Written and oral use of German for students who have no previous knowledge of the language or who have fewer than 16 Level 2 NCEA credits in German. The approach is communicative, with German used wherever possible as the language of instruction. The course aims at providing students with a sound basic knowledge of spoken and written German. Prepares students for the Goethe Institut's "Start Deutsch" certificate.

General Education

Students wishing to take German Language Introductory 1 as a General Education paper must be enrolled in GERMAN 101G. Places are limited in both 101 and 101G. You cannot enrol in 101 and then change your enrolment at a later date to have it count as a General Education paper unless you do so within the first two weeks of classes AND there is a free place in a 101G stream. 101 and 101G students have classes together.