2025 Intensive German Immersion Workshop

About the Workshop:

This workshop is a 2-week long intensive German class for incoming TCGIS students with no previous or limited knowledge of the German language.

If 6 or more students enroll for this workshop, the tuition will drop to $625 per student (a refund will be issued to the original payment method). 

Instructor

The instructor for this course will be Valentin Solachau. Valentin has taught this workshop for the past three years and has extensive experience working with children, teaching German, and developing instructional curriculum. He is very excited to get your kids ready for TCGIS this fall!

Course Overview/Method

We will use the language immersion method with a communicative approach during the entire 2 weeks. Valentin will focus on creating lots of communicative situations and offer your children opportunities to speak German from day one. Our mornings will start with a "Morgenkreis" (circle time) where we will introduce the main theme/goal of the day. We will then continue on working on those goals, using a variety of materials - from textbooks, presentations, games, books, music to videos. The morning will conclude with a "Abschiedskreis" (farewell circle time) which will challenge kids to use what they learned during the morning. 

Supplies/textbooks:

No textbooks will be required for this workshop; Valentin will provide all materials. Please have your student bring a folder, notebook, writing utensil, and a beverage or snack in case they get hungry.

Before & Aftercare

Unfortunately the GAI is unable to offer before and aftercare due to space limitations.