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On June 20, 2026

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German Online Live Review: Beginner A1.1 + A1

This intensive half-day session offers a comprehensive review of the essential learning milestones from our beginner-level A1.1 and A1 courses — all in one focused session.
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These sessions will emphasize interactive conversation, and also feature a strong focus on grammar and vocabulary, helping learners solidify their skills with confidence.

The prerequisite for participation is the visual presence of all participants and therefore a functioning and switched-on camera for everyone throughout all live online sessions.

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Exam Preparation: Goethe Certificate A1

Get familiar with the most important components of the A1 Start Deutsch Goethe Certificate exam, in this one-day preparation course. You will practice all four exam modules: Reading, writing, listening and speaking.  Working with typical examples you will review helpful skills and train simple strategies to better prepare you to take the exam. 
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Get familiar with the most important components of the A1 Start Deutsch Goethe Certificate exam, in this one-day preparation course. You will practice all four exam modules: Reading, writing, listening and speaking.  Working with typical examples you will review helpful skills and train simple strategies to better prepare you to take the exam. 

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Book Club

Read and discuss a variety of literary texts, and learn something new about German culture.
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Conversation Club

This club is for learners who want to improve their conversation skills. You will learn in a motivating and creative learning environment. We have clubs tailored to different language levels. 
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Coffee Break Conversation Club

This club is aimed at advanced learners at level B2 who want to deepen their language skills with weekly opportunity to speak German with others. 
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Phonetic Club

Experience an engaging phonetics workout that enhances your speaking flow while making learning enjoyable and fun!
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Reading comprehension for academic texts

In the reading course, beginners or learners with little knowledge of German learn to read or translate technical articles from various disciplines.
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This course is designed for beginners or learners with little knowledge of German who want to read or translate technical articles from different disciplines. The course participants will deal intensively with German grammar, sentence structure and various reading and translation techniques.
For this course with English support language, you have to purchase the following textbook: Richard Alan Korb: German for Reading Knowledge. 7th ed, (Ch.1-15)

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