German courses for groups - Berlin Highlights
Our programme "Berlin Highlights" combines German language with exploring Berlin in a unique fashion. The programme is designed for foreign school groups with a basic level of German language and an active interest in German culture.
Our courses are tailor-made to meet the specific requirements and ideas of each group. The German courses are taught by qualified tutors with many years of experience.
In addition it is possible for individual students to join in other running courses after taking a placement test. These courses are international. Students from all over the world communicate with each other in German as their common language. If so desired, we will also organise intercultural meetings between the school groups and other international students.
At the top of our programme you will find guided tours through Berlin's most exciting corners as well as its historically and culturally significant highlights. In addition to these we also take you to visit museums and exhibitions. School groups get to see the parts of Berlin which are really trendy and full of shops, cafés, restaurants. Not to forget the trip to the disco at the end to round off your stay in the metropolis Berlin with a big party!
German Courses for Groups - German Language & Art and Architecture
The German Art and Architecture German course in Berlin is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the world of German art and architecture alongside their German language studies.
We offer four individual modules on the following themes in the domain history of art and architecture:
1. Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Johann Gottfried Schadow.
2. Max Liebermann
3. The Alte Nationalgalerie
4. Daniel Libeskind and the Jewish Museum
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these.
The modules combine intensive study of individual artists or architects or specific art collections based in Berlin, with hands-on exploration of Berlin ’s art treasures.
The knowledge of art or architectural history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to buildings, exhibitions, museums, memorials, historical graveyards and other artistically historic places in Berlin.
German courses for groups - German Language & History
The German History course is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the history of Germany alongside their German language studies.
We offer four individual modules on the following themes in the domain of German history:
1. Prussia and the “enlightened absolutism” of Friedrich II
2. The Jews in Berlin from 1900 to the present
3. The Weimar Republic and Fascism (1918-45)
4. The division and reunification of Berlin
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these.
The modules combine an intensive study of history and historical context with exploration of Berlin and Potsdam.
The knowledge of history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to museums, memorials, historical graveyards, former homes of historical figures and other places of historic interest in Berlin.
German courses for groups - German Language & Literature
The German Literature course is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the world of German literature alongside their language studies.
We offer five individual modules in the following areas of German literary history.
1. Age of Enlightenment: Lessing
2. Sturm und Drang period: Goethe und Schiller
3. Romantic era: E.T.A. Hoffmann
4. Late bourgeois literature from Thomas Mann to Franz Kafka
5. Bertolt Brecht and his Berliner Ensemble theatre company.
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of literary interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these.
The modules combine intensive study of writers and their historical context, with an exploration of Berlin ’s literary treasures. The knowledge of literary history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to theatres, museums, memorials, historical graveyards and the former homes of writers.
German courses for groups - German Language & Philosophy
The German Philosophy course is designed primarily for groups of foreign school pupils with intermediate level German who are particularly interested in exploring the world of German philosophy alongside their language studies.
We offer five individual modules in the following areas of German philosophy:
1. Arthur Schopenhauer: in Kant’s footsteps.
2. Wilhelm von Humboldt and his educational ideology.
3. Ernst Haeckel and social Darwinism.
4. Walter Benjamin and art in the age of technical reproducibility.
5. Rudolf Bahro and renunciation of the GDR.
We would also be pleased to hear about your own particular areas of interest and will gladly expand our repertoire to include these.
The modules combine intensive study of philosophers and their historical context, with an exploration of Berlin’s philosophical treasures. The knowledge of philosophical history which you will gain from the lectures will be brought to life through visits to theatres, museums, memorials, historical graveyards and the former homes of philosophers.
The basic service package includes the following services:
- Transfer from the airport by public transport
- 1-week ticket for the local public transport including subway, metropolitan railway, bus, and tram in the Berlin inner-city area (AB)
- 7 Days/6 nights accommodation with a host-family or in a youth hostel including half-board (breakfast and one meal per day)
- 15 lessons (each 45 min.) on one of the above mentioned modules at EURASIA Institute Berlin
- Extra-curricular activities programme on 2 afternoons (each 4 academic hours) + 1 day excursion (8 academic hours); Entry fees are not included
- Course materials and certificate of participation
- Health and third-party liability insurance pdf
- one or more free accompanying adults depending on the size of the group
