German Intensive Courses in Hamburg

Due to the current situation - all schools are closed because of the Corona virus - our language courses will not be taking place in our rooms, but rather in online format, until further notice.

What does online learning at TANDEM mean?

We are working with the software „ZOOM" and have put together a virtual classroom. All registered participants will receive an invitation to their language course per email. After receiving this invitation, you will need to register with „ZOOM" and then download the free software.

What do you need for online learning?: You will require a tablet / computer /smartphone. As book shops are currently closed, order your books online.

So how does online placement work at TANDEM? Very easily: you just need to fill out a written online placement test and send it, with the result, to us per email. Our Director of Studies will invite you to an oral placement test. There, you will have the opportunity to get to know our „virtual" TANDEM connections as well as our learning platform, „ZOOM", which we would be be using for online lessons. Welcome to our virtual classroom!

Our German intensive courses will help you get into the German language and culture swiftly and successfully. Our keen and excellent language trainers teach in small groups and give expert support for the four language skills listening and reading comprehension, writing, and especially, speaking. They use teaching books especially designed for your particular language learning level, adding other up-to-date training materials.

Being an authorized examination centre we have aligned our German language courses with the examinations for the telc Deutsch A1, telc Deutsch B1, telc Deutsch B2, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule and the TestDaF. Our language trainers hold an invigilator's license and have extensive experience with TestDaF preparation courses. Thus they are well familiar with these tests will use content that is relevant of the exams in class.

HINT: The telc exams for B1 and B2 are run on a regular basis on the last day of each term, and, on special dates, the telc exams for A1 and C1 Hochschule . You can add these to your booking at a special price, if you wish.

At levels A1 to B1 our courses run for 20 class hours weekly.
In order to prepare you best for your studies or your professional career, we run our courses at levels B2 and C1 for 25 class hours per week. That way, along with a thorough grammar instruction, you have more time to train the intricacies of the German language on your way to proficiency. 

HINT: One level takes 8 weeks to finish at our school.

Are you looking for accommodation for the time of your language course? We will obviously be there to help you. You have the choice between a single room in private household or a hotel. There's more information here.

If you need to apply for a visa, you can hand in our booking confirmation with your application. TANDEM Hamburg's German intensive classes qualify for issuing a residence permit (visa) for language studies in Germany. You'll find some more details here.

Course Dates

Our courses start every 4 weeks. You may join any time after a placement test and a free test session.
Beginners may start at the following dates: 

* From 19.3, until further notice, all our courses can be found in online format (see above)

*FROM TODAY — 10 % discount for new customers on ONLINE intensive courses

There are no intensive classes on public holidays and in two short term breaks:

16.12.19 – 03.01.20

10.04.20, 13.04.20, 27.04. – 01.05.20, 21.05.20, 01.06.20 und 14.12.20 - 03.01.21

Please click on the following image to see our course calendar for 2020 (PDF):

 

Schedules, Prices and Payment options

All information can be downloaded here as a PDF