The Institute teaches German Language at six levels 

1. First junior
2. First senior
3. Second junior
4. Second senior
5. Diploma
6. Advanced Diploma

The duration of each level is three months.

Nowadays, many students are seeking admission to German Universities. There is also an increasing demand for computer professionals in Germany and many Indians are taking advantage of this opportunity. Moreover, there is an increase in trade with Germany. However, many Germans do not know enough English to be able to communicate effectively, thus making it important for a non-German to learn German. The Germans penchant for punctuality and discipline is well-known. They are quite hospitable and friendly.

The German language has its roots in Sanskrit and we find many aspects of German language in our Indian languages. German is a phonetic language. It is written the way it is pronounced and is pronounced the way it is written. Silent letters are very much restricted to a smaller number. German has well-framed rules of grammar, which are very essential for any language. Importance is given to the genders, the cases, the subject-verb-object agreements etc. With the exception of a few special characters, German language uses the Roman script as does English. This makes it easy for Indian students to learn German, provided they put in at least one hour of hard work after every class. Learning a language involves four major skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Our course gives equal importance to all the skills.

It is recommended that anyone planning to study at a German University (even though the proposed course of study is in the English medium) must complete the Junior II level of our course. Those planning to study in the German medium must complete the Diploma II level.

The standard of our German course is so high that by the time the students finish the Diploma level they are capable of teaching the language at the Junior level.

SYLLABUS FOR FIRST JUNIOR

1. German sounds: Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs, Umlauts and Sibilants, Alphabets.
2. The nouns (Singular and Plural), gender distinctions, cases, indefinite, definite, negative and possessive articles.
3. Cardinal numbers 1- 1000, Question words, Yes-No-Questions.
4. Conjugation of verbs and modal verbs.
5. Personal pronouns, possessive pronouns.
6. Cases – Nominative and Accusative. Genitive (- only Proper nouns).
7. Structure of a sentence. Days of the week, months and seasons.
8. Names of countries and Nationality terms.

Audio CD- Focus on speaking and listening.

Prescribed textbook:

Lagune Kursbuch -1. (Lerneinheit:1 to 15)

Lagune Arbeitsbuch -1. (Lerneinheit:1 to 15)

SYLLABUS FOR SECOND JUNIOR

1. Modal Verbs. (Contd.)
2. Strong Verbs.
3. Separable Verbs. (Stress in sentences with separable verbs.)
4. Verbs with vowel change and Umlauts.
5. Prepositions: Alternate/two way (Wechsel), pure dative and pure accusative.
6. Imperative sentences.
7. Dative phrases and polite conversation. (Subjunctive mood: würde + gern & hätte + gern)
8. Ordinal numbers.
9. Present perfect tense: strong and weak verbs.
10. Past tense and present perfect tense of verbs “sein & haben.”
11. Time of the day and dates.
12. Short and long vowels.
13. Demonstrative article: this.

Audio CD- Focus on speaking and listening.

Prescribed book:

Lagune Kursbuch – 1.  (Lerneinheit: 16- 30)

Lagune Arbeitsbuch – 1.  (Lerneinheit: 16- 30)

SYLLABUS FOR FIRST SENIOR

1. Dative case, personal pronouns.
2. Main clause and Subordinate clauses – wenn & dass
3. Infinitive sentences with “zu” and Final /Adverbial clauses with “um….zu” & “damit”
4. Adjectives: degrees of comparison-positive, comparative and superlative.
5. Imperative sentences.
6. Stress in compound words & Intonation in subordinate clause “wenn”, questions & requests.
7. Active Voice – Passive Voice: present tense.
8. Long and short Vowels, comparative clauses.

Audio CD- Focus on speaking and listening.

