This course aims to deepen your competence in speaking and writing and to expand your vocabulary on a higher language level, with a focus on improving your communicative skills for increasingly academic discussions. The course material will help you acquire relevant and contemporary knowledge about the culture, politics, and history of German-speaking countries and Berlin in particular. Furthermore, you will develop effective reading and listening strategies with regard to various literary genres and media. You will be able to coherently talk about a broad range of subjects and to argue for your point of view.

• Download Syllabus C1 (English)
• Download Syllabus C1 (German)
• To find out more about our German courses, teaching concepts, and curriculum and to meet some of our instructors and former FU-BESTers, watch the "Introduction to the German Language Program" on our Tube channel.