In the first week we have completed the past form and also how to deal and identify among the different cases such as Nominativ, Dativ and Akkusative. Genitiv is another case but will be dealt in the coming week. We are learning how to identify the bigger picture that sentence conveys without be carried away by the unknown vocabulary in much of the times. We get homework after every class and the next day we compare the homework all together and discuss what is not clear. The week is finished and we have got some homework for the weekend. On Monday we will have a test to understand how we are doing in the course, this would help understand the teacher as well as to which speek and method would be good in total for the whole group.
In order to get the best out of the course, I personally feel that knowing the vocabulary would be a key factor is learning German.