Intensive Course
General German 24 lessons per week
- Course title
- Intensive Course
- Course hours
- 09:00 - 12:30
- Course days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- School admin. fee
- €50.00
- Lesson duration
- 45
- Course certificate
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 17
- Average number of students
- 12
- Course materials
- €30.00 Mandatory and not included
Levels: Pre-Intermediate - Level A2, Intermediate - Level B1, Upper Intermediate - Level B2, Advanced - Level C1, Proficient - Level C2
Unlike the Standard Course, the Intensive Course also provides enough time to work on current topics from politics, culture and science. Hence, the 4 language skills listening, reading, speaking and writing will not only be trained based on a textbook but the teachers also use supplementary, specially selected materials. It is the birthday of a famous German politician or artist? There are interesting political news from Berlin? It often happens that the class will discuss the current news and interesting events in the Intensive Course, that up-to-date topics will spontaneously become part of the program the class was going to work on at the moment. Thus, you study German and you will be fully informed at the same time!
The Intensive Course covers 24 lessons. 2 lessons each will be taught Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoons. While we closely work with the textbooks most of the time during the morning sessions, the afternoon seminars open up possibilities for an intensive communicative training. The teacher is organizing the instruction in such a way that all participants can actively participate in class, can communicate with each other and discuss their opinions. In such a lively atmosphere you can learn the language easily and spontaneously. And even rather complex grammatical structures are understood easily by being practiced and used creatively. And, of course, we also use these afternoon sessions for preparing the language exams.
Timetable
With 24 lessons per week, the Intensive Course offers you 20% more instruction than the Standard Course, but there will be still enough time in the afternoons for private activities. The 2 afternoon sessions are always scheduled Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:00 and 2:30 pm. Wednesdays you will have the possibility making use of our Self-Study Center where teachers can help you with your homework assignments or will answer all the questions on German grammar you might have. Using the Self-Study Center is free of charge!
If your goal is to make fast progress, this course with more than 24 lessons per week is the perfect choice for an intensive language training. It differs from the Standard Course by providing possibilities for working with current text materials from politics, culture and economy.
Starting dates for beginners:
Jan 6, Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, Jun 2, Jun 30, Jul 14, Aug 4, Sept 1, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1
Teaching materials: approx. 30 EUR per module (two modules per level), paid at the school.
did deutsch-institut Berlin
Novalisstr. 12, Berlin, Germany
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About the school: did deutsch-institut Berlin
Number of classrooms: 11
Average nº of student per classroom: 13
Minimum student age: 17
Placement test on the first day:
Distance from the airport: 32 km.
Closest airport: Berlin Airport
Year the school opened: 1970
School opening times: 8:30 - 17:30
School close dates: Show
Facilities
After class/extra curricular seminars
Cultural trips
Eating area
Elevator
Internet WIFI
Self study material
Snack machines
Social activities
Tea / Coffee
Accreditations and quality seals
Student information
We are pleased that you have decided to book a language course at our institute. At our institute you will meet participants from all over the world, you will make many friends and you will learn German in a private and friendly setting. Upon your arrival at the did deutsch-institut in Berlin you will receive a detailed Students’ Handbook. did deutsch-institut was awarded the Study Travel Magazine Star Award 5 times and now enjoys the STM Super Star Status as first German Language School.
Excursions with our activity guides are not a must – some excursions, however, you shouldn’t miss! On our walking tours through the historical center of our capital you’ll see places worthwhile discovering around school: the alternative cultural center Tacheles, the cultivated revue theatre Friedrichstadtpalast, the marvelous synagogue and the lively backyards of Hackescher Markt. Our activity guide will show you the few remains of the Berlin Wall, will tell you the history of the Reichstag before the Federal Parliament moved into the building in 1999, and will give you all the background information on the Potsdamer Platz and how it looked like before and immediately after World War II.
If you visit Berlin, you got to see Potsdam, too! Because right outside the city of Berlin, 30 minutes away from school by public transport, you‘ll find a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage monument of special beauty. The former residence town of the Prussian kings will impress its visitors with castles, beautiful palaces and upperclass town houses. Next to Castle Sanssouci, the New Palais and the old town you will also visit Castle Cecilienhof where in the summer of 1945 the socalled Potsdam Conference of the victorious allied powers took place. Our activity guide will show you the conference and study rooms of President Harry Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and secretary general Josef Stalin – here you can feel German and world history live.
Terms & Conditions: did deutsch-institut Berlin
- Bookings are not transferable.
- Bank charges are payable by students
- Students must be 18 years of age or over
Cancellation policy
- The cancellation needs to be communicated in writing to the school by the person who booked the course.
- Where a cancellation is received 1 days after enrolment there will be no refund.
- The deposit is non-refundable.
- No refund will be made for shortening the course duration after the payment.
- There is no refund for any cancellation once the course has commenced.
- No tuition refunds are given for late arrivals, early departures or absences, for whatever reason, from classes during any course.
- If a student is absent for one or more weeks at a time, arrangements can be made for the course duration to be extended at no extra cost.
Refund policy
- Bookings may be cancelled up to 5 weeks prior to commencement of the course without penalty or fee.
- A cancellation fee of € 50 applies when a course is cancelled less than 4 week/s before the course commencement date.
- A cancellation fee of € 250 applies when a course is cancelled less than 3 week before course commencement date.
Visa refusal
- In case a visa is refused to the student, the school will charge 200 Euro and the remaining balance will be refunded to the student upon receipt of an original VISA refusal letter.
Other terms
Tuition is generally held in the mornings, classes may also be held in the afternoons, e.g. during the high season. Should classes coincide with the activity program or bank holidays, participants have no right of compensation for the missed activities. If the number of participants on one course level is under 4, did reserves the right to reduce the weekly lessons by 20%. Premium Courses are reduced to 26 lessons in case there are less than 4 participants attending the module. Registration fee EUR 50 (non-refundable). The school is closed for Christmas from 18 December 2027 to 2 January 2028; no classes on the 2027 public holidays 26 and 29 March and 6 and 17 May. Course high-season supplement of EUR 35 per week from 5 July to 13 August 2027, for bookings of fewer than 9 weeks. Exam preparation courses may be reduced or given online/individually if fewer than 3 (TestDaF) or 2 (telc/Goethe) students enrol; telc exams need at least 3 students per level and can be cancelled up to 20 days before with 50% of the costs. Source: did Price list 2027.