German B - Copenhagen International School

Danish B Intermediate
Prerequisite: 1­2 years of Danish B
The goal of the Danish B Intermediate course is to develop the students´ speaking, reading and
writing skills. The course aims at strengthening the students’ understanding of the Danish language,
society and culture as well as developing their appreciation of differences in languages and cultures.
Danish B Intermediate Student Learning Outcomes.
At the end of the Danish Level 3/4 course, students should be able to do the following:
Speaking & Listening (Criteria A & B)
­ Ask and answer definite questions
­ Participate in dialogues, conversations and discussions
­ Express likes, dislikes and opinions
­ Give directions
­ Express wishes
­ Inquiring and reasoning
­ Be able to narrate a sequence of events
­Understand directions and instructions
­ Understand questions, interviews and conversations
­ Identify main points from authentic sources
­ Make presentations on given and self chosen topics
­ Speak with near­standard pronunciation and intonation and an increasing degree of
fluency
Writing (Criteria C & D)
­ Argue for and against a statement
­ Summarise a text
­ Narrate a sequence of events
­ Write creatively in different genres
­ Write a picture story
­ Show an adequate command of vocabulary and use an adequate degree of accuracy
in spelling, grammar and syntax
Reading (Criterion E)
­ Understand simplified texts, fiction and non fiction
­ Draw relevant information from texts and authentic sources
­ Read independently and grasp the gist of the texts
­ Be able to summarise a text
Grammar (Criteria B & D)
Reinforcement of levels 1 and 2
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