects of German(y), you will develop your individual language skills. One of the foci of the course is placed on Berlin and its surroundings. Therefore, you will increasingly work with authentic material in class. Learning Objectives By the end of the course, you will be able to interact in most everyday situations in a German-speaking environment and to conduct conversations about familiar topics. You will be familiarized with the German university system, the arts, the media, and current social trends with a focus on Berlin. You will be able to talk about the past and the future, to draw comparisons, to describe persons and things in detail, and to talk about your studies and your plans and wishes. You will have developed reading strategies that will allow you to understand newspaper and magazine articles as well as short literary texts. Through text production, you will also expand on the basics of independent text revision, employing a larger vocabulary and thus enlarging your metalinguistic knowledge. You will be able to understand the main information contained in standard language oral texts. Textbook Stefanie Dengler et al.: Netzwerk B1 with Learning Management System. Authentic/original material. Provided online. Topics Discovering Berlin’s (urban) history, culture(s) and social developments Concepts of time – life events (Digital)Technologies Health(care) (Protection of the) environment, sustainability Structures (verbs with) prepositions – declension of adjectives– relative clauses – transitive/intransitive verbs – weak masculine nouns – infinitive with zu – tense and temporal expressions – subjunctive II – morphology – word order Competences to be gained | Reception | | | --- | --- | | Listening | Reading | | Student can understand major conversation points when they are made slowly and clearly in standard language and about familiar topics like work, leisure time, family, travels, and school. | Student can understand short informational excerpts without assistance. Student can gather important information from a newspaper article or other nonfictional source. Student can read simple poems and literary works (excerpts) . | | Production | | | --- | --- | | Speaking | Writing | | Student can handle most normal daily situations in German. Student can lead conversations about familiar things like personal interests, hobbies, family, or past events. Student can express things like wants, needs, intentions, and feelings. Student can explain opinions and viewpoints and reasons behind them. Student can initiate and contribute to a simple conversation in German. | Student can write simple excerpts about familiar topics, experiences and impressions. Student is able to compose personal as well as simple formal letters. Student can describe past experiences. Student can expound and argue his/her opinions and explanations. | | Reflection | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-correction | Socio-cultural competence | Self-reflection | | Speaking ability has developed far enough that student corrects him-or herself in conversations that are structured and directed. Only nowand then does he/she need a “push”from the teacher when
writing/speaking freely. | Student

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What are the main language skills trained in this course?

The course focuses on listening, speaking, reading and writing, with additional work on independent text revision and vocabulary expansion.

What course content and topics does it cover?

It covers Berlin’s (urban) history, culture and social developments, concepts of time and life events, digital technologies, health (care), and themes such as environment and sustainability.

What are the core course requirements and formats?

Weekly live sessions are mandatory (minimum 75% attendance) and are combined with recorded video lessons plus intensive work through the course webpage, individually and in groups.

Oct 1, 2026

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