speak
Hold a five-minute conversation
Introduce yourself, order food, ask for directions, talk about your day — without rehearsing it first.
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Learn German from scratch and enjoy the experience too. 🎉
Take part in our 8-week online course, meet new friends, and possibly travel with us for an amazing experience in Berlin, Germany.
- Starts
- Monday · September 7, 2026
- Schedule
- Tuesdays & Thursdays · 7:00 PM CET
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Live sessions
- 2× per week · 60 min
- Seats
- 8 students
The promise
By Xmas you could be ordering coffee in Berlin
adapt
Read German menus, signs and headlines
Decode everyday German in the wild. You stop avoiding the German parts of the internet.
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write and read
Feel comfortable reading basic German books.
Reply to a landlord, a colleague, a new German friend — with grammar that actually works.
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How it works
Your learning starts here
Five steps from the application form to ordering your own coffee in Berlin.
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Apply to the course
Tell us who you are and why German. It takes a few minutes, and nothing is due at this stage — applying costs you nothing.
Apply - 2
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Have an interview
A short call with us. We make sure the cohort is right for you, and you get to ask anything you'd ask a school you knew nothing about — before you pay.
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Get accepted and choose payment option
If it is a fit, your seat is offered and payment locks it in. Cohorts are capped small, so a seat is only held once it is confirmed.
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Eight weeks of live classes
Two live sessions a week with your teacher and the same small group of classmates. You speak from the first session, and every session is recorded for catch-up.
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Berlin together, if you want it
When the course ends, the cohort can travel to Berlin and use the German you just learned. Entirely optional and priced separately.
What's included
Everything you get with the cohort
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Twice a week
Live Group Classes
Two 60-minute live sessions per week with a maximum of 10 students. Structured, teacher-led, and recorded — so you can catch up if life happens.
Real German
Native Speaker Sessions
Bi-weekly: watch a German talk or short film together, then dissect it live. Twice per cohort: a native German speaker joins your class for a live, unscripted conversation.
Learn together
Peer Practice
Every week you're matched with a cohort peer for a 20-minute video call. There's also a weekly open group call — casual, no agenda, everyone welcome.
Your web portal
Everything for the cohort, in one place
Track homework, replay lessons, check your progress, and talk to your cohort — all in your private portal.
Homework
Lessons
Progress
Community
app.tuelang.com/homework
Week 3 — Homework
Due Thursday · 2 of 4 completed
50%
Next live session
Thursday · 7:00 PM CET · 2 days away
2d
Listening exercise
Vocabulary flashcards
Grammar worksheet
Speaking recording
Native speaker sessions
Real German, from real Germans
Textbook German only gets you so far. Every cohort includes two formats of native speaker exposure — watching authentic speech and actually having live conversations with Germans.
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"Warum ich Deutsch lerne"
TED × Wien 2023 · 12 min
Format 1 · Bi-weekly
Watch & Discuss
Every two weeks your cohort watches a short native German video together — then dissects it live with your teacher.
- Curated German talks, interviews & short films
- Real accents, real speed — no textbook German
- Live discussion with your cohort right after
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Native speaker
Format 2 · Twice per cohort
Live Guest Session
Twice per cohort a native German speaker joins your live class. A real conversation — not a scripted exercise, a genuine human exchange.
- Native speakers join your live session
- Have a real conversation with a stranger in German
- Different guests each cohort — varied backgrounds
Community practice
Practice with real people — your cohort
Between live sessions you practice with your classmates — through a weekly assigned partner and an open group conversation club. No extra cost, no scheduling chaos.
Weekly partnerEvery Monday
You
Your partner
matched ✓
You pick the time each week
Weekly Practice Partner
Each Monday you get matched with a cohort peer. One short video call — you both practise speaking, correct each other, and build confidence together.
- New partner assigned each week
- 20–30 min video call, you pick the time
- Cohort matched by level, not timezone
Group clubDrop in any week
Open every week
Group Conversation Club
Every week there's an open group call anyone in the cohort can join. No fixed agenda — just German, conversation, and good vibes.
- Weekly optional group call — always open
- Casual, low-pressure conversation
- Full cohort welcome — 2 to 10 people
8-week programme
What you'll learn
Week 1–2
Course Introduction
- Alphabet, pronunciation & sounds
- Greetings, introductions & numbers
Week 3–4
Everyday Language
- Colours, days, months & telling time
- Shopping, ordering food & basic phrases
Week 5–6
Building Sentences
- Subject-verb-object sentence structure
- Present tense verbs & articles (der/die/das)
Week 7–8
Real Conversations
- Describing your life, work & hobbies
- Mock conversations + cohort graduation project
📅
Tuesday & Thursday · 7:00 PM CET
All sessions recorded for catch-up. Exact times confirmed with each cohort based on majority availability.
60 min each
Our approach
Why our method actually works
Spaced, structured repetition
Every week builds on the last. Concepts return in new contexts so they move from short-term memory to real fluency.
“Wieder und wieder.”— until it clicks
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Speak from day one
No passive memorisation. From your very first session, you're talking. Stumbling is part of it — that's how the brain locks things in.
“Ich heiße…”— your first sentence
Real feedback, not algorithms
A real teacher listens to how you sound and corrects what actually matters — something no app can replicate.
“Gut, aber…”— the correction that sticks
Vocabulary that fits your life
You won't memorise the horse drinks milk. You'll learn to order coffee, navigate Berlin, and talk about your job.
“Einen Kaffee, bitte.”— actually useful
Cohort #1 · transparency
This is our first cohort. Here's what that means for you.
We don't have alumni yet. We don't have testimonials. We're not going to pretend otherwise. We do have a smaller-than-normal price, a smaller-than-normal cohort, and the founder in every session.
The lowest price we will run
Cohort #1 pays less than any cohort after it. That is what being first is worth — we're not going to dress it up as anything more.
Direct line to the founder
I personally read every application, run the intro call, and check in twice during your eight weeks. If something is off, you tell me.
You shape what comes next
The cohort after yours will be better because you were in this one. We share what we learn from you with the next group.
Founding cohort pricing
€399. For the founding cohort.
Cohort 2 onward is at standard price. This is what cohort #1 pays for being first.
Everything that's included
- 16 live sessions (2× per week) with your teacher
- Recorded replays — never miss a session
- Weekly practice partner + group conversation club
- Native speaker Watch & Discuss sessions (bi-weekly)
- Live native guest conversations (×2 per cohort)
- Private cohort community space
- Certificate of completion
FAQs
The questions that actually come up
Cohort starts Monday · September 7, 2026. Still unsure? Ask us anything on the intro call.
Ready when you are
Apply for the founding cohort
Starts Monday · September 7, 20268 of 8 founding seats remaining
Applications close when seats fill or the deadline passes. Whichever comes first.
Apply for the founding cohort →