OLLI101557 - Travel German for Beginners (IN PERSON AT TUCC)

Course Description

TRAVEL GERMAN FOR BEGINNERS                                         

Instructor: Cheri Micheau

Day of Week: Monday

Dates: Jan 29 – Apr 1 (9 sessions)

No Class: Mar 4

Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Location: In-person at TUCC

This is an introductory German course for those who have not studied German before. The focus for the course will be on language for travel, and travel situations and themes will be used to introduce essential grammar and vocabulary skills, along with introductory pronunciation. Students will work in small groups to practice speaking. Goals for the course are increasing speaking fluency, recognizing and using new vocabulary and grammar in context, and targeting comprehensible pronunciation.

Maximum In-Person: 20 (This course will not run, unless a minimum of 10 sign up)

Instructor Bio:

Cheri Micheau, (PhD, educational linguistics, 1990, Penn) taught graduate courses in educational linguistics and language at West Chester, Drexel, Temple, and Penn, and coached teachers of English as a second language (ESL) in the School District of Philadelphia. She taught K–12 ESL in Upper Merion and in Philadelphia, as well as German in York, PA, and at Frankfurt International School in Germany.