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Offered:

Please note that this course is a Zoom only course and there is no in-person component.

  • • Term 2 (Apr-Jun ) and Term 4 Oct-Dec) each year, pending sufficient enrolment.

  • • This course is offered as a live-streamed course via Zoom, and as video recordings of the live sessions if you cannot attend the regularly scheduled class.

Date & Time:

Begins Tuesday 29 Apr 2025, 4:00-5:00pm

• Our 2025 Term 2 German 104 course meets Tuesdays & Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm (New Zealand time) beginning 29 Apr 2025 and continues for 8 consecutive weekly sessions, with the last class held on Wednesday 18 June 2025.

• Please note that if all students and the instructor can agree on a more suitable mutually acceptable day and time, you are welcome to do so during the first class session.

• If you live outside of New Zealand and wish to Zoom in to our live class sessions, check the local Time Zone equivalents below:

Time Zone equivalents:

for live-streaming Zoom Sessions from New Zealand. If your Time Zone doesn't suit our live-streamed class, you can also access our courses by watching the live-recorded sessions that are posted to the course webpage each week, usually within 1-2 days.

  • Hawai’i: begins Mon 28 Apr 2025, 6:00-7:00pm

  • US Pacific: begins Mon 28 Apr 2025, 9:00-10:00pm

  • US Eastern: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 12:00-1:00am

  • London, UK: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 5:00-6:00am

  • Paris, France: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 6:00-7:00am

  • New Delhi, India: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 9:30-10:30am

  • Bangkok, Thailand: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 11:00-12:00pm

  • Singapore: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 12:00-1:00pm

  • Tokyo, Japan: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 4:00-5:00pm

  • Sydney, Australia: begins Tue 29 Apr 2025, 5:00-6:00pm

Description :

Introductory German 104, Part 4

• This is Part 4 of a four-part Introductory course taught over 4 successive school terms specifically designed for new German language learners. Our language and culture courses focus on teaching and learning, and we do not expect you to study outside of class nor do we assign homework (unless you'd like some!). Come and spend 16 class hours per Term (eight 1-hour twice-weekly sessions) learning German and about German culture, and have some fun too! All of our language classes are designed for busy people.

• Want to continue studying the language of Einstein, Beethoven, Merkel and Jürgen Klopp? Enjoy chatting with locals over coffee and cake in Vienna, which is famous for its café culture? Continue your journey into the rich culture and history of Germany! Our Introductory German 104 course continues with the basics of spoken conversational German, introductory grammar, vocabulary, and reading practice.

• Subsequent Term courses continue with Introductory and Intermediate German (i.e. our German 201-204 courses) and continue to include additional reading and comprehension practice, grammar, vocabulary, and conversation and will continue in the same time slot for the duration of the full course.

Course curriculum:

Week by week new material will be posted throughout the duration of the course. Video recordings of each weekly session will be posted here after 1-2 days after each class.

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About this course

  • Videos and PDF content of class presentations or whiteboard notes are uploaded weekly within 1-2 days after each live session. o
  • Begins Tuesday 29 Apr 2025
  • NZ Time: Tues 4:00-5:00pm

Meet our Instructor

Dutch, German & Japanese Instructor Hein Laaper

I was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, but have lived most of my life in New Zealand. I graduated from the University of Waikato, also completing my Diploma of Teaching, after which I studied for one year at the University of Gõttingen, Germany, and later completing different courses in Tokyo and Osaka. I am presently a registered NZ teacher having taught for over 40 years in the NZ Secondary School System, mainly Japanese and German. Over the years I have also been involved in the Continuing Education programmes in Hamilton in German and Dutch. My interests are traveling, gardening, architecture and good food.

Location:

This is a live-streamed course only and accessible via Zoom.

Distance Learning:

This course has distance-learning options: Students have two options for attending our courses once they have registered:

  • Attend our live on-line classroom sessions via Zoom at the regular scheduled day and time.

  • Watch the live-recorded class sessions at your leisure, at a time, day and place more suited to your schedule.

Distance-Learning options:

Live Zoom sessions and Video-Recordings

  • • Our courses offer distance learning options: Live-streamed Hamilton classes are available via free Zoom software for those living anywhere in the world with a decent internet connection. Live-streaming allows you to participate fully in your own learning, ask questions of the instructor and participate fully in the same way as if you were in the physical classroom.

  • • Those unable to attend the scheduled date and time of the actual class sessions, or those who need to miss a class or two due to previous engagements or unexpected illness, can watch any or all of the live-recorded video sessions on their computers, laptops, tablets or mobile devices and study at their own pace and in their own time.

  • • Detailed instructions on how to access our distance learning components will be sent after completing your registration. There are no additional fees for this service. However, distance learners will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a good quality web-camera (tablet devices and mobile phones can also access our live-streamed classes), a built-in microphone (most modern laptops have built-in microphones) or a headset with a microphone. You will also need to download and install the free Zoom software on your computer or device. Those accessing the video recordings will be able to do so with a simple web browser on any device.

Pricing options:

• All prices are for twice weekly 1-hour sessions for 8 consecutive weeks. • All prices in New Zealand dollars and includes GST. • Unwaged includes students, seniors, retirees and unemployed. • Prices remain the same regardless of your chosen method for accessing this course.

Notes:

Those who cannot make the class meeting day and time via live Zoom sessions may consider accessing this course through the weekly recorded video sessions. Class videos are usually posted within 1-2 days of each live class session and are available for your own personal learning on a day and time of your choosing.

• This course has no assignments, quizzes, tests or exams.

• You will not need to purchase any reading materials.

• All classes encourage questions and group discussion.

• PDFs of class presentations and video recordings of each session are posted 1-2 days after each session for the duration of the course.

• If you’re attending in-person, course fees include tea/coffee/snack at each session. Help yourself!

• There are no refunds for missed classes.

• Please note that if no one shows up for a particular class, either in person or via Zoom, we will make every attempt to postpone the class and make it up at the end of the Term. However, this may not always be possible. Teachers are not required to teach a class if no students show up, but the teacher has the discretion to record a video with no students present if s/he is unable to postpone a class. Please email or text your teachers if you are unable to attend any specific class session.

• Guests of registered participants are welcome to attend a single session without registering.

• If, however, this course is cancelled due to insufficient enrollments please note that your registration fee will either be refunded in full or you may select to receive a course credit. Your choice!

Materials:

All materials are included in the course fees. These are developed by our instructors and distributed as PDF files on the course webpage.

• You will only require a pen or pencil, a notebook for taking your own class notes, and a loose-leaf binder.

• Any notes that our instructor writes on a digital whiteboard are posted to the class webpage on your dashboard as a PDF file so that you can print these out at home and add them to your own notebook.

Prerequisites :

A keen desire to continue your German studies!

• German 101-103, or equivalent.

• Open to both adults and kids 10 years and older.