TANDEM HamburgHamburg, Germany
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- Best rated school in Hamburg
- Excellent nationality mix. No student nationality makes up more than 10% of students.
- Additional private lessons are cheaper than in most schools.
Location: TANDEM Hamburg is located in the medieval port city of Hamburg, in northern Germany. Housed in the city centre, the school is right next to some of the city's main attractions such as the Elbphilharmone Concert Hall, Hamburg Harbour, the Rathaus, Reeperbahn and the historic Speicherstadt. With over 50 museums, 45 theatres, and around 100 music venues and clubs, Hamburg is a great choice for any student wishing to further their understanding of the German language from a unique cultural backdrop.
Ethos of school: With over 35 years of experience teaching German as a second language, Tandem Hamburg offers students all they need to reach their language goals from a comfortable and professional environment. The school's highly qualified and experienced staff, along with its excellent facilities, ensure that students feel welcomed and motivated to reach their language goals.
School facilities: Facilities include a library, kitchen use for students, lounge area, free after-class access to language learning software and a student support desk for any questions or queries that may arise. All classrooms are equipped with air conditioning, heating and ample natural light to create an optimal learning environment.
Accommodation: Accommodation is readily available through the school for local Homestay families.
Course selection: Course selection at TANDEM Hamburg is extensive, with the general group and private lessons available throughout the year, over a variety of schedules and intensities. Exam preparation and cultural programmes are also available.
School chain: TANDEM Hamburg is a member of TANDEM International, a network of independent language schools in Europe and overseas.
- The language school TANDEM Hamburg was founded in Hamburg, Germany in 1985.
- Legal name / parent company: TANDEM Hamburg e.V.
- Tax registration ID: DE286310805
German Courses
Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
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Price at School Our price | 180 171 | 320 304 | 440 418 | 520 494 | 800 760 | 1040 988 | 1320 1254 | 1560 1482 | 2080 1976 | 2600 2470 | 3120 2964 |
The course covers the levels A1, A2 and B1 (each level takes 8 weeks to complete).
Classes are designed in a communicative and activity-based way, using a variety of playful activities and methods. Grammar will be brought to you in a clearly understandable and applied form.
The school places great emphasis on personal interaction and listens as well as responds to their clients' individual desires and requirements. Therefore they work purposefully in small learning groups of six or seven students on average and train the four skills: listening and reading comprehension, writing and especially speaking. You will work with a carefully selected class book in addition to other current materials.
After finishing the B1 level, you can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. You can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. You can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. You can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
08 Jan 2024, 05 Feb 2024, 04 Mar 2024, 02 Apr 2024, 06 May 2024, 03 Jun 2024, 01 Jul 2024, 29 Jul 2024, 26 Aug 2024, 23 Sep 2024, 21 Oct 2024, 18 Nov 2024
Morning: 9:30 - 12:45
Afternoon: 14:00 - 17:15
Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Price in € | -- | -- | -- | -- | 225 214 | 270 257 | 315 300 | 360 342 | 405 385 | 450 428 | -- |
The evening classes run all year through 2 nights per week for 3 class hours each. They are aligned with the Common European Framework for languages (CEFR) and follow the levels A1 to C1. TANDEM's keen and proficient language trainers teach in small groups and give expert support for the four language skills listening and reading comprehension, writing, and especially, speaking. They use teaching books especially designed for your particular language learning level, adding other up-to-date training materials.
Afternoon: 18:30 - 20:45
Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
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Price at School Our price | 220 209 | 440 418 | 660 627 | 880 836 | 1100 1045 | 1320 1254 | 1540 1463 | 1760 1672 | 1980 1881 | 2200 2090 | 2640 2508 |
This course allows students to focus on their specific general language needs.
Classes last 45 minutes.
For 60 minutes per session, the price is EUR 59 per lesson.
There is an extra charge for specialist language such as scientific, technical or medical terminology, or for lessons outside normal class times. Please enquire.
You and your counterpart, intensive and target-oriented, 'In-House' or 'online'.
What if you aren't able to regularly participate in a German course?
What if you have specific aims and you want German lessons tailored to your needs?
What if you wish to learn face-to-face with your individual trainer, either at the school premises or from home, online via computer, tablet or smartphone?
TANDEM offers quality lessons with a native speaker so you will achieve consistently rapid progress whilst focusing on your own particular goals.
