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Is my course guaranteed to run?
All courses will run, provided they have the minimum number of participants. Approximately 95% of our starting dates are successfully fulfilled. If your course start is postponed, you will be notified by Email or phone approximately 5 days in advance.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Minimum | Guarantee
How long will it take me to reach B2?
If you are a beginner at A1.1, you can finish B2 in 9 months in our intensive courses. If you are a working person and can only attend courses in the evening twice a week, it will take approximately 10 months for each level, A1, A2, B1, B2, so 40 months or approx. 3.5 years.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Level | Intensive | How long | Integration / evening course
What if I get a new job and can’t attend my intensive course any longer?
You can change to a different course, no problem. The only rule is you must let us know in writing, by email, one week before the change then we will use your remaining credit balance for lessons in a new course, for example an evening course. Since not all courses cost the same, we will do a calculation to calculate how many lessons you get in the new course.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Intensive | Integration / evening course
What if my course has more than the maximum number?
Group courses may run with one person below the minimum or one person above the maximum.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Maximum
What are the teachers’ qualifications?
All of our teachers are native speaker or native speaker equivalent, have experience as teachers, and have the required certifications or qualifications.
All intensive courses have two or three teachers working as a team together, for example, one teacher Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and the other teacher Tuesday and Thursday. They coordinate their strategies and work together as a team. You benefit from hearing different accents and getting to know two different teachers.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Qualification
What if I’m in an intensive course, and it’s too much for me. It’s too intensive.
If the intensive course is too intensive for you, you can switch to a semi-intensive course, or an evening course. This is no problem, and we have courses at all levels in each of the different course types.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Intensive | Semi-intensive | Integration / evening course
In the intensive courses, why does B2 take three months?
When people are starting B2, they have finished A1, A2, and B1, and they still have gaps in their knowledge and skills. Plus, B2 is full of new topics in grammar and vocabulary and is very challenging for all learners. Therefore, we take three months in the intensive courses for B2, to ensure that everybody is mastering the grammar and vocabulary and skills at B2 level by the end of the course.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Level | Intensive | Grammar | Vocabulary
Why does inlingua Basel take 160 lessons for A1 when other schools take 80 or 100 lessons?
We analyzed the requirements for A1 very carefully, and we have a curriculum and syllabus showing everything we teach in A1. It is impossible to cover all the topics in 80 lessons. German is a systematic, grammar-heavy language, and doing well in levels A2 and B1 and beyond is highly dependent on building a solid foundation in A1. We stand by our assessment and we think our learners are served well.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Level | Grammar | 160 lessons
Why does inlingua Basel take 240 lessons for B2 in an intensive course but 160 lessons for B2 in an integration course or semi-intensive course?
Because Integration courses and semi-intensive for the whole level B2 or C1 (10 months) are stretched out over a far longer time than intensive courses (3 months). This means learners have much more time in between the appointments for self-study and real-world practice than is the case in intensive courses.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Level | Intensive | Semi-intensive | 160 lessons | 240 lessons | Integration / evening course
My intensive course lasts four weeks, and I’m going to miss two days of it. Is this a problem?
If you are in an A1 course, or A2, it could be a problem. We learn a lot every day. Either you must be ready to do extra work to make up for the missed days, or you should choose a starting date next month.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Intensive
Which would you recommend, intensive courses or semi-intensive courses?
With the intensive courses, you will make the fastest progress by far. You are in the course every morning from 8:30 till 11:50 and you have 2 – 3 hours of homework every day. So, intensive courses are for those who have enough time for all that and who want or need to progress as fast as possible. Semi-intensive courses are for people who have many other duties such as childcare, regular doctor’s or therapy appointments, work responsibilities, family responsibilities.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Recommendation | Intensive | Semi-intensive | Child
Will my course take place during Basel school holidays?
If you are looking for a German course that does not take place during Basel school holidays, choose a semi-intensive course. These are cancelled during Basel school holidays.
Category: German intensive groups
Tags: Holiday | Cancel
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