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Push your German a step further and become a confident, capable speaker, as your communication begins to feel more natural, detailed and precise.

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German Upper Intermediate - Level 5 Course overview

Our Upper Intermediate course will help you develop the skills to communicate at this level, giving you the confidence to interact with ease in both personal and professional settings.

Who is it for?

You should already be able to communicate at CEFR B1 level (at least 240 hours of formal study). You may have a good or recent GCSE or have completed our Intermediate course or equivalent.

Timetable

The Upper Intermediate German course includes 60 hours of online learning and is taught across three modules.

Benefits

  • Delivered by a qualified German speaker
  • Interactive and varied learning techniques
  • Awarded a City St George’s, University of London certificate.

What will I learn?

Topics covered

  • learn and talk about socio-political and current affairs in German-speaking countries
  • read, listen to and understand authentic resources such as news videos or online articles
    take part in debates - be able to discuss pros and cons, express opinions and personal views 
    learn about traditions, festivals, works of art in German-speaking countries
  • write longer texts such as emails or articles

Grammatical structures

  • Revision of all tenses, including present, future, conditional, perfect and imperfect
  • Relative clauses and relative pronouns in all cases
  • Conditional and past conditional
  • Consolidation of place and time adverbs
  • Subordinate clauses - connectors and word order consolidation

Assessment and certificates

You will receive a Certificate of Completion from City St George’s, University of London, along with a digital badge for your LinkedIn profile.

To qualify, you must attend at least 70% of classes.

Teaching

Classes are highly interactive and include:

  • Small group work and role-play
  • Listening to audio materials (e.g. radio clips)
  • Reading articles and texts
  • Watching video content
  • Digital learning tools to support your progress

You’ll also explore German culture, current affairs and traditions alongside language learning.

Eligibility

It is the right level if you have either:

  • Completed our Intermediate Level 4 course or equivalent
  • around 240 hours of formal study, alongside additional independent learning.

You should already be able to:

  • compare places with each other
  • talk about events that may/or not happen
  • express yourself more politely
  • give and receive advice
  • express disagreement, intentions, disappointment
  • narrate events using various past tenses and discuss future events.

Please do reach out to our team if you’re not sure which level is right for you.

Additional requirements

To enrol onto the Upper Intermediate German course, you must:

  • be age 18 or over
  • have basic IT skills and a reliable internet connection to access lessons and course materials.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.

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