Advanced

~8,000 words · ~700 hours

You can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise implicit meaning. You can express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. You can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic, and professional purposes.

What you can do

✓Understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating distinctions of style
✓Follow extended speech even when it is not clearly structured
✓Express ideas fluently and spontaneously with precise meaning
✓Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects
✓Use language flexibly for social, academic, and professional purposes
✓Understand idiomatic expressions, colloquialisms, and regional variations

Grammar Topics

Subjunctive mood in all tenses and registersComplex sentence structures with multiple embedded clausesStylistic variation between written and spoken registersAdvanced word formation (compounds, derivations, prefixes, suffixes)Nuanced use of modal particles (ja, doch, mal, eben, halt)Functional grammar for argumentation and academic writing