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 Our
free German lessons are an online adaptation of Foreign Service
Institute (FSI), German Basic Course (Volume 1).
This Free online Italian language program
includes 12 lessons, Each lessons includes Basic sentences,
Conversations, Grammar explanations, various Practice drills and a
Vocabulary section. This German course includes around 16h of
audio (MP3 format).
Aim
lt
is the aim of the course to provide the student with a basic
vocabulary which meets the basic needs of a foreigner living in
Germany. Students
should be able to make limited practical use of the language in their
daily life. Students will furthermore have the means, given the
proper surroundings and personal motivation, for continued rapid and
efficient
development of proficiency.
Method
This
is a course in Spoken
German; the forms and patterns of
the language are intentionally colloquial. The emphasis in instruction
is
everywhere on speech, and an indispensable component of the learning
process are the audio files.
The method of
instruction incorporates guided imitation, repetition, memorization,
pattern
practice, and conversation.
Ideally, this course should be
undertaken with the help of a German native speaker willing to play the
role of a tutor. The tutor's role
is to serve as a model for speech and to guide the student to accurate
imitation by constant repetition and correction. The student's job is
to watch
and listen to the tutor carefully and to imitate as exactly as he/she
can the
sounds which he hears. He must be prepared for constant correction and
repetition. Only by constant repetition after an authentic
model
for speech can habitual fluent and accurate reproduction of the sounds
and forms
of the foreign language be achieved.
The ultimate goal of the
course, as has been stated above,
is to speak accurately, fluently and easily. The text provides for the
assimilation
of all basic forms and patterns of the language by the guided
imitation,
memorization, and manipulation of a large number of sentences and by
practice
in confronting several widely occurring everyday situations. Actual
living use
of the language in free conversation is a necessary and essential
adjunct. The
tutor should therefore encourage his students from the start to use the
language in every way possible, above and beyond what is provided for
in the
text. After the first few days of work both students and tutors should
avoid
the use of English in the classroom for any purpose at all, and they
are
encouraged to speak German outside the classroom as well. Only by
constant use
of the skill he is learning can the student hope to master it and
retain it as
a useful tool of his profession.
The
program is divided in 12 lessons:
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