Germany has one of the world's highest levels of education, technological development, and economic productivity and is EU's largest economy. German is a major world language - the sixth most commonly used language in the world. It is the national language of Germany and Austria, one of the national languages of Switzerland and is used extensively throughout Europe as a language of business and commerce. A knowledge of German also opens up the rich culture of German-speaking Europe. ?

This course is the first of consecutive courses in German offered at RMIT University, and is for beginners only. ?

LANG1166 German 1 assumes no previous experience with the German language. It caters for students who did not learn German at school and who would like to start German at university, as well as those with a very limited experience of the language (up to Year 9 or A0/A1 on the CEFR*). ?

* Common European Framework of Reference for Languages?

It is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite before enrolling in a course. ?