Self-Study
Learn to speak, read or do maths via the VHS learning portal with free registration. With the help of various modules and language levels, you can learn the basics with lessons and hundreds of exercises.
At the Goethe-Institut you learn German from professionals. The Goethe-Institut has developed many free media that you can use to practise German: from apps with learning, learning materials, videos, podcasts and games through to social media and community offerings.
With DW Deutsch Lernen, you can learn German easily and free of charge. Whether for beginners, advanced learners or professionals: Here you will find German courses and offers for learning German with news or music from level A1 to C1.
Buchstaben.com works in cooperation with German teachers and volunteer teachers developed a free online learning course that explains the German language clearly and explains the German language in a clear and easy-to-understand way. In addition to exercises for listening and reading comprehension, idioms, individual learning tools are also learning tools are also offered to make learning German easier.
Tandem
The Tandem Placement Agency at the University's Language Centre can help you find a tandem language partner. This is a great way to improve your foreign language skills while helping your tandem partner learn or improve their knowledge of your native language.
Another possibility is to use the app "Tandem". Here you have the possibility to get in contact with others and to exchange languages digitally and free of charge.
Summer Courses
The international summer courses organized by the Language Centre are open to students around the world who want to learn German in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Lectures and excursions complement your courses that last 4 weeks and cater to participants of 3 different levels of proficiency: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. More information can be found on the website of the Language Centre.
Language Cafés
Language Cafés offer the possibility to actively exchange with different people. Speaking in a local and casual environment helps a lot learning a new language. In Bremen and Bremerhaven there are several Language Cafés with different focuses. Here you can find an overview of the different cafés (unfortunately the file is only available in german).
The Language Centre of the University of Bremen offers Language cafés as well. They offer many different languages various times a week.
YUFE is also offering Langugae Cafés. Click here to get more information.
DAA Professional Language Course
By participating in the professional language courses of the DAA (Deutsche Angestellten Akademie), you will acquire general language skills and competencies. In addition, the development of job-related skills is the goal of the course. The focus is on communication in the workplace, which should improve your chances on the job and training market.
The language courses are sponsored by the BAMF (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees).
Anyone who is authorized by the employment agency or the job center to participate is eligible.
You are considered eligible if you receive benefits according to the Second Book of the Social Code, are registered as a training seeker or job seeker, or are registered as unemployed.
The entitlement certificate is issued by the employment agency in each individual case.
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