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IB German ab initio SL

25 lessons in one SL course: German ab initio is offered at SL only. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
7
SL lessons
25
Questions
150
Key terms
95

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. The first unit is free.

Identities (Identitäten)4 lessons · free
  1. IdentitiesIntroducing yourself: sein, heißen and numbers
  2. IdentitiesFamily: der, die, das and possessives
  3. IdentitiesEating and drinking: gern, mögen and ich möchte
  4. IdentitiesPhysical well-being: wehtun, nicht and kein
Experiences (Erfahrungen)4 lessons
  1. ExperiencesLeisure: regular verbs and word order
  2. ExperiencesDaily routine: separable verbs and the time
  3. ExperiencesHolidays: fahren, nach and in, and transport
  4. ExperiencesFestivals and celebrations: dates and the Perfekt
Human ingenuity (Menschlicher Erfindungsgeist)3 lessons
  1. Human ingenuityTransport: können and wollen
  2. Human ingenuityEntertainment and media: questions and weil
  3. Human ingenuityTechnology: comparing things
Social organization (Soziale Organisation)4 lessons
  1. Social organizationAt home: es gibt and where things are
  2. Social organizationThe neighbourhood: places and directions
  3. Social organizationShopping: numbers and prices
  4. Social organizationSchool and work: müssen and jobs
Sharing the planet (Den Planeten teilen)3 lessons
  1. Sharing the planetWeather and seasons
  2. Sharing the planetPhysical geography: landscapes and the superlative
  3. Sharing the planetThe environment: man sollte and wir müssen
Text types: emails, postcards, blogs and notices3 lessons
  1. Text typesInformal texts: emails and postcards
  2. Text typesBlogs and diary entries
  3. Text typesNotices and the formal register with Sie
Assessment: papers and the individual oral4 lessons
  1. Paper 1Paper 1: productive writing
  2. Paper 2Paper 2: listening
  3. Paper 2Paper 2: reading
  4. Individual oralThe individual oral

Try a question

From “Introducing yourself: sein, heißen and numbers”.

Questions are in German, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

Welcher Satz bedeutet „I am sixteen“?

  1. AIch bin sechs Jahre alt.
  2. BIch heiße sechzehn.
  3. CIch bin sechzehn Jahre alt.
  4. DIch habe sechzehn Jahre.
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C. Ich bin sechzehn Jahre alt.

Age takes sein: Ich bin sechzehn Jahre alt. "Ich habe sechzehn Jahre" copies French or Spanish and is wrong in German. Sechs is 6, not 16.

Start German ab initio today.

The first unit is free. No card needed.

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