Concept and Quality

What is important to us

Quality promise nr 1:

Our teachers

All have the German equivalent to the English CELTA certificate, an excellent teacher training with highly practical content (TTI Freiburg) and use of a communicative teaching approach
Regularly participate in trainings to develop their teaching skills
Participate in mutual course shadowing and feedback, which are part of our daily routine

Quality promise nr 2:

Our Methodology

We work with the communicative teaching approach. What does that mean?

Lots of pair / group work
Focus on speaking activities
Topics are chosen according to the students real life situations
Excursions to a marketplace / cafés, to practice the acquired knowledge in real life situations
Focus on pronunciation training
Small groups
Tailormade teaching material that is constantly revised and oriented towards the current state of research

Quality promise nr 3:

Caring for our students

Thorough placement testing and counselling
Transparency
Evaluated feedback and quality management procedures
Constant contact person (Director of Studies) for all your questions regarding your course of studies
Regular tests and feedback within the courses help you develop a sense of realistic self-evaluation concerning your German level

Quality promise nr 4:

The b-sides

Welcoming atmosphere, personal approach
Free program of joint activities
Excursions
Library

Lehrerteam IH Cologne

Admin Team IH Cologne in der Pause

"(..) It´s true that nothing beats the real classroom environment, But the live online courses offered are pretty damn close, so why not give it a try. (...) The teachers have been fantastic, have taken to teaching through Zoom like ducks to water, and any technical problems that we´ve encountered have been quickly overcome by the hardworking team. Thanks Insula Sprachschule team and keep up the great work. (..)"   

Matt Varvouris, B2 Intensivkurs, März 2020

Highly recommend! A unique and really cool language school! They use a personalised teaching method, unusual but very effective. You can see the progress very quickly. The teachers are very nice and the price is very fair.

Carlos Martin Valero

I highly recommend insula! I started the Intensive courses from A1.2 to B2.3 (in 8 months more or less). Learning a language has never been so fun and fast (also online). All the teachers are very good and nice and they always find a way to make us memorize the grammar rules. They give efficient and practical methods to speak and write better and better. I always felt like I was in a big family with them. Thank you Insula

Laura Burgio

Fantastic school, and after trying many in the area i found this school to be the best. The teachers are fantastic and enthusiastic and made each lesson fun and thoroughly enjoyable. You can even do a trial lesson first so doesn't cost anything! Costs are extremely reasonable for evening and intensive.

Stuart Innes

Insula is a great language school to learn German in Cologne! It is like a family for me learning with them for 7 months. They offer a lot of courses from intensive to stress-free, and also online courses. I love the small group environment to make sure of the progress and focus for every student. They also combining fun methodologies in their curriculum to avoid boring and dull moments mostly learning the beginner and intermediate levels. Lastly, the instructors are amazing and very friendly!

Gerard Santiago

The insula is a unique language school with interactive teaching methods. Instead of using a generic book, the focus is more on the current knowledge of students present in a class, which are in my opinion, more efficient and practical compared to other conventional methods; Other than that, I find the efforts of expert teachers and energetic class environments therefore particularly motivating.

Ali Karibi

With Corona, i have found the Zoom format works a treat for me and allows me to cut out the travel and for me, i find the quality of the face-to-face just as good. All in all, recommend to those who want to enjoy learning German in a very good school.

Stuart Innes