The program is designed for groups of foreign students with basic knowledge of the German language and with an interest in the German culture. Alternatively groups may also be taught in English language and just given basic tuition in German. We offer a special combination of language tuition PLUS the special means and opportunities for getting to know Berlin. We are always able to adapt the program to met special wishes of the course participants.
The language training is given by experienced teachers and can be adapted to meet the special needs and wishes of each group. It is also possible to integrate students into other groups, provided that they take a placement test and are found to have the same level of ability. In these international groups the lessons are taught in German, so students from all around the world learn to communicate with each other in one common language. If your participants are interested we will also arrange for inter-cultural meetings between your pupils and those from other countries.
Also included in the program are guided tours around places of cultural and historical significance in and around Berlin. In addition to the important sights we will also take you around museums and exhibitions. We will show you the parts of Berlin which have a particularly distinctive atmosphere with many interesting shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. Visits to the disco and the cinema in the evening will round of your Berlin experience with an insight into its vibrant nightlife.
Price Includes:
- Two-way Airport Transfer
- Ticket for Public Transport for 1 week (Subway, Bus, Tram for AB-zone)
- Insurance (Health, Accident and Liability)
- 7 Nights in Youth Hostel including full-board (breakfast, packed lunch, afternoon tea with cakes, evening meal)
- Per week: 15 hours (each 45 minutes) language tuition (German or English) on 5 days / 3 hours per day
- Course materials and certificate of participation
- per week: 9 hours (each 45 minutes) accompanied afternoon and evening activities
- 1 full-day trip and two half-day excursions (entrance fees for all activities are extra)
- 2 teachers of adults may accompany the group free of charge!
German Literature
The German Literature course is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the world of German literature alongside their language studies. We offer five individual modules in the following areas of German literary history:
1. Age of Enlightenment: Lessing
2. Sturm und Drang period: Goethe und Schiller
3. Romantic era: E.T.A. Hoffmann
4. Late bourgeois literature from Thomas Mann to Franz Kafka
5. Bertolt Brecht and his Berliner Ensemble theatre company.
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of literary interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these. The modules combine intensive study of writers and their historical context, with an exploration of Berlin’s literary treasures. The knowledge of literary history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to theaters, museums, memorials, historical graveyards and the former homes of writers.
Price Includes:
- Airport pick-up
- Weekly transport pass (covering underground, city trains and buses)
- 7 days and 6 nights accommodation (host family or hostel) with half-board (breakfast and one meal per day
- 15 hours of seminars in one of the above modules at our Institute in Berlin
- Activities program (2 half-day excursions (each 4 hours) and 1 full-day excursion) (entry fees not included)
- Course materials and certificate of participation
- Health and liability insurance, with no excess payable
- Free places for two accompanying adults
- The prices quoted are per person, per week and include VAT.
German Philosophy
The German Philosophy course is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the world of German philosophy alongside their language studies. We offer five individual modules in the following areas:
1. Arthur Schopenhauer: in Kant’s footsteps?
2. Wilhelm von Humboldt and his idealistic conception of education
3. Ernst Haeckel and social Darwinism
4. Walter Benjamin and art in the age of technical reproducibility
5. Rudolf Bahro and renunciation of the GDR
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these. The modules combine intensive study of philosophers and their historical context, with an exploration of Berlin’s philosophical treasures. The knowledge of philosophical history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to theatres, museums, memorials, historical graveyards and the former homes of philosophers.
Price Includes:
- Airport pick-up
- Weekly transport pass (covering underground, city trains and buses)
- 7 days and 6 nights accommodation (host family or hostel) with half-board (breakfast and one meal per day
- 15 hours of seminars in one of the above modules at our Institute in Berlin
- Activities program (2 half-day excursions (each 4 hours) and 1 full-day excursion) (entry fees not included)
- Course materials and certificate of participation
- Health and liability insurance, with no excess payable
- Free places for two accompanying adults
- The prices quoted are per person, per week and include VAT.
German History
The German History course is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the history of Germany alongside their language studies. We offer four individual modules in the following areas:
1. Prussia and the “enlightened absolutism” of Friedrich II
2. The Jews in Berlin from 1900 to the present
3. The Weimar Republic and Fascism (1918-45)
4. The division and reunification of Berlin
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these. The modules combine intensive study of history and historical context with exploration of Berlin and Potsdam. The knowledge of history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to museums, memorials, historical graveyards, former homes of historical figures and other places of historic interest in Berlin.
Price Includes:
- Airport pick-up
- Weekly transport pass (covering underground, city trains and buses)
- 7 days and 6 nights accommodation (host family or hostel) with half-board (breakfast and one meal per day
- 15 hours of seminars in one of the above modules at our Institute in Berlin
- Activities program (2 half-day excursions (each 4 hours) and 1 full-day excursion)(entry fees not included)
- Course materials and certificate of participation
- Health and liability insurance, with no excess payable
- Free places for two accompanying adults
- The prices quoted are per person, per week and include VAT.
Faculty Information:
A harmonious, multi-talented and committed team of teachers, each with their own specialist areas, awaits you at our Institute to prepare you thoroughly for the German examination of your choice (ZD, ZMP, DSH or TestDaF). Our teachers are highly qualified, and have substantial experience in teaching German as a Foreign Language, in addition to being equipped with knowledge of the language and culture of the students they teach. This enables them to give their students culturally sensitive support in the appropriate language – an all-important asset in your first few months of acclimatization in Germany.
Annette Merker
I read German Studies, History and Sinology (Chinese Studies) at university. As part of my Chinese studies I lived in the Peoples’ Republic of China from September 1991 until February 1994, on a grant from the DAAD. During this time I studied Chinese language and literature at Beijing University, and taught German at the Goethe-Institute in Beijing. Whilst majoring in Chinese studies I participated in a research project at the Free University (FU) of Berlin, looking at the Republican period in China (1911-1949).
In addition I was a student assistant in the East-Asian Seminar Library at the FU from 1995 to ’98 and worked occasionally in the vacations as a tour guide in the PRC and in Hong Kong. I have been working as Director of Studies and German Teacher at our Language-Institute since January 1999. In addition to my teaching work, I am also responsible for coordinating the courses and the teaching team, as well as taking part in designing and undertaking various projects in the Institute.
Tanja Böhle
I studied Sinology and German Studies, and I have been teaching German as a Foreign Language since 1990 at various language schools in Germany. I have many years’ experience of teaching at all levels. I have taught at elementary, intermediate and advanced level, and have prepared foreign learners for the various language examinations (ZDaF, ZMP, DSH, KDS). In 1991 I worked as a German teacher in Anhui University in Hefei (PR China). Here, one of my responsibilities was to prepare students for the ZDaF examination. Since 1999 I have been working as GFL (German as a Foreign Language) teacher at our Language-Institute, where, alongside intensive teaching work, I am particularly involved in developing teaching materials.
Other Activities:
Our Institute organizes Tours of the city and other cities in Germany for groups. We also offer a variety of social programs designed to suit all pockets and to appeal to different age groups and interests.
Facility Information:
The institute is located within 2 minutes of the central station. We offer accommodation with host families or shared flats or in a backpacker hostel 2 minutes from the institute. Holiday program, health insurance, reduced fares on public transport, Emergency Helpline, Cafes and Internet facilities one minute's walk away.
Notes:
Course Fees depend on length of course booked and number of hours per week, as well as size of group. One-to-one tuition is available at 20 euros per hour. Group courses in the exam preparation class begin at 2 euros per hour per person. Maximum cost is for total immersion course with 8 hours per day.
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