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Learn German with the Skills Centre as a member of the public or University staff

Find out about our courses and how to enrol on the right on for you.

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Develop your language and intercultural skills

We offer two levels in German: beginner and advanced.

Post Beginner

This course is suitable for students who have completed the complete beginner course and/or have some basic knowledge of German.

At the end of the course you should be able to:

  • talk about yourself and others in simple German and talk about a variety of common topics
  • ask questions in German and respond to them in German about various everyday situations
  • use the main forms of some tenses and some other grammatical features (for example pronouns, articles, gender)
  • understand some basic information, presented in German, from different German based sources, including websites, texts and videos

Advanced Part 2

This course is suitable for students who have completed the Intermediate course and/or have a high level of previous knowledge of learning German, equivalent to a good A Level (CEFR B2).

At the end of the course you should be able to:

  • express yourself fluently in a large variety of contexts
  • understand a wide range of complex information from German sources in academic and non-academic contexts, including websites, texts and videos
  • research independently and find appropriate information from German sources, including websites, texts and videos, and present this information in German with a very high degree of confidence
  • use a wide range of grammatical features with a high degree of confidence and very few errors
  • discuss a large variety of topics in German

You can read about a member of staff's experience of the German Advanced course in this blog: Achtung Baby! Learning German with the Skills Centre.

Outside the classroom, we also share cultural events organised by German associations in the UK such as the Goethe-Institut London, UK-German Connection and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) with our students. These events offer additional opportunities for you to develop your knowledge of German language and culture.

Enrolment

Enrolment for the Semester 2 2022/23 language courses is now closed.

Enquiries

If you have any questions, please contact us.