“I praise my Leipzig …“ - Course Description
Learning German
- Placement test and oral evaluation at the beginning of the course
- Small groups (approx. 14 participants per group)
- intensive language acquisition at various levels from A2 to C1
- Approx. 25 lessons per week
- Language instruction
- Training in phonetics as one-to-one consultations or in small groups
- Lectures
- Supervised project work on topics chosen by the participants
- Development of competence in all language skills with up-to-date learning materials and media
- Training of oral and written communication skills
- Intensive vocabulary and grammar work
- Training in listening and reading comprehension
- Course book (included in the course fees
- Oral and written final test
- possibility to acquire 8 ECTS Points
- Final certificate of achievement with record of hours
The condition for the award of 8 ECTS credit points is the attendance of 90% of the lessons and the passed written and oral final test. Students may be excluded from the final test if they have attended less than 85% of the language lessons. The cultural programme, e.g. excursions and visits of museums, is also part of the language lessons.
Getting to know Germany
- About 40 hours of cultural and German studies programme (included in the course fee)
- Study trips in and around Leipzig, e.g. visit of the Red Bull Arena
- One full-day excursion to Erfurt
- "Meeting the World" - country presentations
- Carnival in the students' club "Moritzbastei"
- Concert at the Leipzig Gewandhaus
- Movie night
- Welcome and farewell parties
- Social nights ("Stammtische")
- Extra excursions offered (costs to be paid by the participants)
- Full-day excursion to Weimar (costs: approx. €30)
- Full-day excursion to Dresden (costs: approx. €30)
Course fee: €1150
The course fee includes the following: registration, language classes incl. phonetics and project classes, the test fee for ECTS credit points, German studies activities, study trips, the course book, one full-day excursion, welcome and farewell parties,selected cultural events, and the tram ticket for the duration of the course.
Additional facilities:
Our course participants can work at the computer labs of Leipzig University as well as in the Leipzig University Library (costs for the library card: €8).