Alternatively groups may also be taught in English language and just given basic tuition in German. We offer a special combination of language tuition Plus the special means and opportunities for getting to know Berlin. We are always able to adapt the program to meet special wishes of the course participants.
It is also possible to integrate students into other groups, provided that they take a placement test and are found to have the same level of ability. In these international groups the lessons are taught in German, so students from all around the world learn to communicate with each other in one common language. If your participants are interested we will also arrange for inter-cultural meetings between your pupils and those from other countries.
We offer individual modules in each of the following areas of German culture:
German art and architecture
1. Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Johann Gottfried Schadow
2. Max Liebermann
3. The Alte Nationalgalerie
4. Daniel Libeskind and the Jewish Museum
German Literature
1. Age of Enlightenment: Lessing
2. Sturm und Drang period: Goethe und Schiller
3. Romantic era: E.T.A. Hoffmann
4. Late bourgeois literature from Thomas Mann to Franz Kafka
5. Bertolt Brecht and his Berliner Ensemble theatre company.
German Philosophy
1. Arthur Schopenhauer: in Kant’s footsteps?
2. Wilhelm von Humboldt and his idealistic conception of education
3. Ernst Haeckel and social Darwinism
4. Walter Benjamin and art in the age of technical reproducibility
5. Rudolf Bahro and renunciation of the GDR
German History
1. Prussia and the “enlightened absolutism” of Friedrich II
2. The Jews in Berlin from 1900 to the present
3. The Weimar Republic and Fascism (1918-45)
4. The division and reunification of Berlin
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these. The modules combine intensive study the chosen subject and its historical context with exploration of Berlin and Potsdam. The knowledge which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to museums, memorials, and other places of interest in Berlin.
Faculty Information:
A harmonious, multi-talented and committed team of teachers, each with their own specialist areas, awaits you at our Institute to prepare you thoroughly for the German examination of your choice (ZD, ZMP, DSH or TestDaF). Our teachers are highly qualified, and have substantial experience in teaching German as a Foreign Language, in addition to being equipped with knowledge of the language and culture of the students they teach. This enables them to give their students culturally sensitive support in the appropriate language – an all-important asset in your first few months of acclimatization in Germany.
Other Activities:
Our Institute organizes Tours of the city and other cities in Germany for groups. We also offer a variety of social programs designed to suit all pockets and to appeal to different age groups and interests.
Facility Information:
Our Institute is located within 2 minutes of the central station. We offer accommodation with host families or shared flats or in a backpacker hostel 2 minutes from the institute. Holiday program, health insurance, reduced fares on public transport, Emergency Helpline, Cafes and Internet facilities one minute's walk away.
Notes:
Price Includes:
- Two-way Airport Transfer
- Ticket for Public Transport for 1 week (Subway, Bus, Tram for AB-zone)
- Insurance (Health, Accident and Liability)
- 7 Nights in Youth Hostel including full-board (breakfast, packed lunch, afternoon tea with cakes, evening meal)
- Per week: 15 hours (each 45 minutes) language tuition (German or English) on 5 days / 3 hours per day
- Course materials and certificate of participation
- Per week: 9 hours (each 45 minutes) accompanied afternoon and evening activities
- 1 full-day trip and two half-day excursions (entrance fees for all activities are extra)
- 2 teachers of adults may accompany the group free of charge!
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