German I is an introductory course for those with no background in German. It is taught in German and Mandarin, with increasing use of German for classroom communication. Students are tested on speaking, listening comprehension, grammar, cultural background, reading and writing. E-learning might be used for individual and collaborative work.

全球約有1.19億人說德語，它也是1.01億歐洲人的母語。因此德語是歐洲使用最廣的語言，其使用率在全球排名第十。會講德語能有很多機會豐富自己的人生和增進對歐洲文化特色的認識。此外德語在研究與學術方面也是全球第二重要的語言。本課程的目標有： - basic training in pronunciation and intonation - building basic listening and reading comprehension - enabling students to express themselves in simple sentences and paragraphs in oral and written form by training understanding of sentence structures, grammar, vocabulary, sentence patterns in relation to particular situations - providing background in regional / cultural studies - strengthening interaction between students and developing collaborative skillsworking alone, with a partner and in groups; enacting dialogues of everyday situations; dialogue variations; listening to native speakers; working with material typical of the target culture; collecting relevant language and culture information; doing independent online research

必備教材:
1. studio [21] Das Deutschbuch. A1. (Funk/Kuhn 2013; 德國 Cornelsen 出版社) ISBN: 978-3-06-520526-9 (由敦煌書局代理進口) -- 書籍特色：附上DVD和網路密碼,只要有網路可以隨時隨地看課本內容,並做相關的練習,讓學德文變成一件更輕鬆有趣的事。
2. Glossar Deutsch-Chinesisch (德中詞彙) ISBN: 978-3-06-520564-1 (由敦煌書局代理進口)
3. studio [21] Audio-CDs (聽力) ISBN: 978-3-06-520524-5 (由敦煌書局代理進口)

輔助教材:
a. other materials prepared by the teachers of the German section
b. Facebook group: Daniel Cothran的德文教室
c. online material related to course contents