German for Business Intensive

Course overview

Regardless in which field you work, whether in architecture, administration, engineering or management - this course is for you, if you need German in your workplace. This course will help you to communicate in German professionally: on the phone, by mail, in meetings, while presenting, reporting or negotiating. The focus is not on a specific profession and its terminology, it is on the German, all professionals need, regardless of their specific background.The German for Business course has twenty lessons a week in international groups with a maximum of 12 students per class and ten or twenty lessons a week on a one to one basis. The afternoon sessions gives students the opportunity to focus on specific areas of interest related to their business needs

This business course in German builds on the 4 fundamentals: listening, writing, reading and speaking. Free class discussions, role-playing and conversation help develop verbal expression, vocabulary and good sentence structure. Grammar is not studied in isolation, rather it is packed in informative and stimulating texts that provide valuable cultural, political and historical background. Some topics covered include: relationships, social life, jobs and labour, history of Berlin, cultural identity.

Teaching method

The GLS approach is to teach in tandem, with 2 teachers responsible for every class, and alternating at every break. That way students get to hear more than one voice and speaking style. The focus is on the following:

• communicative approach with teachers encouraging students to speak as much as possible
• teachers continuously correct students and encourage them to repeat and do better
• German is the only language spoken in class, from the first day onwards

Teachers and teaching materials

 

Teachers:

• are native speakers between 26 and 45
• have an academic background with degrees – for example – in German language and/or literature
• have additionally teacher training
• most of them have been with GLS for many years
• are enthusiastic and give excellent communicative tuition
• combine the function of a coach and a teacher
• have expertise in other fields (photography, journalism, business consultancy etc) which inspire their teaching and make them interesting people to talk to

 

Teaching materials (included in the course price):

• Text books: Alltag, Beruf & Co, Dialog Beruf. GLS constantly monitor new publications and may employ additional text books that seem appropriate
• Hand-outs like newspaper articles, literature etc.
• Multimedia-teaching with CDs, OHP, video and video camera
• For self study students can borrow books and audio tapes from the library

GLS Berlin German Language Courses Timetable