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Book
C1 Mittelpunkt
Duration
160 Hours
Course Description
Our C1 Advanced German course elevates learners from upper-intermediate competence to near-professional proficiency, enabling nuanced expression, academic study, and high-level workplace interaction.
Vocabulary Expansion to 6 000 + words embracing politics, economics, law, science, culture, and philosophy.
Grammar Refinement
Konjunktiv I for indirect speech; advanced Konjunktiv II for hypothesis and irony.
Dense nominalisations, participial and infinitive constructions for concise, formal style.
Idiomatic modal particles (halt, doch, eben, schon) and sophisticated word-formation strategies.
Communicative Mastery
Chair meetings, negotiate contracts, debate complex issues, and give structured, persuasive presentations.
Shift effortlessly between formal, neutral, and informal registers, recognising subtleties of tone.
Listening & Reading
University lectures, panel discussions, investigative journalism, and excerpts from contemporary literature.
Writing
Well-argued academic essays, case studies, project tenders, executive summaries, and critical reviews.
Exam Preparation
Integrated training for Goethe-Zertifikat C1, telc Deutsch C1, ÖSD C1, and TestDaF ≥ TDN 4 with full mock sections.
On completing the course you will understand demanding, longer texts, express yourself fluently and spontaneously without obvious searching for expressions, and use German flexibly for social, academic, and professional purposes.
Course Dates
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Schedule |
Start Time |
End Time |
Duration |
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Sunday |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
3 Hours |
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Tuesday |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
3 Hours |
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Thursday |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
3 Hours |
FAQs
Completed B2 Level or Equivalent
Recognised B2 certificate or placement-test proof (Goethe/ÖSD/telc B2, TestDaF ≥ TDN 3 in all parts).
Active vocabulary of roughly 4 000 words, comfortable discussing social, professional, and abstract themes.
Solid B2 Grammar Mastery
Confident use of all tenses (Präteritum, Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt, Futur I/II) and passive voice.
Accurate adjective declension, participle clauses, complex relative clauses, extended Konjunktiv II, and indirect questions.
Independent Language Skills
Understand the gist of most radio news, podcasts, and TV reports.
Read newspaper editorials and factual texts with minimal dictionary help.
Write clear, detailed texts (≈ 250 words) such as analyses, applications, or proposals.
Deliver short presentations and sustain discussions with native speakers.
Practical Readiness
Access to an advanced textbook (Aspekte neu C1, Sicher! aktuell C1, or similar) and a reliable monolingual dictionary.
Ability to devote regular self-study for vocabulary consolidation and extensive reading/listening.
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