" Our parents are from Ghana, Colombia, Korea, Turkey, Iran, China ... But we are all typical German!? "
Online German Tutoring and Exam Preparation at All Levels A1 to C2
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Normalmente utilizo el inglés en mis clases para todos los estudiantes internacionales que aún no hablan alemán lo suficiente como para entender las explicaciones en ese idioma. Pero también hablo un poco de español. Así que si eres hablante nativo de español y no hablas muy bien inglés, podríamos dar las clases en español.
Personalized One-On-One German for Supporting International German Learners Online
Welcome to my site GermanA1C2.com. My name is Christian and teaching German is what I love and do. I am a professional language teacher and as an online tutor, I provide at all levels, from A1 to C2, personalized German classes or German lessons by the hour as well as German exam preparation courses (Goethe Zertifikat , TELC, ÖSD …) in order to help and support international German learners from around the world in their effort to reach their learning goals. Whether you want to obtain an official German certificate or whether you want to just learn or improve your German, I do it all. I also do specialized tutoring for children.
For speaking or chatting, I like using the free version of Teams. But for lesson material sharing and real time collaboration in class, I utilize Google Drive since you don't have to pay for it. We also can use Google Chat or WhatsApp for speaking, it's up to you. Google Chat is also free.
• You can find a lot more information about all of this right here on my website.
• You can find a lot more information about all of this right here on my website.
I also posted a couple of my grammar lessons on here, which you might find interesting. So please look around. Thank you!
Here is a list of what I offer online:
Free Trail Class Online
Should you become curious and want to find out whether I might be the right teacher for your learning needs, I invite you to meet me in Teams, Google Chat or WhatsApp. We can talk about your learning goals and I will explain to you the various ways I work. Then, if you are still interested, we can arrange a free trial lesson. You can choose what you want to do during the 60 minute session.
A German Class With Your Own Personal German Tutor Online
1. More About Your Private German Tutor
I am a native German who grew up in "Garching bei München", a small town near Munich, the capital of Bavaria. I am a professional and passionate language teacher who has been tutoring German learners of all ages and levels from around the world online for many years. A few years ago, I met a woman from Colombia. We fell in love and I decided to move to South America. Eventually, we got married. And now I am a happy father of three beautiful daughters. We live in a small, quaint colonial town in the Andes north of Bogotá, and I am teaching German full time to support my family. My relocation to Colombia has created the need for me to study and learn Spanish. Still going through the process right now, I know how difficult and frustrating learning a new language can be.
My Family with Link to My Facebook Page
2. Private One-On-One German Lessons Online - Learn German From Anywhere
My private German sessions online can provide for you a very personalized, one-on-one learning experience within the comfort of your own home. Every class will be individually tailored for your learning needs.
While in class, you never have to share your teacher with other students. I work alone, so you will never be with a substitute teacher. I believe that when you are given the opportunity to develop a personal relationship with your language teacher, your teacher can more easily address your learning difficulties and better monitor your progress, and as a consequence, you will be able to learn more efficiently on your own terms.
3. German Lessons Online - What I Can Do for You
First of all, I offer you the opportunity to learn German privately from the comfort of your own home. You don't have to commute to get to your class.
I will try to let you choose a schedule that allows you to have your lessons whenever it is most convenient for you. You decide how many hours per week we do and on what days. And of course, you can take a break at any time without losing your class schedule.
If you already know some German and want to improve your proficiency, I can help you become more fluent. To become more fluent, it is essential that you start using your active language more regularly. This means, you should practice expressing yourself as often as you can. Writing something about a chosen topic is one of the best ways to gradually increase your active language skills. Better writing naturally leads to better speaking.
If you are able to carry on a conversation, maybe you wish to explore the world of German literature, learn more about Germany, or discuss current news events.
4. German Lessons Online via Teams and Google Drive - How I Do It
I teach in an online classroom that is very similar to a real classroom. I use Teams only for speaking and Google Drive for reading and writing, and to share with you text, audio and video files. In Google Drive, you find an office suite called Google Docs. I use its features to prepare the lessons and exercises for my students. The documents created can be shared via Gmail and then be opened and edited by multiple users simultaneously in real time or at any time by you. Google Drive is free to use and comes with up to 15 GB of free storage. But you do need a Google account, which also gives you free access to Google Chat if you prefer this platform for speaking.
• More detailed information about this at the bottom of my contact page.
You will have total access to everything we do in class so you will be able to review each lesson whenever you want. And you can save all the documents in Google Drive to your hard drive.
To become more fluent, I believe it is important that you use a language every day. This does not mean you have to have a lesson every day. I will offer you material and show you links with which you can practice German between lesson as often as you want.
• If you have a relatively good level, then check out this link provided by DW for German learners: DW, Learn German
• And here is a link to DUDEN ONLINE, the authority over the German language: duden.de
• And here is a link to DUDEN ONLINE, the authority over the German language: duden.de
picture link to an excellent German page
German Grammar - The German Gender of the Word "Mädchen" (girl)
picture link to "The Diminutive"
1. The Grammatical Gender of the Word "das Mädchen" in German
Why does a girl have a neuter gender in German although its sex is feminine?
For German learners, one of the great mysteries of the German language is the grammatical gender of the word "Mädchen", which means girl. The word is neuter, "das Mädchen", neither feminine nor masculine. However, the grammatical gender of the word for boy, "der Junge", agrees with its biological gender. In fact, the grammatical gender of a German noun which refers to a person usually matches the person's biological gender: "der Vater, die Mutter, der Sohn, die Tochter, der Lehrer, die Lehrerin". So, what's the reason for that seemingly discriminating grammatical gender of the word "Mädchen" ? The answer might surprise you.
2. The Diminutive
It's the diminutive! The diminutive is a form of a noun or a name that expresses smallness, intimacy, or endearment. Diminutives are not very common in standard English in comparison with many other languages. Here are a few examples in English: doggy (dog), booklet (book), duckling (duck), kitty (cat)
The suffix "-chen" is add to expresse the German diminutive and in German, applying the diminutive to a noun means you have to change the grammatical gender of the noun to neuter. The word "Mädchen" was originally the diminutive of the antiquated German word "die Maid", which is of course feminine and means young woman. Over time, however, the word "Mädchen" had become the standard word for girl and lost its diminutive meaning. But it is technically still a diminutive, hence its neuter grammatical gender.
Fortunately, the grammatical gender of the word girl in German has nothing to do with the idea that in the distant past, girls were seen as objects by the Germans.
There are a few other nouns that have survived only in their diminutive form:
• das Kaninchen = rabbit
• das Eichhörnchen = red squirrel
• das Märchen = fairytale
• das Maiglöckchen = lily of the valley
• das Eichhörnchen = red squirrel
• das Märchen = fairytale
• das Maiglöckchen = lily of the valley
○ More German Grammar Tips at the bottom of this page!