Learning German - focus language confidence

Semi-intensive course: Icebreaker

Do you recognise this? You want to say something in German, but suddenly you've got a knot in your head - or in your tongue? Then go ahead - sign up and experience how easy and fun our language confidence training is. We'll talk, laugh and take your German to the next level along the way!

Course format: Semi-intensive course with 10 hours/week

Duration: 1 - 6 weeks

Group size: 4 -10 participants

Levels offered: A2/B1 and B2/C1

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FAQ Semi-Intensive course "Icebreaker"

What are the steps up to my registration?

Have a consulting session (via phone, Skype, Zoom or in person) so we can discuss course level as well as specific difficulties, requests and timelines
Take our placement test - we will send you the results and invite you to a trial lesson
Take a trial lesson in one or two courses to confirm we have suggested the right level
Sign up for the course you enjoyed
We will send your invoice via e-mail, which you can pay in cash, via PayPal or bank transfer
Participate in your language course ;)

How is this course structured?

We begin with an evaluation of the students needs by checking the classic problems (articles, declinations of articles, prepositions, syntax...)
Based on the results we plan the course
Procedure of one session:
- Revision of yesterdays topics
- Finding out which problems students have with the next topic
- Short clarification
- Practice, we normally begin with written exercices but proceed to communicative tasks quickly, so you can automatize structures and keep using the structures correctly when speaking

"(..) 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