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Beginners’ German: food and drink

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This free course, Beginners' German: food and drink, provides materials that support the development of listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. The content focuses on food, restaurants and eating habits. The course also gives examples of how grammar, vocabulary, cultural aspects and study skills are taught by the OU in the Beginners' German module.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

speak about personal preferences with regard to food and drink
order and pay for food and drink in a restaurant
use the verbs essen and trinken
demonstrate an awareness of different types of snacks, different meal times and different places to eat in German-speaking countries
recognise the distinct pronunciation of German native speakers from Austria.

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First Published: 11/07/2013

Updated: 13/12/2019

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Ian Nolan 22 April 2026 6:51PM

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Found it difficult. I think. I started this course to early. I think I would have been better to do German 2 and maybe 3 before trying this course. I will come back to it later on to review/redo this course after I've learnt and understand German language better.
It's a good course and it's deals with what I want to be able to do in the future.

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John Joseph Riding 4 July 2024 3:48PM

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Enjoyed the most of the course content but unfortuately in the latter sections, I found that the audio and video files didn't work at all. I tried to page backward and then forwards to re-open them, but this was unsucessful. Nevertheless I found the audio and video in the earlier sections very useful.

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