The trial lesson has two main goals: first, to help me understand your profile and language objectives. Second, I will give you an overview of my courses (conversation, literature, and culture lessons).

In this lesson, we have an informal conversation about a variety of topics, especially those related to German culture and everyday life.

I usually show one picture during the class and ask the student to describe it and share their thoughts.

The pictures can show scenes from daily life, typical German habits, traditions, food, hobbies, famous sights, holiday regions, weather, or even paintings.

Conversation

** Please contact me before booking so that I get to know your level and learning goals.**

I offer structured and personalized lessons using a shared Google Doc, where I create exercises for grammar, vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension, and writing.

Structured Lesson

Current topics include:

• Oktoberfest
• German Reunification
• Gutenberg
• Beethoven
• Expressionism

We explore fascinating topics from German culture, including art, history, and music,  through an engaging PowerPoint presentation that I have prepared myself. Each topic introduces important German figures and events. On many slides I explicitly added questions for you to answer.

During the lesson, you will read the slides and answer the questions, so that you speak most of the time. My goal is to create a natural and interesting conversation while helping you expand your cultural knowledge about Germany.

This class does not include grammar or writing exercises. The focus is on reading and speaking comprehension.

More topics will be added in the future.

German Culture (Oktoberfest & Co.)

Current literary:
• Goethe – The Sorrows of Young Werther
• The Brothers Grimm – Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
• Heine – The Lorelei
• Kafka – The Metamorphosis
• Süskind – Perfume

We explore some of the most famous works of German literature together.
I have prepared five literary classics as nicely designed PDF materials created with Canva.

Each lesson starts with:
• a short author profile,
• an introduction to the work and its historical background,
• a selected text passage,
• and discussion questions.

You will read the text aloud and we will discuss author, context and content of the book. 

There are no grammar or vocabulary exercises during this course, it is based on speaking an reading comprehension.

More books and authors will be added in the future.