EIL Intercultural Learning

Leaving Certificate Preparation Course

EIL in partnership with the language school in Tubingen have put together a closed group course specifically for Irish students preparing for their Leaving Certificate. The course material follows the Leaving Cert syllabus and in two short weeks, students can improve all 4 aspects of the German language: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Students stay with host families, so they have plenty of time to practise with native speakers in a natural German family environment. This course is offered and run based upon interest. A minimum number of 5 students is needed for the course to be confirmed. If the minimum number is not met, students can chose one of the alternative courses offered in Tubingen. The course will be confirmed as soon as 5 students have booked. Max is 10 per classroom.

Included in this special course are:

• 26 lesson per week (note: each lesson is 45 minutes).
• Guided tour of Tubingen.
• Phonetic Workshop.
• One Full day Excursion at the weekend.
• 2 half day activities.
• Full board Host family Accommodation.
• Bus card for Tubingen Transit.
• Return transfers from Stuttgart airport.
• Insurance with Caremed.

Flights are not included. Flights should not be booked until confirmation from EIL is received

Apply early to secure your place!

General Courses

In order to promote a rapid adjustment of the course participants to everyday German life, the teaching is practically oriented from the first day. Use is made of modern textbooks, media, and self-developed material. The courses thereby communicate an up to date image of Germany and allow participants both a high level of learning success and rapid acclimatization to German daily life. The groups are internationally mixed, which fosters intercultural learning. Great importance is placed on oral communication and intercultural interaction when training the four skills of speaking, writing, listening, and reading comprehension. Special attention is paid to pronunciation, especially in the beginners' classes.

Depending on the interests of the students, workshops on phonetics, literature, political geography, etc. are offered as a complement to the language courses in order to extend the students' knowledge of the country, its people, and their daily life. A computer lab allows learning with multi-media programmes and internet access.

Intensive Course: 26 lessons* per week

This standard course is ideal for those who wish to acquire a sound knowledge of German in the shortest possible time. The 26 lessons are divided into 20 lessons in the mornings and 6 lessons on three afternoons a week.

*Each lesson is 45 minutes

Super Intensive Course: 34 lessons* per week

The super-intensive course is particularly suited to people who have a limited amount of time and who want to study very intensively over a short period. It is also ideal for people who are preparing for exams. In this course, the participants are integrated into groups according to their level for 26 lessons. In conjunction with this, they receive 8 lessons of instruction in a small group of between two and at the most five students.

*Each lessons is 45 minutes.

Language and Special Purposes: 26 lessons week + 6 lessons*

This course combines twenty six lessons of general language teaching (intensive) with German for special purpose studies in the aternoon.  Primarily the extra focus is on business German, legal German or German for tourism, hotel management and restaurant management.

*Each lesson is 45 minutes.

Summer Youth Course (Ages 14-16): 20 lessons + 6 lessons of culture and leisure

During the months of July and August, this summer language course from elementary level upwards is for young people between the ages of 14 and 17 (those just turned 17). In the mornings (20 lessons per week) students take an intensive, communication-oriented language course. The afternoon curriculum (6 lessons per week) consists of a well-organised culture and leisure programme.
This intensive language course is organised in groups according to level, and allows the students to improve and extend their existing language abilities in communicative situations. Great importance is placed on conversation and active participation. Pre-existing knowledge of German grammar is integrated and expanded through various exercises and activities in listening and reading skills, and oral and written expression. In the afternoons students participate in organised sporting and cultural activities, all of which are supervised by a trained member of staff. The afternoon programme consists of sports such as swimming, badminton, squash, and climbing, along with cultural activities such as sight-seeing, painting and drawing with instruction in German, exploration of the town, and films. In addition to these activities, the students participate in a programme of excursions. For example, a two-week language course includes in its price one full-day and two half-day excursions.