You and your group can be trained by our native speaker qualified German teachers, and can meet at your place of work or home at a time convenient to you. Tutorials can take place any day of the week, including weekends, and can be scheduled for the morning, afternoon or evening. If your home or office is not suitable for you, you can attend the lesson at the teacher's offices. You will be provided with all relevant lesson materials.
These lessons in German are wider-ranging in their nature, and are driven towards students who have a variety of differing needs. All beginner students will expect to study enough survival German to get them through a short visit to the country, those staying on with the lesson can progress differently, depending on their individual requests and requirements. Whether you are buying property in a foreign country, married to a foreign national, planning a round-the-world trip, interested in German history and culture, or if you simply want to attain a particular level of German, this is the choice for you.
These German Lessons are intended for people who really need to learn German to help make that difference in their work. For beginners, it will be useful to learn greetings and basic business etiquette, at higher levels reading and then writing become more important. Typical students include those involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where an additional language is required, and those working with international colleagues, academia and government. Even on our most basic lesson for Beginners, students should expect to end the lesson with basic Telephone German and e-mail German skills for communications as well as Survival German required for short visits to a country.
2 or more people can benefit studying German together as these German lessons are also offered to groups (Two-to-One German Lesson or Small Group In-Company German Lesson). Every student must have the same degree of knowledge of the language, the same business or language needs and the ability to study at the same time and place as everybody else. The booking has to be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advocate group sessions of more than 6-8 people, though Taster German Lessons can be experienced by up to 12 people.
German uses the same 26 letters as English, with the addition of three vowels with 'Umlaut's (ä, ö and ü) and ß, ('Eszett' or 'sharp s').
Around 135 million people around the globe speak German
German was primarily a written language with differing dialects according to region, until the 1800s
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In Europa gibt es 4 Jahreszeiten: Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter.
Im März beginnt der Frühling und die Tage werden länger. Die Sonne hat mehr Kraft. Wenn der Schnee schmilzt, beginnen die ersten Blumen zu blühen. Die Temperaturen steigen und die Menschen freuen sich.
März, April und Mai sind die Frühlingsmonate.
Der Sommer ist die Lieblingsjahreszeit aller Schulkinder. In den großen Sommerferien müssen sie nicht in die Schule gehen. Viele Familien fahren in den Urlaub. Andere verbringen die Ferien im Freibad. Wenn es sehr heiß ist, essen alle Eis.
Juni, Juli und August sind die Sommermonate.
Im Herbst gibt es oft Stürme. Die Blätter verfärben sich und fallen von den Bäumen. Es regnet viel. Aber eine lange Wanderung kann trotzdem großen Spaß machen.
September, Oktober und November sind die Herbstmonate.
Der Winter ist oft lang und kalt. Wenn kurz vor Weihnachten der erste Schnee vom Himmel fällt, freuen sich die Menschen auf gemütliche Feiertage. Die Kinder packen den Schlitten aus und spielen den ganzen Tag im Schnee.
Dezember, Januar und Februar sind die Wintermonate.
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Albany is the capital of New York State, with a population of just under 100,000 people. The city is a tremendous place to learn a new language, thanks to the cultural diversity and range of ancestries amongst the population. The large Hispanic and Latino populations make it perfect for those wishing to study Spanish or Portuguese. The area also has an excellent range of schools, colleges and universities; making it something of a hotspot for foreign language teachers.