German Reviews

I could not more highly recommend Marion and The Marlow Language Centre. I opted for 1:1 teaching, twice a week, to learn German for use in business. Marion splits each lesson by first teaching core grammatical concepts, and then reinforces these concepts with the use of the language in a business context. There is constant progression, with the use of two textbooks (for grammar and for practical use). The approach has been incredibly useful in ensuring that I have the ability to use the language outside of the classroom — grammatical concepts are constantly reinforced, rather than taught and forgotten. In practice, having been learning German for 6 months, I have been able to better communicate with the German counterpart of my company. E-Mail communication with the branch is now in German, and I am able to discuss all matters of business activity including logistics (e.g. raising orders, asking for expedited deliveries) and financing (e.g. discussing changes in prices on invoices). Communicating in German, their native language, has resulted in the development of a stronger working relationship. Marion's teaching style places a strong emphasis on speaking — in the lessons, this is always challenging, but it forces understanding of the concepts and with Marion's kind nature is never intimidating. Marion always clearly communicates the pitfalls that English speakers fall into, and provides regular insights into German culture as well.

Brilliant teacher and learning lots!

Course content has settled into, talking and reading with some writing of summaries of my reading book.

Victoria is a friendly, enthusiastic and supportive teacher. She is well organised and always made the lessons enjoyable!

Excellent resources and commitment on the part of Victoria our German teacher to help us learn German. The class is lively and varied and includes reading German script aloud, translating it, writing sentences, practising grammar and speaking German both to Victoria and to one another.

The switch to online has been seamless and counter intuitively I think it has actually helped me to try and speak more. Less embarrassment with a screen than with a real face!

I was looking for more possibility to learn language, The Marlow Language Centre provided the best service with native teacher. Thank you

My series of one-to-one German lessons with Tobias enabled me, among other things, to overcome a number of long-standing gaps in my understanding of the grammar in a way that you can't achieve by just reading about the subject. I also appreciated the flexibility of scheduling, and bespoke lessons thoughtfully prepared for my highly specific needs.