Curriculum: A1 C2
Every level pairs CEFR skills with expat situations so you can use German the same week you learn it.
Level 1 | A1First steps in Germany
Greetings, introducing yourself, numbers, shopping, and simple everyday phrases.
Practice A1Skills
- Hallo / Guten Tag / Auf Wiedersehen
- Name, origin, family
- Numbers, prices, time
- Nominative articles (der/die/das)
- Present tense basics
Expat focus
- Buying groceries
- Ordering food and coffee
- Asking for directions
- Introducing yourself at work or Anmeldung
Level 2 | A2Handle daily life
Past tense, simple opinions, appointments, housing, and basic phone calls.
Practice A2Skills
- Perfekt (ich habe gemacht)
- Accusative and dative intro
- Modal verbs (konnen, mussen, wollen)
- Making appointments
- Describing your flat and routine
Expat focus
- Doctor and pharmacy
- Opening a bank account basics
- Talking to neighbors
- Public transport problems
Level 3 | B1Independent living
Express opinions, handle bureaucracy, work small-talk, and longer conversations.
Practice B1Skills
- Subordinate clauses (weil, dass, wenn)
- Genitive intro and prepositions
- Giving advice and opinions
- Writing simple emails
- Understanding news headlines
Expat focus
- Burgeramt and residence topics
- Job interviews (basic)
- Complaints and problem-solving
- School and Kita conversations
Level 4 | B2Work and complex life
Nuanced discussion, workplace German, formal writing, and media comprehension.
Practice B2Skills
- Passive voice
- Konjunktiv II (wishes, politeness)
- Complex sentence structure
- Formal vs informal register
- Summarizing arguments
Expat focus
- Professional emails
- Team meetings
- Landlord negotiations
- Insurance and contracts overview
Level 5 | C1Near-professional fluency
Abstract topics, precise vocabulary, academic and work presentations, subtle tone.
Practice C1Skills
- Nominal style (Amtsdeutsch intro)
- Advanced connectors
- Idioms and fixed expressions
- Structured argumentation
- Reading long official texts
Expat focus
- Job presentations
- University and training content
- Reading Bescheide
- Debating social topics in German
Level 6 | C2Native-like precision
Style control, cultural nuance, humor, rhetoric, and domain expertise.
Practice C2Skills
- Stylistic variation
- Rhetorical devices
- Domain jargon (law, tech, medicine)
- Editing and refining text
- Understanding dialects lightly
Expat focus
- Executive and specialist communication
- Media commentary
- Literary and cultural depth
- Teaching others in German