Sie haben bereits gute Englischkenntnisse (nach abgeschlossenem Niveau B1) und möchten diese noch lehrwerksbasiert ausbauen und sich anhand interessanter Texte und Übungen vor allem im spontanen, freien Sprechen verbessern.

This English course enables you to practice all aspects of your language ability in a lively and varied manner. With regard to participants' abilities, interests and preferences, we will cover various topics, current issues and themes of interest. We may focus on countries where English ist the main language, as well as others. We will use articles, video clips, texts and works of literature.

We will read and discuss newspaper articles together and we will start reading the autobiographical book "Knife" by Salman Rushdie. Mr. Rushdie also calls his book "Meditations after an attempted murder". The attempted murder happened in 2022 in upstate New York.

Besonders geeignet für Teilnehmende mit fortgeschrittenen Kenntnissen der englischen Sprache, die mit dem Rentenalter endlich Zeit für einen Kurs haben. Wir sprechen viel über Themen wie Kultur, Reisen oder das Alltagsleben allgemein. Der Kurs arbeitet mit einem Lehrbuch, beschäftigt sich aber auch viel mit der Lektüre unterschiedlichster Texte.

This business English course covers the core areas of business Englisch at B-level with a strong focus on speaking and communicating in real-life business situations: - personal encounters (social situations of business English such as building relationships, dealing with customers, clients and colleagues), - day-to-day business (daily routines such as making appointments, writing agendas and minutes and planing your work, online meetings), - business results (how to make an impact with the results of your work, reporting on progress and achievements, keeping each other informed and dealing with facts and figures).

In these extremely testing and volatile times we seem to be at a loss about what is going on in America. Do we really understand our longterm ally? Do we have to be worried about recent developments? Do we fear for the future of the German-American relationship? This course will try to provide deeper insight into what is actually going on in this country. We will try to understand the American people, American society and how the political system works. Course members’ ideas and questions are certainly welcome and will guide our discussion. We might as well focus on other English-speaking countries, Various kinds of material will be used, such as newspaper articles, video clips, documentaries. We will also focus on the lives and achievements of famous Americans (auto-/biographies).

Für fortgeschrittene Lernende: Sie verfügen über gute Kenntnisse auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau und möchten diese vor allem kommunikativ und trotzdem strukturiert weiter ausbauen. Auf der Stufe B2 können Sie sich schon detailliert ausdrücken und argumentieren. Zu den meisten allgemeinen Themen verfügen Sie über einen ausreichend großen Wortschatz und Sie beherrschen die Grammatik recht gut.

We'll read and talk about the autobiographical book "Knife" by Salman Rushdie. Mr. Rushdie also calls his book "Meditations after an attempted murder". The attempted murder happened in 2022 in upstate New York.

In this course you have the opportunity to converse on a wide variety of topics, including culture, politics, current affairs, and much more. You name it - we can talk about it! Material will be provided by the teacher.

Would you like to become more fluent in English? Do you feel rather insecure when doing small talk or taking part in discussions? Are you interested in current issues about culture, politics, science and the arts? Would you like to know more about Great Britain,the United States, its people, their way of life, social issues? And we will also revise certain grammatical issues.Feel free to join! Kursbuch: 'Brush up, B1, English Refresher Kurs-und Arbeitsbuch', mit Audio CD, Hueber Verlag,ISBN: 978-3-19-002937-2

Learn how to use the right prepositions in English sentences Do you ever get confused about which preposition to use? Prepositions can be a problem for many learners of a foreign language because they often have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. In this course, you will be given systematic practice in the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases. We will also look at some common preposition errors.

Word formation plays a significant role in expanding vocabulary. The main objectives of the word formation process are to form new words with the same root by deploying different rules or processes. For example, by learning the affixes (prefixes and suffixes) that can be added to a root word, you can create many new words that are related in meaning. This can help you understand the meaning of new words that you encounter in your reading and listening acitvities.

Do you want to improve your English fluency for work and sound more like a native speaker? One of the best and quickest ways for this is to learn some common  idioms which  are frequently used in the workplace, such as in meetings and emails. In this course, you will learn how to use such  idioms appropriately.

Nutzen Sie die Online-Beratungstermine durch erfahrene muttersprachliche Dozent*innen für eine individuell auf Ihr Niveau und Ihre Sprachziele ausgerichtete Sprachlernberatung. Ob Sie sich für berufsbezogenes Englisch oder einen international anerkannten Nachweis Ihrer Englisch-Kenntnisse durch Sprach-Prüfungen interessieren und in welchen Kursen oder individuellen Trainings Sie sich optimal darauf vorbereiten können - erfahren Sie, wie Ihr optimaler Lernweg aussieht. Die Termine werden individuell vereinbart.