You may book your training for meetings once or several times per week. At times suiting you. One meeting generally takes 90 minutes or 60 minutes - or longer, if you are looking for a more intensive option.
Morning: 8:00 - 13:00
Afternoon: 14:00 - 18:00
Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Price in € | -- | 330 314 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
TANDEM Hamburg is an accredited examination centre for the TestDaF and for the European
Language Certificates (TELC). TestDaF is a language test for foreign students applying for entry to an
institution of higher education in Germany. If you pass, you meet an important prerequisite for
studying at German universities. We run preparatory classes before the exams, and we are reserving
spaces in the examination for our participants in these courses.
Intensive TestDaF preparation including exam registration
We're offering a 3-week preparation course for every examination date with the following content:
- Students will get to know the various types of tasks and their assessment criteria
- Students will train supporting exam strategies and techniques
- Students will simulate real exam situations
- Students will enhance their academic vocabulary
And of course, we are counselling the participants about their progress and will give them valuable hints on how to master the examination tasks.
Afternoon: 14:00 - 15:15
Information for all courses offered by TANDEM Hamburg
01 Jan 2024 - 05 Jan 2024, 29 Mar 2024 - 01 Apr 2024, 29 Apr 2024 - 03 May 2024, 09 May 2024, 20 May 2024, 03 Oct 2024, 31 Oct 2024, 16 Dec 2024 - 31 Dec 2024.
Lessons needed per German language level
Our price includes
- INCLUDED Organized activities
- INCLUDED Internet access and use of school computers
- INCLUDED Wireless LAN zone at school
- INCLUDED Free certificate of course attendance
- INCLUDED Language level placement test before arrival
- INCLUDED For adult courses: a minimum of one free organized leisure activity per week
- INCLUDED Free consultation about suitable college/university programs by a qualified consultant
TANDEM Hamburg
General school facilities
Kitchen for student use
Microwave for student use
Fridge for student use
Drink vending machine
Library
Free after-class access to language learning software
Lounge
Balcony / terrace
Student support desk
Copy machine
Printer for student use
Free WIFI
Non-smoking (all indoor areas, but not all outdoor areas of school)
Tourist information
Assistance with entrance ticket purchases
Assistance with reservations for restaurants, bars, clubs
Assistance with organizing transportation
Classroom equipment
TV in some classrooms
Electronic whiteboard in some classrooms
Air conditioning in all classrooms
Heating in all classrooms
Ample natural light in all classrooms
Number of classrooms: 12Number of public PC workstations: 16Paid parking (<500m)
Student Age / Nationality
Top student nationalities
Age of students
Airport transfer
200 € return (both ways)
200 € return (both ways)
Visa Documents
Leisure activities
activity possible | distance from school | |
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Ballet | | 10 km |
Basketball | | 5 km |
Cooking | | 5 km |
Dancing | | 1 km |
Diving | | 90 km |
Field Hockey | | 10 km |
Football (soccer) | | 5 km |
Golf | | 5 km |
Horse riding | | 5 km |
Mountainbiking | | 5 km |
Music | | 1 km |
Sailing | | 3 km |
Skiing | - | 60 km |
Squash | | 1 km |
Swimming | | 5 km |
Table Tennis | | - |
Tennis | | 3 km |
Volleyball | | 1 km |
Windsurfing | | 90 km |
Yoga | | 10 km |
Examples of leisure activities organized by the school
Adults - Free activities
Adults - Paid activities
Accommodation
Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | Additional Week | One-time fee (charged by school) |
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Price in € | 126 | 252 | 378 | 504 | 630 | 756 | 882 | 1008 | 1260 | 1512 | 126 | 100 |
Prices based on accommodation from Sunday to Saturday
Price per person
Staying in Hamburg: Private accommodation
Don't speak German just at school; meet Germans at home!
We organise accommodation in single rooms, self-catering or with meals with German private individuals.
Regardless of whether you are staying in a single household or with a family: Our friendly and open-minded landlords are happy to welcome guests from all over the world. The furnishings are functional but cosy, towels are provided, and the washing machine can be used by arrangement. Bathroom and kitchen are shared with the landlords.
You can book your accommodation with use of the kitchen or with breakfast. We can also pick you up from the airport for an additional charge. We would be happy to advise you on booking your own apartment or hotel accommodation, too.
