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I´ve tried:
IKI: Interkultural institute, it was like songs and games, but I´m way past kindergarten age, so i quit it… didn´t like it
University of Vienna: I took the february course, it is quite pricey, I learnt a lot, but the rest of the students were between 16-19 years old… so I didn´t continue.
Vorstudienlehrgang der Wiener Universitäten: Also very young people, but a complete unflexible system, perhaps i just had bad luck with the teacher…., but it came a time I couldn´t stand it anymore.
And then I took some courses in the UN, that were extremely slow , but i guess all right if you just want to keep practicing.
My best experience so far has been with a private teacher, unfortunately that option is very expensive, all other courses I´ve dropped out… perhaps I have a problem with the “german teaching system” a lot of pressure, big focus on the grades and memorizing, and not necessarily understanding and usefull learning..
Someone reccomended to me Alpha, have any of you been there?, also berlitz but the prices again are quite high.
hope this helps…
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The University is your best bet.
Berlitz private lessons are the best but courses cost mega €€€.
If you are short of money find someone who wants to learn English.
You meet once a week and teach one hour of English for one hour of German lessons.
Works out quite nicely. =)
Yeah OK you guys are really nice, thanks for the tips and tricks. I have heard of people being fluent within 1-2 years but honestly that sounds like a pipe dream to me at the moment. I guess I want to get my !§” into gear but I don’t want to pay exorbitant costs.
re: jobs do you guys find it v. important to know German at a very high level?
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@WienA wrote:
Yeah OK you guys are really nice, thanks for the tips and tricks. I have heard of people being fluent within 1-2 years but honestly that sounds like a pipe dream to me at the moment. I guess I want to get my !§” into gear but I don’t want to pay exorbitant costs.
re: jobs do you guys find it v. important to know German at a very high level?
w.
Simple conversation skills and networking can get you much further than perfect German. Vienna is a city where your friends define your opportunities.
You want to look for companies that have the “Konzernsprache Englisch”.
It’s much easier to get along at an International Company.Hello, I really can recommend a German trainer in Vienna. He is using a modern approach to learning which is orientated towards adults in a working environment, not traditional book-based learning. He will explore the relevant themes IN the target language, not about the vocabulary in a vacuum.
You can talk about all to him. It doesn’t matter what you want to know, he knows the right answer. For example all about Austria, living and working in Vienna, schools, public authorities, etc.He makes special prices for private people, because for normaly he trained people in companies. His courses are held in German with English support.
If somebody is interested in his courses, please pm me, because I think it is not allowed to make advertisements here in the forum.
Greetings
Silvia_Vienna
I first went to Alpha, learned a lot but decided to look for a less expensive alternative. So tried Deutschakademie (hated it – that was my experience) then Learn Personal (so-so –which is also just my personal opinion) then went back to Alpha which was worth every cent I paid. Have studied with a total of four different teachers at Alpha at various times and they were all very competent.
Good luck!
OK Thankyou guys I will be looking to enrol in March . I really feel like integrating 🙁
Sherry, gotcha, maybe you’re right on that one. I find it hard to navigate this society tis all 🙂
Danke, all
i took a 1 month course at the deutsche akedemie in karlsplatz and paid 250 euro for 1 month course, 5 days a week, 3 hours a day.
the bad thing is that the teachers are only allowed to speak german and not english, the reason being is that at least in my class there were 2 cinese and 1 hungarian girl who did not speak any english so i can understand.
but honestly i thought it would be stupid but actually its pretty good and the teacher (at least mine) did a good job of teaching and making us understand but the thing i really didn’t like was the book they have, its only in german and does not really give any explainations and if there are its only in german.
thats my only complaint, but in all it was not bad as a school
@WienA wrote:
Yeah OK you guys are really nice, thanks for the tips and tricks. I have heard of people being fluent within 1-2 years but honestly that sounds like a pipe dream to me at the moment. I guess I want to get my !§” into gear but I don’t want to pay exorbitant costs.
re: jobs do you guys find it v. important to know German at a very high level?
w.
All I meant was not to put any pressure on yourself and be yourself. It takes time to adapt. =)
Cheers Sherry 🙂
Where is VMom and forest of late, miss those two voices as well. Hope everything is cool!
Have a good remaining weekend everyone
@waveydavey wrote:
@WienA wrote:
Where is VMom and forest of late, miss those two voices as well. Hope everything is cool!
Madam Sylvie put them in detention!
Regarding the German course. If you can afford it or if your company is paying, then take a private course, there are plenty of language schools out there, the important point is the teacher, not the school. Remember, if you are not happy with the teacher, complain and ask for another one, after all the investment is such that you should have the best teacher available.
Also, decide what you want to learn. On my latest course I basically chose my own coursework and asked the teacher to design a course especially around a particular area that I needed at work, with some very specialised vocab. That worked fine, the rest of the time was taken brushing up on grammar and having long long chats.
Hey wavey you mean one on one yes? Hmm I don’t know if my company would pay..you have any recommendations (although actually 😀 if just me paying I probably couldn’t afford it) 😀
@waveydavey wrote:
@WienA wrote:
Where is VMom and forest of late, miss those two voices as well. Hope everything is cool!
Madam Sylvie put them in detention!
OK Guess there is an open gate time then!
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