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  • 22-03-2013 2:55pm
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    louised88
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    Hi,

    I'm finishing up in work and I want to refresh my German and bring it up to a level where I have more options when I'm looking for a new job, so I'm going to do an intensive 4 week course in Germany. I was hoping to go to Berlin, I'm familiar with the city and I love it, so I'd prefer to go there. Has anyone done one of these courses? I was thinking the Goethe Institut, but it's far and away the most expensive, so if anyone can recommend any others I'd be grateful!
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    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,871 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    louised88 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm finishing up in work and I want to refresh my German and bring it up to a level where I have more options when I'm looking for a new job, so I'm going to do an intensive 4 week course in Germany. I was hoping to go to Berlin, I'm familiar with the city and I love it, so I'd prefer to go there. Has anyone done one of these courses? I was thinking the Goethe Institut, but it's far and away the most expensive, so if anyone can recommend any others I'd be grateful!
    I did the Goethe intensive course (evenings only) in Munich and found it absolutely superb.
    Unlike the other place I attended for far longer, the teachers are real professionals as you would expect and not just part timers looking for a bit of pocket money.
    From what I gather a lot of the Goethe teachers tend to move about between cities in germany and abroad so the teacher you have in a course in Dublin now may be the same one you get in Germany in 6 months.

    Maybe going to a smaller city with less of an english speaking population could be cheaper and more beneficial than the larger metropolises?
    From looking at the options Schwabish Hall might be an alternative ?
    http://www.goethe.de/ins/de/ort/swh/enindex.htm
    Freiburg or Heidelburg are also nice places both of which are university towns so would be good craic too.


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