Course details

Learn German at B1 level with a personal teacher.

What you will learn

  • Speaking: Express opinions and ideas clearly on a range of familiar topics and everyday situations.
  • Listening: Understand the main points of clear standard German in conversations, media, and announcements.
  • Reading: Read and comprehend texts on familiar subjects, such as descriptions, stories, and everyday documents.
  • Writing: Write clear, connected texts on topics of personal interest, experiences, and events.
  • Perfect for preparing for the Goethe-Zertifikat B1 exam.
  • Our courses follow the learning objectives and curriculum set by the Goethe-Institut.

Who is this course for?

  • You want to use German naturally in everyday conversations and real-life situations.
  • Professionals working in German-speaking environments.
  • You have a busy and changing schedule.
  • You are looking for a flexible and efficient way to improve your German.
  • You want to prepare for the Goethe-Zertifikat B1 exam and need targeted language practice.

This course in short

  • German B1 course based on Goethe-Institut grammar and vocabulary guidelin
  • You study through a combination of self-study, assignments, and speaking practice sessions.
  • A personal tutor supports you and helps you organize your learning plan.
  • You can track your progress through our online learning platform.

Pricing

Study independently with full access to the learning portal.

Access Per month Total Discount
1 month €14.99 €14.99
3 months €8.00 €24.00 -47%
6 months €5.75 €34.50 -62%
12 months €3.79 €45.48 -75%

Writing feedback on your assignments.

Structured lessons with native audio and video.

Parallel audio to practise listening and pronunciation.

See what to review next based on your mistakes.

You study in the portal at your own pace. Your teacher gives weekly guidance, answers questions, and practises conversation with you.

We recommend 12 hours of live classes per level, with 3 months of self-study.

Choose a package type: 12 hours if you mainly self-study, 24 hours if you want more motivation and less daily self-study, or 48 hours if you prefer learning mainly with your teacher.

Buy only the class hours you need—credits stay valid for one year. Each conversation class includes a self-study license for the learning portal.

Includes all from self-study

  • Full self-study access to the learning portal
  • AI corrections, audio, video and personalized report
  • Weekly conversation practice with a professional teacher
  • Study online as much as you want between classes

Blended learning packages

One level takes about 3 months of self-study. Compare package types for live class hours and estimated daily self-study.

Package type Live classes Estimated self-study Price
Regular

One conversation class per week. A good balance if you like steady self-study with weekly speaking practice.

12 x 60 minutes 30 minutes/day ± €299
Conversation

Two conversation classes per week. Choose this when you want more live guidance and less daily self-study.

24 x 60 minutes 15 minutes/day ± €598
Intensive

Four conversation classes per week. For learners who prefer to study mainly with a teacher.

48 x 60 minutes Optional ± €1,197

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Estimated course price based on 1 class per week over 12 weeks. You can buy more or fewer hours anytime.

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Melanie A.

Lehramt

  • 4.99/5

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Ivan E.

Ivan E.

Bachelor

  • 5/5

± €300

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Miriam C.

Miriam C.

Ausbildung zur Kauffrau für audiovisuelle Medien

  • 4.95/5

± €216

1 class/week · 12 weeks

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Christina F.

Christina F.

Fremdsprachenkorrespondentin

  • 4.98/5

± €216

1 class/week · 12 weeks

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Credits valid for 1 year
Flexible scheduling
24-hour cancellation policy

Learning method

Video and audio lessons shown on desktop
1

Practice all skills

Learn with audio, video and AI corrections to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing.

Speaking Reading Listening Writing
2

Audio training

Listen at normal or slow speed, with or without translations.

Ebook and PDF worksheets
3

Offline ebook

Download lessons as ebook and PDF for offline study.

Ebook & PDF

Course book

ISBN 979-13-88253-68-3

  • Ebook included for free
  • Printed book available in bookshops
  • Available in multiple languages, with course license
  • Ideal to support multilingual classrooms

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Curriculum

You reach 1 level in 3 months. Vocabulary and grammar are aligned with official exams (CEFR).

