I have been running day and evening classes in German for many years. Due to the pandemic, I moved to online lessons in German and now, I love to teach German online using mostly Zoom and Teams. I have students in several countries and
My level is near-native speaker standard, and so I offer online German classes for beginners as well as intermediate and advanced students.
With classes arranged by me, I prefer ‘pay as you go’ rather than payment in advance. With classes arranged through agencies such as Cactus, payment is in advance.
The rates below are for classes run by me. For evening classes arranged through Cactus Languages, please check their website.
STANDARD RATE
For a 2 hour small group session with notes e-mailed to you.
£18 per person
ENHANCED RATE
As standard, but with a dedicated minipodcast & custom exercises sent to you after the lesson.
£22 per person
- I make my classes fun and friendly. I don’t like formality and I treat every student like a friend. I take a genuine interest in each one.
- I try to create a relaxed atmosphere, like a friendly chat show or discussion programme on radio or TV.
- The time goes quickly because I like to maintain a good pace and keep things varied.
- We learn from interesting content I think will be interesting and useful to the student.
- If when speaking you make an error I’ll often jump in and correct you. Error correction is the key to learning.
- At beginner I use a variety of course books. At intermediate level, we work with amazing articles, audio & video carefully chosen by me from the German-speaking media.
- I often tell you about techniques you can use to maximise your learning power when working with all kinds of materials in the session or in your own time.
- We study grammar in small, bite-sized chunks, always using examples taken from the content. Tip: Learn key phrases by heart.
- I try to include lots of conversation and role-play. We do a lot of repitition, but it’s enjoyable. Tip: Once is good, twice is better but three times is best.
- We do lots of repetition of words and phrases from the content, good for pronunciation and memorisation.
- We read all kinds of texts and dialogues. We listen to them too on recordings which you can play in your own time.
- Every session is different. We discover new words, phrases, facts and techniques. I refer to dictionaries & Wikipedia.
- I make notes on the screen as we go along. My text editor is my whiteboard. I send the notes to every student after each lesson.
- In intermediate sessions, I use mostly German. At beginner level I use quite a bit of German but do explations in English.
- The notes build up to form a record of the lessons and a powerful revision aid. I’ve taught some students for years and have a record of every lesson.
- I interrupt a lot to correct pronunication! Sorry about that but I am quite picky! Tip: Split the word up and practice slowly.
- I give you tips you can use when you’re working on your own, such as how to memorise, when to revise and simple activities.
- You need to use the language as part of your day to day routine, like checking email or social media. I will give you tips and advice.
- Self-study every day is essential to slowly build up your knowledge in the language.
- I enjoy writing, so I encourage students to produce their own content, which we improve and perfect together.
- At the end of each session, I’ll give you a simple written task based on what we’ve covered to complete and e-mail to me for correction.
The easiest and quickest way to contact me is to send a text or WhatsApp message to my mobile number:
You can also send an e-mail to info@aidan.co.uk
Due to a move to a new server, my contact form is currently offline.