Course contents

Our German lessons are aimed at beginners and advanced Speakers. Goals and contents of our German courses are geared to the requirements of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages. We focus on your „communicative competence“. We make sure that you will learn to handle a wide variety of day to day situations, common in private and professional life.
Central aspects of the program are:

• Speaking and pronunciation (phonetics / intonation)
• Listening and reading texts,
• Writing
• Grammar

The lessons include real world usability topics (depending on your language skills) such as social life, shopping, living, working, leisure activities. For advanced learners also news, social and cultural issues in Germany. The selection is complemented by your individual interests and actual important topics. In the courses or private lessons other topics may arise, for example, vocational content, in-kind and technical texts, special german vocabulary or preparation for specific examinations.

Teaching methods

I hear and I forget. I see and remember. I do it and understand it.

(Chinese proverb)

The use of modern methods, working materials and media in education is a prerequisite for the realization of our objectives and the basis for an after didactic principles „action-oriented and practical“ language teaching. There are modern textbooks used with communicative objectives, which means with impulses to authentic conversations and elaboration of speech resources that are important for effective communication in everyday life. With digital media, we offer intelligent solutions for the classroom, at home and on the go. The use of whiteboard, e-books and supplementary materials such as CDs, videos, movies, games and tablets allow interactive and multimedia learning. This means that the instruction is designed varied. You’re listening to your teacher not only passively, but actively do something, you act with all your senses and learn more efficient. Language of instruction is German – right from the first lesson. Internal differentiation, dialogue-oriented learning and dual teaching guarantee success in learning of individuals and in groups up to 8 people. Blended learning and e-learning are contemporary concepts that connect the new possibilities of networking via Internet with classic learning methods and make the most of it. It allows you to learn German on your PC independent of place and time in combination with the „classic classroom training“ Face to Face in the studio.

Levels

The levels correspond to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

I Basic language proficiency :

Beginners A1
Basic knowledge A2

II Self – language proficiency:

Advanced knowledge B1 Independent User B2

III Proficient Mastery:

Specialized language skills C1
nearly native speaker knowledge C2