The course targets all students and PhD students who wish to develop their German language skills. It offers ideal conditions for learning more about the university town of Bielefeld and Germany in general. This course is especially interesting for students who intend to take part in the Erasmus programme or plan to study in Germany.
The German language course at the level A2 focuses mainly on improving communicative competence based on topics relevant to university life as well as everyday life in Germany. In addition, grammar will be introduced and expanded at this level. The participants learn the most important structures of the German language. A special feature is the project work, which improves local knowledge and language skills with a focus on current topics.
The language course will be supplemented by an extensive and varied activity programme, which consists of working groups in regional and cultural studies that meet in the afternoons as well as activities that take place in the evenings and at weekends. Furthermore, there are two day trips to museums in well-known towns included in the course price – for example, a visit to the "House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany" in Bonn and to the "LWL-Museum for Art and Culture" in Münster.
For this course DAAD university summer course scholarships (usually starting at language level B1) are available. If you wish to apply for this course, you can find all necessary information about the scholarship programme and its application requirements here. To submit your application, please note the reference number HSK-5676. This number can only be used for presence courses. Applying for attending online courses is not possible.
Participants of the A2 course have to prove an A1 level in German.
The rent for a room in a dormitory is 270 EUR to 370 EUR, plus a deposit of 50 EUR. The rent for a room with a host family is 300 EUR, plus a deposit of 50 EUR.
Inexpensive breakfast and lunch are available in the student restaurant.
We offer our participants a varied leisure programme. For example, they can discover Bielefeld and the surrounding area, cook "typical German" meals, learn more about the German football culture (including a visit to the stadium of Arminia Bielefeld), watch current German films, or make use of the university's sports programme. The German course includes two excursions, e.g. to Bonn and Münster.
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