Your colleagues and yourself can be trained by our native-speaking fully-qualified German tutors at a time and location to suit you. Classes can take place any day, even weekends, and can happen in the morning, afternoon or evening. If the case may be that your home or office is not convenient, there is always the option to take your classes at the office of your teacher. Study books for the lesson are provided.
German lessons of this type are broader and are aimed towards students with a variety of requirements. While all beginner level students will cover survival German - needed for short visits to countries where English isn't widely spoken, or if you wish to 'go local'; those studying German usually go in different directions at this point, depending on what they need. Those who have benefitted from these German classes have been those investing in or buying property overseas, those married to overseas nationals, people setting off on a round-the-world trip, enthusiasts in German culture, and those enthusiastic to pass a specific exam in German.
These lessons 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 lesson, students can anticipate ending the lesson 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.
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 lessons can also be made available for Two-to-One German Lessons or Small Group In-Company German Lessons. Listen & Learn do not generally recommend classes of more than 6-8 people, although Taster lessons in German can run with up to 12 people. Bookings must be made for all participants at the same time.
Around 135 million people around the globe speak German
The main German-speaking nations are Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Luxembourg; but the language is also spoken in parts of Denmark, Russia, Hungary and Kazakhstan
German was primarily a written language with differing dialects according to region, until the 1800s
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German Testimonials
"Yes, I did and Karina is absolutely wonderful! She’s extremely knowledgeable and very thorough, yet keeps the lesson on a light and easy note! She is a pleasure to work with! Thanks, Tricia"
San Francisco
San Francisco has long been renowned as a thriving cosmopolitan and liberal US city. It boasts a culturally diverse background and is a haven for artists, poets and musicians. The city has large Mexican and Asian-American communities and has a Chinatown district which is well worth a visit. San Francisco is famous for its hills and cable car rides are a great way to catch spectacular views of the city. Other points of interest include the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge, the infamous Alcatraz Island, the Museum of Modern Art, Baker Beach, San Francisco Zoo and the Golden Gate Park. In fact, there is so much to see and do in San Francisco, you might find it hard to fit in any time for studying!