HCU students (incl. Erasmus): 30,00 €

In the registration tool you will be asked to tick the course level you think you will be able to attend. Please do a realistic self-assessment test before filling in the registration (for example, a GER-Placement Test from Cornelsen) in case you do not have a recent certificate to upload.

 *No-show students: if after the second lesson you have not yet de-registered from the course with VHS, then you have to pay an extra fee of 60 € for the organizational extra work

1. HCU students: Please use your HCU mail address when registering for the courses! You are not otherwise identifiable as HCU students, and would need to pay higher course fees as for external participants!

2. The courses take place only when the minimum number of participants is reached.

3. Please register via the VHS’s online portal between October 1st and October 22nd 2021 here.

The contact person for questions or problems regarding registration is Kerstin Wittke: k.wittke(at)vhs-hamburg.de

If you have any questions regarding the course organization, please contact Philippa von Kleist: philippa.kleist(at)hcu-hamburg.de

Tandem Service, which is free of charge, mediates language partnerships in which two students with different native languages work together to learn with and from each other's language. For example, if you are Irish and your Tandem-partner is of Turkish origin, you may want to improve your language skills in Turkish while he or she can communicate in English with you.

How do I sign up for it?
Our Tandem Service is here to put willing participants in touch with each other by matching up your language wishes.

Our Five Steps to a successful placement:

1.   You simply need to fill out a short registration form in which you indicate your language(s) and wishes, and send it to us online or by mail.
2.   After having processed your registration, we will look for possible partner matches in our database. In case we find a fitting match to your language wishes, we will contact you right away.
3.   We then will send you email-adresses and/or phone numbers of your possible language partner.
4.   After that, it is up to you and your language partner to get in contact with each other and find a time & location to meet for your first Tandem session. For first meetings, we recommend a neutral location such as a cosy on-Campus Café, etc.
5.   Sometimes, people just don't fit together. In case you are not happy with your Tandem partner, feel free to contact us any time.

Advice: We generally encounter a very high demand of English, French or Spanish. So if you are applying for those languages, please be prepared to show some patience... :)

Who can apply for Tandem?
Students and staff members of all Institutions of Higher Education in Hamburg as well as participants in Continuing Studies on Hamburg campuses.
 
Tandem Certificate
After having reached the goals defined by you and your Tandem partner, you have to possibility to receive a free certificate documenting your succesful completion of a Tandem partnership. In order to obtain this certificate, we need you to document the steps to you learning goals using an ePortfolio or  eLearning Diary, which can be obtained from our advisor. The eLearning Diary - quite similar to an artist's portfolio - is meant to collect all steps of improvement by use of session description, texts you wrote, pictures you took, etc. Furthermore, it is the ideal instrument to help both of you to reflect upon your learning process.

Where to find more information and contact persons?

Under: http://www.uni-hamburg.de/piasta/sprachen-erleben/sprachtandem_e.html

Intensive German courses take place in March (2 weeks) and September (3 weeks).

Semester-long German courses take place every summer and winter term.