German for universal communication

Your aim ist to communicate more easily in everyday situations and to improve your general German knowledge. This course is designed with precision to give every participant the skills and confidence to interact effectively in German.

OISE Heidelberg will coach you to achieve your goals:

• master effective communication in everyday German

• express ideas and opinions, incorporating new vocabulary and idioms as well as manipulating sophisticated and more complex language structures

• achieve comprehension skills through a wide variety of carefully selected written texts including newspaper and journal articles as well as literary texts

• develop the ability to write accurately in a range of styles and registers

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Students are exposed to a structured programme:

• purpose-designed grammar drilling exercises to develop the ability to write accurately in a range of styles and registers

• interactive and dynamic oral practice sessions to encourage the expression of ideas and opinions, incorporating new vocabulary and idioms as well as manipulating sophisticated and more complex language structures

• comprehension skills are developed using a wide variety of carefully selected written texts including newspaper and journal articles and literary texts

• listening exercises of authentic materials to enable students to sharpen their comprehension skills, improve their pronunciation and increase their ability to think in the language.

Extra support is at hand during individual preparation and consolidation times, to help students with any difficult linguistic points.