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Language Courses

Even if you do not attend an integration course, you can of course improve your knowledge of German and choose between a variety of language courses. You can find out where language courses are offered at advice centres from charitable organisations, at universities or from the local town hall. There are also many towns and cities that offer German language courses at "Volkshochschulen", which are schools for adult learning. There may be an international cultural centre in the vicinity that offers language courses. Commercial language schools offering courses can be found in the Yellow Pages ("Gelbe Seiten") under "Sprachschulen" (language schools) or on the Internet.

Another possibility is a so-called "tandem course". A tandem is actually a bicycle for two people. But tandem courses don’t teach you how to ride a bike. The course gives you the opportunity to meet up with a native German speaker who teaches German. The tandem partner then introduces the other to his mother tongue. There are agencies in the larger urban areas that allocate tandem partners. You can also search for you own partner by placing an advert in your local newspaper.

The difference in price between various language courses is not always an indication of quality. In choosing a course, the number of teaching hours should be taken into account as well as the number of people per class. The course can be better and more intensive if the number of participants is lower. Commercial language schools also offer German language courses. The cheapest are usually offered by the "Volkshochschulen" and other state subsidised bodies.

You can find online German courses, for example, at Hyperlink: www.redaktion-d.de or Hyperlink: www.vhs-kampus.de.

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