Would you like to learn German? The HLS Education Center specializes in German courses in Essen!
Why should you choose our language institute? Because we do everything to ensure that our customers receive the best possible learning conditions when it comes to learning German.
So that you can benefit from our courses in the best possible way, we individualize the offer for you and ensure a good learning atmosphere. You get great service and professional advice. You will receive lessons from experienced teachers who will guide you professionally through the language learning process.
Try us out in a free trial lesson!
- YOUR BENEFITS
- maximum 12 person per course!
- free snacks and drinks!
- entry possible at any time!
- Examfee included!
- In-house library for free use!
- Many additional language offers!
German private lessons
Learn German in one-to-one lessons - a relaxed atmosphere, individually designed according to your wishes.
Conversation and speaking in German
German courses with targeted promotion of oral language, expression and spontaneous expressions.
German courses for nurses
German preparatory course for training as a geriatric nurse, nurse and health professional.
German company courses
German courses at all levels for companies - individually tailored.
German telc preparation course
Preparation for the German telc exams (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2)
DSH preparation course
Preparation for the German language exam for university entrance (DSH exam)
telc Prüfung
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German courses for beginners and advanced students: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2
Our language certificates with levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 correspond to the European Framework of Reference for Languages (GER). Each subsequent level builds on the previous one, which is ensured by our certificates. A high level of language can thus be reached quickly. In our courses, you will learn the language beyond everyday language use. An individual adaptation of the course content to your wishes and needs is and is an important concern. This gives you the ideal prerequisites to prepare yourself for everyday, professional and academic languages. You can obtain these often required language access requirements for work or study at the HLS Education Center.
Quick Facts
Our German courses – how you learn with us
maximum 12 person per course
In order to guarantee you a good learning atmosphere, we have a maximum of 12 people per course.
Lot's of speaking opportunities
At the HLS Education Center, there are also many opportunities outside of the course to use the language in a protected setting.
recognized learning concepts
Our teaching concepts are based on the European reference framework for languages.
great collaboration
We work with you to develop a concept so that it is tailored to your needs.
good learning atmosphere
Feeling good is important to us, because then you can learn better.
Our language school offers you:
- The learning material complies with the latest standards.
- Bright classrooms, equipped with modern means, for the best possible German lessons for you.
- Very good transport links with the subway, tram and bus.
- A great location in downtown Essen with many offers for all ages, e.g. great cafes, restaurants, parks and pubs and opportunities to relax.
- Different German courses: intensive courses, evening courses, DSH preparation courses and more …
course descriptions
Language course German - learn German in our levels
Prerequisite: none
The A1 German courses are designed to develop, deepen and expand your skills for active participation in everyday and working life in a German-speaking environment. The priority is everyday language and orientation in traffic, shopping, meeting new people and the workplace. The required vocabulary is developed systematically and conceptually. One focus is on practical, communicative use of language when reading, speaking and writing in class. Both receptive and reproductive language skills are taught right from the start! Grammatical structures are linked to topics of everyday language use and can be applied directly.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Express yourself appropriately in simple everyday situations
- Use sentences and utterances that will support your everyday life
- provide information about yourself, your family, your work area and individual preferences
- Formulate short personal letters and emails
- use of past tense
Prerequisite: completion of level A1 or an A1 result in the placement test.
Our A2 German courses deepen your language skills in reading, listening, writing and speaking. Reading and listening comprehension is taught through helpful topics such as culture, the world of work, body language, living environment and shopping. Personal and official letters and emails are practiced in the written area. In addition, everyday situations are taken into account and everyday conversations are learned. The grammar includes clause linkage, simple past, perfect, personal pronouns, prepositions and final subordinate clauses.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Understand and express factual information in familiar areas
- Formulate letters, emails and short messages
- Talk and write about the past
- Express your own opinion in detail
- Prerequisite: completion of level A2 or an A2 result in the placement test.
The focus of the B1 German courses is on the fast and systematic expansion of your vocabulary as well as the purposeful training of written and oral communication skills. The previously learned grammar is deepened and expanded. Increasing your vocabulary makes conversations more versatile and easier. In addition, exercises on grammar and training in writing and speaking skills will help you talk about the topics of vacation, neighbors, environment, online shopping, television and memories.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Understand, present and discuss facts of everyday life as well as scientific areas
- Easily follow level B1 reading and listening texts
- Talk about your familiar workplace
- clearly explain your own point of view
Prerequisite: completion of level B1 or a B1 result in the placement test.
In our B2 German courses you will learn to filter and understand important content of complex texts on concrete and abstract topics and to lead your own specialty and specialist discussions. You will learn through specific exercises to speak specifically, to actively discuss and to spontaneously write written texts. The basis for this learning is formed by subject areas of culture, health and body, history, feelings and emotions, future and working language. Grammar structures are linked to these topics and language acts.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Express wishes, give recommendations and advice
- present your current or future profession in detail
- actively participate in discussions
- Express yourself in the German professional world without major restrictions
- Make calls in German
- Write texts
Prerequisite: completion of level B2 or a B2 result in the placement test.
In the C1 German courses your language skills in the areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking will be deepened and consolidated further. You will learn to understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and be able to talk to a native German speaker without difficulty.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
- Spontaneously express yourself fluently, without visibly having to search for words
- Use the language flexibly in social and professional life or in training and studies without great effort
- Express yourself clearly, structured and in detail on more complex issues
- Understand and work on texts about society, business, technology and science at a high level
- Clearly explain complex issues in writing and orally
- Understand German films, audio files and conversations and react to them with little effort
- Understand information from audio files, films and conversations between native speakers and respond appropriately
- Writing, understanding and analyzing texts for your studies and wo
If you are fluent in a foreign language and would like to study or work in Germany, you usually have to prove your knowledge of the language through a language certificate or a test.
In case of the German language, there is a test which certifies a language suitability for a course:
- DSH-2 – for more information about DSH
If you are fluent in a foreign language and would like to study or work in Germany, you usually have to prove your knowledge of the language through a language certificate or a test.
In case of the German language, there are three tests / language certificates for the course, which certify a language suitability for a course:
- DSH-2 – for more information about DSH
- Telc-C1 – for more information about Telc
- TestDaF preparation – for more information about TestDaF