German language competency required to enroll in German A2: Elementary: Understanding: The language learner should be able to understand questions and conversations about topics including family, house and apartment hunting, job seeking and work-life, health, leisure time, holidays, clothing, school, housing situations, and activities in the city. Speaking: The language learner should be able to speak in simple sentences about daily situations and share his/her opinion on topics such as family, housing, health, leisure time, holidays, and clothing. Reading: The language learner should be able to read and understand short notes, texts, and simple articles focusing on topics covered throughout the year including family, jobs, health, leisure time, home life, holidays, clothing, and housing situations. Writing: The language learner should be able to write notes and short texts with a simple sentence structure focusing on topics like family, house and apartment hunting, job-seeking, work-life, health, leisure time, holidays, clothing, and housing situations. Grammar: Topics covered over the course of the year include: possessive pronouns, seasons of the year, imperative, accusative, modal verbs, present perfect with sein and haben, past tense, comparative and superlative, pronouns, modal verbs in past tense, and subordinate clauses with weil, wenn, and dass.