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I most highly recommend the Dialoge Sprachinstitut to native English speakers

By: John Abra

I chose the Dialoge Sprachinstitut because of its picturesque lakeside location on Lindau Island and easy access from there to the Bavarian Alps, Austria, Switzerland and Munich.

At the end of my long career as an aircraft engineering officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF), I was entitled to a resettlement course to aid my transition to civilian life. I decided that, at age 57, I did not want a second career and preferred to do a course that would contribute towards my leisure-time. I had a basic knowledge of colloquial German gained during my RAF postings to Germany and I also had many German friends - most of whom seize on visits by my wife and me as an opportunity to practice their English!

I chose the Dialoge Sprachinstitut because of its picturesque lakeside location on Lindau Island and easy access from there to the Bavarian Alps, Austria, Switzerland and Munich. The school is set in a charming early-20th century building which is part of the Lindau railway station complex and only 200 metres from Lindau harbour.  The school is staffed by well qualified, very experienced and particularly dedicated teachers who form an enthusiastic and most effective team. The classrooms are spacious and light and the teaching material is up-to-date, relevant and interesting. Many topics form the bases for discussion which are often lively and always structured to develop one's command of the German language.  Individual progress is monitored closely by the teachers and measured by weekly tests. Where appropriate, students are moved between classes to meet their abilities and requirements.

The school has a suite of computers with Internet connections and these are available to students for a very modest one-off charge. There is also a range of sport and leisure activities run during the week and, at weekends, there are bus trips to various interesting locations.  I went on a few of the trips and thoroughly enjoyed them, and I found that I was practising my German with fellow students, of many nationalities, in a relaxed atmosphere. The other students were generally much younger than me but were all interesting intelligent people, many being university graduates or undergraduates. The school has student accommodation used mainly by young single students; I elected to live with a very nice host family arranged by the school.

I thoroughly enjoyed my course at Dialoge and my command of the German language improved very significantly. My wife, a very competent German speaker, is also a long-standing teacher of English as a foreign language and deputy Director of Studies at a foremost English language school in Cambridge. At her request, she spent a day at the Dialoge Spracinstitut for professional reasons and she was particularly impressed with all aspects of the school, especially the teaching staff.

I most highly recommend the Dialoge Sprachinstitut to native English speakers considering German language courses, at any level.

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