“Introduction to German language” is a beginner course geared towards
adults and highschool students who will learn the foundation for
speaking German, perfect for either trips you may plan to visit German speaking countries or to even build the basics for your potential business needs as German is an important language for International communications, especially in the world economy. This is an interactive course in which participants will have opportunities for role play and exercise conversations. At the end of this course students will be able to form full sentences with proper grammar and to conversate with correct pronunciation.
The sessions will include:
- the German alphabet, dbl-/triple letter pronunciations
- numbers from zero-trillion
- building sentences in the present tense with regular verbs & irregular
verbs
- nouns & personal pronouns
- addressing people formally and informally
- Interrogatives: starting sentences with questions and answering them
Your Instructor, Sibel Houck, was born and raised in Germany, attended the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz/Germany and achieved her Master’s Degree. For over 2 decades, she worked as a multilingual Journalist & TV news anchor for various newspapers, radio- and TV stations in which she was responsible for writing articles & news scripts (in German and English) and had been presenting them live on-air, with special training in correct pronunciation and creative writing. For the last 2 years, Sibel was the host of “Parent Talk”, a segment of the PBS TV show “Inside Education” in which she researched, wrote scripts and presented them on-air. This Event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please visit www.mypubliclibrary.com or call the library at 207-4261.