Prescribed textbook:

Lagune Kursbuch – 2. (Lerneinheit: 1 – 15)

Lagune Arbeitsbuch – 2. (Lerneinheit: 1 – 15)

SYLLABUS FOR SECOND SENIOR

1. Adjective declensions in Nominative, Accusative, Dative & Genitive.
2. Modal Verb past tense.
3. Interrogative pronouns (/Question words): which & what kind of.
4. Local prepositional pronouns, Interrogative pronouns (Wo+ preposition; da+ preposition), Temporal Prepositions.
5. Reflexive verbs in Accusative, Reflexive pronouns in Accusative & Dative.
6. Genitive case: Nouns, definite, indefinite & possessive articles.
7. Past tense: weak, strong & irregular verbs.
8. Present perfect tense.
9. Genitive prepositons. (wegen, trotz, während.)
10. Relative sentences, Relative pronouns in Nominative, Accusative, Dative & Genitive.
11. General relative pronouns (alles,etwas….) & Indefinite pronoun. (irgend…)

Audio CD- Focus on speaking and listening.

Prescribed Textbook:

Lagune Kursbuch- 2. (Lerneinheit: 16- 35)

Lagune Arbeitsbuch- 2. (Lerneinheit: 16- 35)

SYLLABUS FOR DIPLOMA

1. Subjunctive II (K-Zwei): weak, strong, irregular & modal vebs, subordinate sentences with conjunction “wenn”- Present & Past tense.
2. Adjectives: Nominalization, attributive in comparative & superlative.
3. Subordinate clause with conjunction.
4. Indirect question, question words.
5. Verbs and verb additions in present & present perfect tense.
6. Agentive Passive & Stative Passive Voice. (werden & sein Passiv/Vorgangs- & Zustandspassiv) & Subjectless Passive.
7. Separable & Inseparable verbs.
8. Correlative conjunctions. (Either…or, neither…nor……etc)
9. Past perfect tense.
10. Future tense.
11. Modal verb + verbs: “müssen plus brauchen zu , haben zu, sein zu“.

Audio CD- Focus on speaking and listening

Prescribed Textbook:

Lagune Kursbuch – 3 (Lerneinheit: 1 – 25)

Lagune Arbeitsbuch – 3 (Lerneinheit: 1 – 25)

SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED DIPLOMA

1. Present & Past participle, adverbial & attributive forms.
2. Enhanced participle phrases. (Erweiterte….)
3. Modal Verbs. (Contd.)
4. Intonation – statements & questions.
5. Nominal compounds, separable verbs – different meanings.
6. Subjunctive I- present, present perfect tense, indirect speech.
7. Pronunciation – easily confusable words.
8. German Literature:  Prose:  Massnahmen gegen die Gewalt, Das Brot, Die Tochter, Gottesurteil, Nachts schlafen die Ratten doch, Es wird etwas geschehen

Poetry: Die Beiden, Mondnacht, Der Handschuh, Der römische Brunen, Die Bürgschaft, Willkommen und Abschied

9. Reimschema and Epoche
10. Nacherzählungen

Audio CD- Focus on speaking and listening.

Prescribed Textbook:

Lagune Kursbuch -3 (Lerneinheit: 26- 35)

Lagune Arbeitsbuch -3 (Lerneinheit: 26- 35)

Reference books:

• Moderner Gebrauch der deutschen Sprache by Schulz/Griesbach
• Wie sage ich das auf Deutsch by Gerhard Kaufmann
• Wege zur deutschen Literatur by Hermann Glaser u.a. Benno Von Wiese (Auswahl und Einleitung):
• Deutschland erzahlt von Arthur Schnitzler bis Uwe Johnson
• Deutsche Gedichte by Echtermeyer von Wiese
• Das deutsche Gedicht by E. Hederer German Verse by B.B. Kulkarni
• Texte zum Lesen und Nacherzählen by Hans-Joachim Arndt Kleines
• Wörterbuch der Stilkunde by Krahl
• Kurz Sachwörterbuch für den Literaturunterricht Klasse 9 bis 12 by Autorenkollektiv
• Deutsche Texte zum Übersetzen by Gunther Haensch
• Authentic texts in German from Newspapers, Magazines, Technical Journals etc.