A2 - Elementary

Elementary
German

Deepen and expand your foundation. Move step by step towards becoming fluent - and start actually understanding people around you.

Content50+ Lessons
LevelA2 CEFR
PaceSelf-paced
LanguageEnglish
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What's included

Everything
You Need

  • Hours of video instructions and audio materials
  • 50 self-paced lessons you can tackle in any order
  • Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative - explained clearly
  • Past tense in depth
  • Everyday conversation vocabulary and structures
  • Powerful learning techniques that carry past A2
  • Access to all SmarterGerman practice tools
  • Extensive FAQ database with instant answers
  • Access to A1 materials included
This is for you if...

Who Is
This For

  • You live or want to live and work in Germany
  • You want a method that gives you real, measurable progress
  • You want to improve reading, listening, writing and speaking
  • You love German culture, cars, engineering or soccer
  • You want to be taught in English, not German
  • You want a clear structure without hunting for materials
50

Lessons

A1+A2

Access Included

A2

CEFR Level

Why This
Approach Works

No memorization. No boring tables. Just logic that makes things click.

No Tables

No grammar tables or word lists to grind through. Cases, past tense, sentence structure - you absorb these by using them in context, the way your brain naturally builds language.

Effective Tools

Learning German is a lot of work. With a clear approach, effective tools, and smart techniques, that work feels satisfying and gives you real, measurable progress.

English First

I teach German in English - because that's how you actually understand it. Science backs this up. You'll learn faster, deeper, and with far more confidence.

Course Contents

What You'll Cover

Consolidate your A1 foundation and build broader expression - cases, tenses, clauses and comparison language.

Dative Case

  • Dative pronouns
  • Dative prepositions
  • Verbs with dative
  • Two-object sentences

Two-Way Prepositions

  • Location vs direction
  • an, auf, in and more
  • Verbs of movement vs state

Adjective Endings

  • After definite articles
  • After indefinite articles
  • Without articles
  • Predicative use

Perfekt: Haben and Sein

  • Choosing the right auxiliary
  • Regular past participles
  • Irregular past participles
  • Separable and inseparable verbs

Präteritum of Common Verbs

  • sein, haben and modals
  • werden
  • Mixed verbs

Comparative and Superlative

  • Forming comparatives
  • als and wie
  • Superlative forms
  • Irregular comparisons

Subordinate Clauses

  • weil, dass, wenn, ob
  • Verb-final position
  • Indirect questions

Reflexive Verbs

  • True reflexives
  • Accusative and dative reflexive
  • Common patterns

Konjunktiv II: First Steps

  • würde-forms
  • könnte, dürfte, müsste
  • Polite requests
  • Hypothetical statements

Passive: Recognition

  • Passive Präsens
  • Passive Präteritum
  • Reading passive in texts

Story Work

  • A2 story
  • Warm-ups
  • Comprehension
  • Grammar in context

Writing

  • Formal and informal messages
  • Structure and register
  • Guided templates

Dictation

  • Endings and word order
  • New grammar forms
  • Connectors in context

Speaking

  • Past tense retelling
  • Describing situations
  • Longer exchanges

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