From zero. Three evenings a week, live with me, until the words come out on their own, with a plan built around your life. A1 German, starting Monday 5 October.
She's African and she speaks German like a German. So can you.
I grew up in a small town close to Munich, one of the only Black girls in the room, and nobody was coming to help me with the language. I was the first daughter, so the responsibility landed where it always lands. When official letters arrived at our house, I was the one who read them out. My mother had done the German courses and still could not follow what those letters were asking of her, so I stood at the table and worked it out word by word until I could tell her what it said. That is how I learned German. Nobody handed me a map. I drew it myself.
Most people who write to me have been circling Germany for a year already. They downloaded an app in January and made it to lesson six. Somebody told them the Goethe exam is impossible for beginners. Somebody else quoted them a price for a package they never fully understood, took the money, and went quiet. By the time they reach my inbox they are not asking about grammar. They are asking whether this is even possible for someone like them.
It is, and you do not have to work it out alone the way I did. I have taken over a thousand people through German and I teach to Goethe standard. When you sit that exam, nothing in it will be the first time you have seen it.
1.You walk into a room and introduce yourself. Name, where you're from, what you do, why you're there.
2.You order food, ask for directions, ask how much something costs, and say you didn't understand and could they say it again.
3.You talk about your family, your day, your work, and the things you like.
4.You follow slowly spoken German instead of catching one word in ten.
5.You write a short message or fill a simple form without opening a translator.
6.You sit the Goethe A1 exam already knowing the shape of every section.
Three evenings a week for eight weeks, ninety minutes each night, and when you log into that Zoom room, it's my face waiting for you every time.
Seven seats, so you speak in every single class. There is nowhere to hide in a room that size, which is the point.
If you miss a session, you get the slides and the homework, and we pick it up at the start of the next one.
The full A1 level
Eight weeks, everything above included.
Seven seats. When they're gone, the next class won't be in October.
Claim one of the seven seatsThe Goethe exam fee is not included. You pay that directly to the Goethe-Institut when you book your exam date. What's included here is the full three hour mock exam, so you walk in already knowing the paper.
Once the class starts, the fee isn't refunded. If I fail to hold five scheduled sessions without arranging replacements, you can ask for a refund on the weeks that are left.
You don't have to decide tonight. Take the first 50 German words and phrases and see how it feels in your mouth.
Full A1 course
₦150,000