Learn German in Germany

I won’t deny that learning German is fun —I studied for a month splitting my time between Berlin and Munich before travelling to the stunning Lindau where I chilled out on the lake and went mountain biking and skiing at weekends.

I started German lessons as a beginner, not a complete beginner as I’d listened to German CD’s and had a few German lessons back in the UK (6 weeks at night school) but it was only when I got to Germany that my German really started to accelerate at a pace that surprised me as I didn’t realise just how much you pick up when studying in a country where German is spoken as you really do practice each day outside of the classroom.

Even if my confidence wasn’t that high to start with, by the end of week 1 I felt I’d almost reached lower elementary level of German as I’d been immersed in the language, I’d read road signs, ordered in cafes and heard nothing but German for the whole week and something was starting to click – the feeling was fantastic and a great confidence booster.  I no longer cared about looking silly when I got things wrong, I just had a go at speaking German and you know what – most of the time I was understood even if I did get a few funny looks to start with! 

If you learn German you have a chance to get a more intimate look at Germany. Taking a German course in Germany opens up a world of opportunities and promises to get you off the tourist trail where you can immerse yourself in the culture in a way that’s just not possible if you don’t speak German. 

I lived with a German host family which was great, I didn’t feel ‘mothered’ at all and was free to come & go as I pleased and my German vocabulary improved no end as you are forced to speak daily and ask for even just the basics like towels and ‘pass the salt’ – practical German all the way not to mention the amazing insight you have into life and culture living as a local.

Accents change as does dialect from country to country but all German language schools in Germany teach German to a level that you’d call the ‘Queen’s English’ in the UK so you don’t have to worry about where you learn German in Germany although it can be fun to split your German courses across different locations to experience life and different accents which will really help improve your German.

Rest assured, German courses are suitable for beginners to advanced German learners. Everyone is tested (don’t worry, there’s no gold stars or dunce hats here) on the first day before German lessons start so they can be placed in the right group for their level and will then progress rapidly but safe in the knowledge that their fellow classmates are at a similar German level to them.

Levels are generally as follows:
• Complete beginner German courses
• Beginner German courses
• Elementary German lessons (split into lower & upper)
• Intermediate German lessons (split into lower & upper)
• Advanced German courses (suitable for advanced levels of German up to fluency level)

In a month, I felt like I’d progressed my German from a beginner to upper elementary and was raring to go on my travels, confident I would be able to get by in day to day situations as well as being able to read and write German at a reasonable level if I ever needed to.

My confidence soared, I fell in love with learning the German language and soaked up new words and phrases every day without trying as my brain was now switched into ‘learn German’ mode.  Learning German is liberating, I felt like I was invited into the culture and countries I visited and no longer did I feel like ‘just a tourist’ and that can’t be bad.

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