Learning objectives

  • Supporting a new customer over the phone.
  • Make informal phone calls with friends and family.
  • Phrases you can use on the phone
  • Master telephone-related vocabulary.

Video/audio

  • Professional telephone skills

Grammar

  • Konjunctive II (könnte, wäre, würde)

Learning objectives

  • Learn vocabulary for emails and letters
  • Write clear, professional messages for both formal and informal situations

Video/audio

  • Writing professional emails

Grammar

  • Irregular verbs in the subjunctive: käme, ginge, nähme

Learning objectives

  • Managing workplace conflicts professionally
  • Express your wellbeing and discomfort in a professional setting

Video/audio

  • Resolving conflicts in the workplace

Grammar

  • Infinitive with zu or without zu?

Learning objectives

  • Make a complaint or claim under a product warranty
  • Ask for replacement delivery or parcel tracking information
  • Place an order online, or return or exchange a damaged or unwanted item

Video/audio

  • Return a parcel

Grammar

  • Verbs with prepositions (auf, an, für)

Learning objectives

  • Supporting a new customer or potential customer
  • Draft a quote and project proposal
  • Organising a sales meeting

Video/audio

  • The sales conversation

Grammar

  • Polite questions: könnten, würden

Learning objectives

  • Talking about streaming music and podcasts
  • Talk about which TV series or music you like and dislike

Video/audio

  • The best series

Grammar

  • Hypothetical future plans with "wenn" and "Konjunktiv II"

Learning objectives

  • Basic use of the web and the internet
  • Get and compare broadband, Wi‑Fi and mobile contracts
  • Talk about your mobile contract and digital services

Video/audio

  • Concluding internet contracts

Grammar

  • Conditional clause type II: unreal present

Learning objectives

  • Debate news article
  • Discuss different news categories

Video/audio

  • News media

Grammar

  • Subjunctive II of modal verbs ("könnte, würde, sollte")

Learning objectives

  • Understand common celebrations, public holidays and cultural traditions
  • Organising and talking about parties
  • Planning and organising parties or family get-togethers

Video/audio

  • Planning the wedding celebration

Grammar

  • Future I - "werden" + infinitive

Learning objectives

  • Discuss romantic plans, dating and relationships
  • Talking about long-term friendships

Video/audio

  • To be in a relationship

Grammar

  • The Future I for Hope and Assumption (werden + wohl..., werden + sicher...)

Learning objectives

  • Talk about a film you’ve watched
  • Describe the plot of a film or a book
  • Planning a film

Video/audio

  • A trip to the cinema

Grammar

  • Reciprocal verbs (sich treffen, sich sehen)

Learning objectives

  • Discuss what you saw at the theatre.
  • Get to know key actors and poets in your host country
  • Plan an evening at a cultural event

Video/audio

  • The Theatre Visit

Grammar

  • Showing possession with the genitive: des/der

Learning objectives

  • Talk about what you saw at the museum
  • Discover important painters and architects in your host country
  • Organising a museum visit and presenting a local artwork

Video/audio

  • Visiting the Art Gallery

Grammar

  • Genitive: dessen, deren as possessive pronouns

Learning objectives

  • Describe different types of holidays and travel experiences.
  • Plan a trip with family or friends
  • Transport options and travel preparations

Video/audio

  • The travel planning

Grammar

  • Genitive with prepositions (während, trotz, wegen)

Learning objectives

  • Describe what you do in your spare time
  • Common weekend hobbies and activities
  • Join a new hobby club

Video/audio

  • Leisure activities

Grammar

  • Genitive with innerhalb, außerhalb (time, place)

Learning objectives

  • Follow and give detailed cooking instructions and recipes.
  • Vocabulary for ingredients, utensils and cooking methods

Video/audio

  • Gourmet cuisine

Grammar

  • Brauchen + accusative / zu + infinitive

Learning objectives

  • Learn to express sophisticated tastes
  • Understanding an upmarket menu

Video/audio

  • The Michelin-starred restaurant

Grammar

  • Indem and dadurch, dass: usage and differences

Learning objectives

  • Learn body parts and organs
  • How to look after your body

Video/audio

  • The most important human organs

Grammar

  • Conjunctions: Not only … but also …, either … or …

Learning objectives

  • Use your health insurance
  • Take out private health insurance
  • Do you know how the healthcare system works in your host country?

