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An extremely popular worldwide language, German has many ties with both English and Dutch
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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Deutsches Brot
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Ein Mitarbeiter der Britischen Botschaft hat einmal gesagt, dass das deutsche Brot das Beste an Deutschland ist. Nicht nur viele Ausländer, die Deutschland besuchen sind dieser Meinung, auch die Deutschen, die Urlaub im Ausland machen, vermissen schnell das deutsche Brot. Natürlich gibt es auch in anderen Ländern gute Bäcker. Aber die Auswahl ist in Deutschland besonders groß. Bei den mehr als 300 verschiedenen Sorten, ist für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei.
Besonders bekannt sind die deutschen Vollkormbrote. Die dunkle Farbe der Brote ist für viele Ausländer ein ungewohnter Anblick.
Vollkornbrote sind sehr gesund.
Wer an Deutschland denkt, denkt oft auch an die berühmte Brezel. Diese gibt es inzwischen an vielen Orten der Welt zu kaufen. Jedoch schmeckt sie nur in Deutschland richtig gut.
Die deutschen Bäcker mischen oft viele verschieden Zutaten in den Teig. So entstehen abwechslungsreiche Brotsorten. Das Essen von Brot wird in Deutschland nie langweilig.
Kein Wunder, dass das Brot bei der Ernährung der Deutschen eine große Bedeutung hat. 85 Kilo Brot ißt jeder Deutsche durchschnittlich im Jahr.
Mit fast einem halben Kilo pro Tag und Kopf stehen sie auf Platz 1 in Europa.
Dazu kommt dann noch das viele Getreide, das die Deutschen über den Bierkonsum zu sich nehmen. Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte...
German Courses in Chicago
Our native-speaking qualified German teachers can guide you and your group at your work or at home, at a time convenient to you. Classes can take place on any day of the week - even weekends - morning, afternoon or evening. If needs be, if meeting at your office or home is not suitable, you can take your lessons at the trainer's office. Study materials are supplied for you.
German 1 to 1 Business
These courses in German are meant for those that feel that learning German would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone German and e-mail German skills for communicating, as well as survival German if a short visit to the country is needed.
German 1 to 1 General
This set of German tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning German. Even though all novice students will cover survival German: enough German to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these courses have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in German culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in German.
German Group Lessons
If there are 2 or more of you with the same level of German, the same targets within the language, and be able to study at the same time and location, then you'll be happy to know that these German courses can also be made available for Two-to-One German Courses or Small Group In-Company German Courses. Listen & Learn do not generally recommend classes of more than 6-8 people, although Taster courses in German can run with up to 12 people. Bookings must be made for all participants at the same time.
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The largest city in the Midwest and the 'second city' of the United States, Chicago was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world during the 19th century, with its population growing from around 30,000 in 1850 to well over a million residents in just forty years. The city was also the host of the world's first skyscraper - a common sight throughout the US these days - constructed during the enormous building boom after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed a third of the city. Today, Chicago remains one of the 'tallest' cities in the world. Multi-culturalism abounds in The Windy City: Chicago houses the largest Polish community outside of Poland; the largest proportion of Swedish Americans in the country, the second largest amount of African American residents and the third largest population of Italian Americans in the USA. Plenty of other nationalities also thrive in the city, including those from Puerto Rico, Mexico, South Asia and several Middle Eastern nations; and combined with its status as a global hub of higher education, Chicago stands out as an ideal city for those wishing to take up a new language.