We inspect all rooms personally and are in close contact with our landladies and landlords.
The room is at your disposal from the Sunday prior to your course start until the Saturday after your course ends.
Our accommodation is easily accessible by public transport and generally reachable within 30 minutes. In some cases this may take a little longer; remember: hamburg is a big city!
We arrange accommodation for course participants aged 18 and over.
If you wish to stay in Hamburg for longer than three months, you are required to register your Hamburg accommodation address at the Residents' Registration Office (Einwohnermeldeamt). In Hamburg, the customer centres of the individual districts are in charge of this.
Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | Additional Week | One-time fee (charged by school) |
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Price in € | 196 | 392 | 588 | 784 | 980 | 1176 | 1372 | 1568 | 1960 | 2352 | 196 | 100 |
Prices based on accommodation from Sunday to Saturday
Price per person
Staying in Hamburg: Private accommodation
Don't speak German just at school; meet Germans at home!
We organise accommodation in single rooms, self-catering or with meals with German private individuals.
Regardless of whether you are staying in a single household or with a family: Our friendly and open-minded landlords are happy to welcome guests from all over the world. The furnishings are functional but cosy, towels are provided, and the washing machine can be used by arrangement. Bathroom and kitchen are shared with the landlords.
You can book your accommodation with use of the kitchen or with breakfast. We can also pick you up from the airport for an additional charge. We would be happy to advise you on booking your own apartment or hotel accommodation, too.
We inspect all rooms personally and are in close contact with our landladies and landlords.
The room is at your disposal from the Sunday prior to your course start until the Saturday after your course ends.
Our accommodation is easily accessible by public transport and generally reachable within 30 minutes. In some cases this may take a little longer; remember: hamburg is a big city!
We arrange accommodation for course participants aged 18 and over.
If you wish to stay in Hamburg for longer than three months, you are required to register your Hamburg accommodation address at the Residents' Registration Office (Einwohnermeldeamt). In Hamburg, the customer centres of the individual districts are in charge of this.
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Student opinions about TANDEM Hamburg, Hamburg
Questions and answers about TANDEM Hamburg
- Can the language course at TANDEM Cologne be paid with the education voucher (Bildungsgutschein) from the German employment office?“For our intensive courses the education voucher cannot be used. These are internal courses between the job center and the educational institution, but not our language school.”Susanne, from TANDEM Cologne - Dec 23, 2022
- I am looking for a German course in Hamburg. I lived in Austria for 3 years and I think that I shouldn't attend a beginner's course, but rather an intermediate or advanced one? Is that something you offer?“The school offers classes at all levels. You will certainly not be assigned to the beginner's course, but based on your test results in the level test. Before the start of the course, there will be a test via an online form to determine your exact language level and on the first day of school there will be a short oral interview to determine which class you fit perfectly into!”Sabine Krafack, LanguageCourse.Net - Jun 19, 2023
FAQ about TANDEM Hamburg,
- What is the best price for a course at TANDEM Hamburg, Hamburg?German courses at TANDEM Hamburg start at 43 € for Evening Course course with 6 lessons per week. When booking here you benefit from an exclusive discount.
- What is the most popular accommodation offered by Tandem?The accommodation Homestay is the most popular among all our clients of Tandem
- Is it possible to take a course at TANDEM Hamburg as an absolute beginner?Yes. The following courses can be attended as an absolute beginner: Intensive 20
- Is airport pickup offered by TANDEM Hamburg?Yes. The school offers pickup from Hamburg Airport (100 €), Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (100 €)
- What is the number of students per class at Tandem?Depending on the chosen course, the maximum number of students at Tandem varies from 1 students (General One-to-One Lessons) to 12 students (Intensive 20)
- What is the qualification of the teachers at TANDEM Hamburg?100% of teachers at TANDEM Hamburg hold a university degree. 100% hold a recognized language teaching certificate.
- Which countries are students of TANDEM Hamburg from?The highest Nationality percentage at TANDEM Hamburg comes from Spain with a 8,3% representation, followed by students from Korea (4,7%) and USA (4,6%).
- Is this price lower than booking directly with the school?Yes, there is an exclusive discount that only applies when booking online here.
- TANDEM Hamburg offers courses for which ages?TANDEM Hamburg offers courses from 17 years to 99. Average age is 22 during the summer and 29 for the rest of the year.