Teacher Training - Extensive

Course details

Course design: Based on our popular and proven methodology, of course, with lots of love and experience.

For this new format, we cooperate with our parent-institute, TTI (Teacher Training Institute) DaF in Freiburg. Beside a curriculum which contains a lot of Insula material, we've developed a different format: The Teacher Training Cologne is part-time, twice a week in the evenings (teaching practice) + Saturdays (Grammar and Methodology). Observation in our running courses are also part of the training.

Duration: 4 months

Course structure:

Pre-course: Language Analysis (4 weeks)
Main course: Methodology and teaching practice (approx. 12 weeks)

Lesson times:

Pre-course: two evenings per week 18.30- 20.30h + 2 Saturdays 10.00-14.30h
Main course: Saturdays, 10:00 - 14:30h, two evenings per week 18:00-21:30h

Total course content:

24 hours language analysis

50 hours methodology

40 hours of teaching practice

32 hours of classroom discussion

20 hours of observation

Methodological approach:

The course is based on the English CELTA format, which has a very good international reputation.

Enrolment and requirements:

General university entrance qualification
Interview
Special grammar skills are helpful but not a prerequisite as they are part of the curriculum
Registration is possible (after the interview) up to two weeks before the course starts.

"(..) 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