This class compacts the content of 2 semesters into one semester. The course meets 5 days a week and covers nearly the entirety of the Kontakte textbook in this time. As in the other Beginner German, students are required to complete their homework, which consists of a Reader, Online Workbook exercises, Wordchamp - online flashcards, essays and a presentation. For every two chapters there is a test and vocabulary quiz and a final exam at the end of the course. At the end of this couse, students are expected to have the capacity to hold a personal conversation in present and past tense, function in a German-speaking society, and be excited about going on to the next step, intermediate German.