Video/audio

  • The German healthcare system

Grammar

  • N-declension: der Kranke -> dem Kranken

Learning objectives

  • Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist
  • Read your doctor’s prescription.

Video/audio

  • The pharmacy

Grammar

  • Adjective declension with indefinite articles (starke Regen, langer Urlaub)

Learning objectives

  • Talk about nutrients and ingredients in food
  • Talk about what you eat every day

Video/audio

  • Go on a diet

Grammar

  • Adjective declension with definite articles (der grüne, das leckere, ...)

Learning objectives

  • Talk about aches and pains and first aid
  • Talk about common injuries in A&E

Video/audio

  • Emergencies

Grammar

  • Verbs with fixed prepositions (danken für, sprechen über, ...)

Learning objectives

  • Learn pregnancy-related vocabulary
  • Going to a doctor’s appointment during pregnancy

Video/audio

  • The pregnancy

Grammar

  • Pronominal adverbs: über, um, davon

Learning objectives

  • Chat with your hairdresser or make-up artist during a beauty appointment
  • Describe the look, hairstyle or make-up style you want
  • Book, confirm or reschedule an appointment at a salon or beauty studio

Video/audio

  • At the hairdresser's

Grammar

  • Verb werden: change with noun or adjective

Learning objectives

  • Do you know what schooling options are available for your family?
  • Do you know the different types of school in your host country?
  • Most common administrative procedures in schools

Video/audio

  • School choice in Germany

Grammar

  • The Perfect Tense: Weak, Strong and Mixed Verbs

Learning objectives

  • Talk about an exam you’ve taken or are going to take
  • Discuss your grades and results
  • Talking about different exam formats

Video/audio

  • Pass the state examination

Grammar

  • The Präteritum (Imperfect) of weak, strong and mixed verbs

Learning objectives

  • Knowing how to write a CV
  • Go to the Jobcentre.
  • Write a reference or recommendation letter for your former manager, or ask them to write one for you.

Video/audio

  • The curriculum vitae

Grammar

  • Participle I as adjective (der schreibende Mann)

Learning objectives

  • Advanced: Discussing job roles
  • Post a job advert

Video/audio

  • The job interview

Grammar

  • The past tenses of modal verbs — simple past (musste arbeiten)

Learning objectives

  • Reading employment contracts
  • Types of contract
  • Managing unemployment and redundancies

Video/audio

  • The employment contract

Grammar

  • The past tenses of modal verbs — perfect (hat arbeiten müssen)

Learning objectives

  • Request holiday verbally and in writing
  • Explain your reasons for requesting time off (personal, medical, family, etc.).
  • Phrases for public holidays, work schedules and holiday requests.

Video/audio

  • Book a holiday

Grammar

  • Tenses in the passive voice

Learning objectives

  • Be able to express yourself when looking for a new flat
  • The most common monthly household bills
  • Talk about moving into your new home

Video/audio

  • The Move

Grammar

  • The tenses of the verb "werden" (present, simple past, present perfect)

Learning objectives

  • Describe your home and its décor in detail.
  • Discuss your preferences for different décor styles
  • Explain the changes you’ve made to your home

Video/audio

  • Furnishing the home

Grammar

  • Prepositions of duration in German: während, zwischen, außerhalb, innerhalb

Learning objectives

  • Advanced Home Cleaning Routines
  • Electrical cleaning devices
  • Hiring a cleaning service

Video/audio

  • Cleaning the house

Grammar

  • Temporal subordinate clauses — wenn, als, bis, seit

Learning objectives

  • Call for help in an emergency
  • Home security services and alarm systems

Video/audio

  • How to protect your house

Grammar

  • Temporal subordinate clauses II - während, nachdem, bevor, ehe

Learning objectives

  • Dealing with family issues
  • How social services work
  • Childcare and care for older people

