Working with German: Level 2

Part 1 Darf ich mich vorstellen?: talking about one's career to date; greeting people; talking about one's present work; applying for jobs; use of perfect and imperfect tenses in conversation; perfect tense of modal verbs; "aber" and "sondern"; adjectival nouns; "was fur". Part 2 Sich informieren: collecting and understanding information before a visit to a German-speaking country; gathering information in a German-speaking country and understanding directions; understanding extracts from newspapers and magazines and information on the radio; prepositions taking the accusative and dative; conjunctions that affect word order; conjunctions that do not affect word order punctuation with "und", "aber" and "oder". Part 3 Anfragen und angebote: submitting enquiries and supplying quotations; asking for a reduction; expressing measurements and capacities; the present passive; superlative adjectives; comparative and superlative adverbs. Part 4 Wir mochten einen Auftrag erteilen: placing orders on the telephone and in writing; dealing with confirmations of orders; "lassen" used as a modal verb; "erst" in time phrases. Part 5 Beforderungsmittel und liefertermine: talking about different methods of transport; discussing delivery dates; giving directions for deliveries; explaining how goods should be packed; describing unacceptable goods; giving reasons for delays in deliveries; relative clauses; phrases of time; subordinate clauses preceding a main clause. Part 6 Zahlungsmittel: talking about curreny rates; understanding payment conditions and dealing with discrepancies; talking about method of payment; dealing with reminders for payment; the imperfect passive (and other tenses); position of "nicht". Part 7 Eine geschaftsreise: discussing travel plans with colleagues; using different types of public transport; talking to potential customers at a trade fair; conditional clauses. Part 8 Unterhaltung und freizeit: arranging to meet friends; understanding entertainment advertisements; dealing with invitations; talking about topics of general interest; personal and interrogative pronouns followed by prepositions; "wo", "wohin" and "woher". Part 9 Telefon, telefax und bildschirmtext: learning appropriate responses on the telephone; sending and receiving messages by other communication systems; sein followed by the infinitive; "um ... zu"; "anstatt" and "ohne" followed by the infinitive; reflexive pronouns in the accusative and dative. Part 10 Schriftverkehr: addressing envelopes correctly; constructing a letter; expressing the date; writing to friends; the imperfect and perfect tenses in letter writing; the pluperfect tense; capital letters in correspondence.