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Step 2

… to talk about things that might or might not happen and understand subtleties and nuances that you need to understand when living and working with others. At the end of this course, you will understand job ads, be able to write a job application, understand and talk about business ideas, talk to customers, and speak about your professional skills and qualifications.

To do these things, you will study …

Grammar

• Subjunctive II: Wenn ich ihn toll finden würde, würde ich mich mit ihm verabreden. Hätte ich bloß mehr Zeit.

• Prepositions “wegen, trotz“ and temporal prepositions “während, außerhalb, innerhalb“

• Verbs and expressions that start with “es “: Es gibt …. Es ist leicht …

• Conjunctions “statt/ohne … zu, nicht nur … sondern auch, zwar … aber, …“: Man sollte mehr tun, statt nur zu reden.

Vocabulary

• Languages and multilingualism: die Muttersprache, der Ausdruck, der Dialekt, übersetzen, fließend …
• Profession: der Ausbildungsplatz, die Forschung, die Aushilfe, die Anlage, einstellen …
• Some legal terms and words you need in conflict situations: das Gericht, der Prozess, der Rechtsanwalt, miteinander besprechen, meinetwegen, …

… and much more.

You can already talk about many topics. You can describe sequences of events in the past and use many logical sentence connections.

To participate in the course, you need a computer, tablet or just a smartphone, a stable internet connection and a microphone and camera if they are not built into the device you are using.