Every German level, structured for real fluency.
Exzellent teaches German from A1 to C2 in the Language Lab. Every cohort is taught live by native and expert teachers, supported by Exzi AI speaking & vocabulary practice between sessions. Filter by your target CEFR level below, or open the live course catalogue to see current cohort dates.
CEFR German Course Tracks
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Deutsch A1 — Breakthrough & Everyday Basics
Start from zero. Build clear pronunciation, introduce yourself, handle shopping, cafés, appointments, and German registration forms (Anmeldung), and hold your first everyday conversations.
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Deutsch A2 — Everyday Independence
Speak about your past, family, work routine, and future plans. Master Perfekt tense, modal verbs, and key connectors (weil, dass, wenn) for doctors, landlords, and daily life in Germany.
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Deutsch B1 — Independent Living & Work
Express opinions, explain pros and cons, write formal emails, and handle workplace conversations and job interviews. Essential milestone for permanent residency and citizenship in Germany.
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Deutsch B2 — Professional & Career Fluency
Operate confidently in a German-speaking workplace. Present projects, negotiate, write professional reports, and pass the B2 / telc B2 Beruf exam required for skilled professions.
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Deutsch C1 — University & Executive Discourse
Academic and executive German for university admission (TestDaF, telc C1 Hochschule) and leadership roles. Master complex argumentation, indirect speech, and nuanced writing.
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Deutsch C2 — Near-Native Precision
Refine stylistic elegance, cultural nuance, executive negotiation, and high-level writing with native specialists. Prepares for Goethe-Zertifikat C2 (GDS).
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Market-Ready — Deadline & Career Intensive
A two-month intensive track for learners with an upcoming deadline — a job start, a visa interview, or an exam date. Higher weekly contact hours, working German, and priority teacher booking.
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Inside the A1–C2 syllabus.
Open any level below to inspect the grammar, speaking scenarios, and exam skills covered in class.
A1 (A1.1 & A1.2) — Foundation, Pronunciation & Everyday Survival
Speaking & Life Scenarios: Greetings, spelling & phonetic clarity (ä, ö, ü, ß, ch, r), introducing yourself & family, numbers/dates/time, ordering food, grocery shopping, finding an apartment, filling out official German forms, doctor visits.
Grammar Milestones: Present tense (Präsens) regular & irregular verbs, sein & haben, definite/indefinite/negative articles (der/die/das, ein/kein), Nominativ & Akkusativ, modal verbs (können, müssen, wollen, möchten), separable verbs (trennbare Verben), imperative, basic Dativ prepositions.
A2 (A2.1 & A2.2) — Past Experiences, Workplace Basics & Connected Speech
Speaking & Life Scenarios: Talking about past holidays & biography, describing education & career path, banking & Bürgeramt appointments, neighbour & landlord communication, expressing polite requests, comparing products & cities.
Grammar Milestones: Perfekt (haben vs. sein) & Präteritum of modal/auxiliary verbs, reflexive verbs (sich freuen auf/über, sich interessieren für), subordinate clauses (weil, dass, wenn, ob), adjective endings, comparative & superlative, Wechselpräpositionen (Accusative vs. Dative), verbs with fixed prepositions.
B1 (B1.1 & B1.2) — Opinions, Argumentation & Zertifikat Deutsch Readiness
Speaking & Life Scenarios: Structured 3-minute presentations, debating pros and cons, job application letters & interviews, customer service & complaint handling, summarising news articles, full telc/Goethe B1 mock speaking & writing exams.
Grammar Milestones: Relative clauses in all cases, Konjunktiv II (würde, hätte, wäre, sollte) for politeness and hypothetical conditions, Passive voice (Vorgangspassiv), Plusquamperfekt, Genitiv case & prepositions (trotz, während, wegen), infinitive clauses (um…zu, ohne…zu, statt…zu), two-part connectors (sowohl…als auch, zwar…aber).
B2 (B2.1 & B2.2) — Professional Register, Meetings & Career Fluency
Speaking & Life Scenarios: Leading and contributing to workplace meetings in German, technical & business presentations, salary & contract discussions, writing formal reports and persuasive essays, telc B2 Beruf & Goethe B2 exam simulation.
Grammar Milestones: Nominalstil vs. Verbalstil (transforming complex clauses into professional noun phrases), Nomen-Verb-Verbindungen (Funktionsverbgefüge), advanced passive alternatives (sein + zu + Infinitiv, sich lassen, -bar), subjective modal verbs (sollen, wollen, dürften for assumptions), Zustandspassiv, causal/concessive/consecutive connectors.
C1 & C2 — University Matriculation, Academic Writing & Executive Mastery
Speaking & Life Scenarios: University seminar debates, synthesising complex scientific or economic charts (TestDaF / telc C1 Hochschule), diplomatic & executive negotiation, idiomatic nuance, stylistic editing.
Grammar Milestones: Konjunktiv I & indirect discourse for academic citation and journalism, extended participial attributes (Partizipialattribute), complex register shifting, idiomatic collocations, and precision syntax.
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