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

German

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et Mgr. Monika Ryšavá

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

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

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FUNK, Hermann. Studio d: němčina pro jazykové a střední školy zpracovaná podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky. A1, Slovní zásoba po lekcích. [1. vyd.]. Plzeň: Fraus, 2005. ISBN (Brož.). (CS)

Recommended reading

E-learningové studijní opory pro předmět Němčina N1.
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

  • Programme B-OBN-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme N-OBN-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Monika Ryšavá

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