German

Description

Learn German: The Marlow Language Centre offers a range of German courses from beginner level to advanced, for adults and children. Whether it’s for business, for pleasure, for relocation, or to pass an exam, we can help you choose the right German course. During Spring Term 2019 we’re running group German lessons at beginner and false beginner as well as per-intermediate levels; and we also offer one-to-one or one-to-two tuition if you prefer a more intensive and personalised approach.

Our group courses contain all elements of the language: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The course will focus on building your conversational skills as well as developing your listening skills and knowledge of grammar.

German is the native language of about 100 million people, making it the most widely spoken native language in the European Union and one of the major languages of the world. German is the main official language not only of Germany, but of Austria, most of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and other communities. It’s also a recognised minor language in many other countries.

Lots of people are learning German. German is the third-most taught foreign language in the English-speaking world, after French and Spanish.

German is known for its habit of forming impossibly long compound words – all part of the fun and the challenge…The German language lost its longest word thanks to a change in the law to conform with EU regulations.

“Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz” – meaning “law delegating beef label monitoring” – was introduced in 1999 in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and ceased to exist as an official word in June 2013 when new regulations came into force that rendered the word redundant.