Video/audio

  • Help and support in everyday life

Grammar

  • Final clauses I: ohne...zu and ohne dass

Learning objectives

  • Managing personal investments
  • Taxes in your host country
  • How to use online banking and manage payments

Video/audio

  • The tax return

Grammar

  • Relative clauses as attributes - der, die, das, den

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your family situation
  • Talking about different kinds of relationships
  • Take care of your civil status (register at the town hall or sign documents with a notary)

Video/audio

  • Getting married at the registry office

Grammar

  • Da- and Wo-compounds: Examples and usage

Learning objectives

  • Advanced personality traits
  • How personality affects teamwork

Video/audio

  • The Executive

Grammar

  • Process passive without agent with man & niemand

Learning objectives

  • Advanced job titles
  • Organisational chart and roles and responsibilities
  • Leadership and hierarchy

Video/audio

  • The structure of a company

Grammar

  • Process passive with modal verbs

Learning objectives

  • Daily commute
  • Discuss company policies and alternatives to travelling by car
  • Discuss leasing transport options

Video/audio

  • What's the best way to commute?

Grammar

  • Modal verbs in the passive — past (müssen, sollen, können)

Learning objectives

  • Interdepartmental communication about lab work and experiments
  • Follow basic laboratory procedures and methods

Video/audio

  • Work in the laboratory

Grammar

  • Sich lassen + infinitive

Learning objectives

  • Explore government and the legal system in your host country
  • Overcoming legal hurdles and securing grants
  • Speak with local authorities

Video/audio

  • Submit a funding application

Grammar

  • Verbs with prefixes: lassen

Learning objectives

  • Negotiating prices
  • Exchange rates / Prices
  • Contract vocabulary

Video/audio

  • The sales negotiations

Grammar

  • Expressing an opinion (e.g. Ich bin der Meinung, dass...)

Learning objectives

  • Talking about environmental legislation
  • Talk about your daily environment and health

Video/audio

  • Climate protection requirements in Hamburg

Grammar

  • Advantages and disadvantages: structure them (e.g. Ein Vorteil/ Nachteil ist, dass ...)

Learning objectives

  • Vocabulary for conferences and public speaking
  • Introduce yourself and network at events
  • Attend a conference

Video/audio

  • At the conference

Grammar

  • Noun-verb collocations (e.g. eine Lösung finden)

Conversation classes

Start with self-study and switch to a teacher when you are ready.

Start with self-study

  • Study independently in the learning portal
  • AI corrections, audio and video
  • Switch to a teacher later when you are ready

Conversation classes with a teacher

Teachers set their own prices

  • Recommended course plan: 12 weeks
  • 12 conversation classes
  • Includes full self-study in the portal
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Download the full e-book as PDF, or print any lesson as a translated worksheet.

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Practice with real news articles and podcasts—immersive content that prepares you for everyday language.

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Train all four skills: listening and pronunciation with audio, reading with authentic texts, writing with AI feedback, and speaking in your classes.

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Our books are sold in bookshops across Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, and beyond—and approved by public libraries.

Academic collaboration with universities

Course plans are co-developed from our Valencian office with multiple European universities.

Student reviews of our German lessons

  • 4.6/5
4.6 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

Clear structure from A1 upward. AI corrections in the portal save time; I still work through the printed units.

Rachel E.
Helsinki, Finland
Self-study
  • 4.8/5

Studying offline with the book, online for corrections. Works for EU adults who cannot attend fixed classroom hours.

Claire D.
Lyon, France
Blended learning
  • 4.6/5

Flexible enough for family life. I download lessons, use translated audio, and book a teacher when I need feedback.

David R.
Berlin, Germany
Blended learning
  • 4.3/5

Our partners

We thank our partners for the support we receive for developing our online school.

We proudly work with Lanzadera, a Spanish accelerator program in Valencia.

The university of Siegen helps us to develop and design our education systems and programs.

Our IT systems are powered and supported by the Google Cloud team

We collaborate with universities all across the European Union to develop our course materials, thanks to the Erasmus+ Program.