Sprachsalon is an excellent language school for studying German as a foreign language in Neukölln…read more The staff are very kind and accommodating and the teaching is solid. Intensive courses (4 weeks 400€; 8 weeks 710€) are very good value given the quality and care of the instruction and the amount of time spent in the classroom. Classes are small (4-6 students) and provide plenty of opportunities to practice speaking German.

A very good school in Berlin for Deutsch learning and price is reasonable , I would recommend my…read moreteacher JULIAN HACKSTETTE explain very good and very clear, I strongly I do recommend learning with him.

I went to three different language schools in Berlin. And I must say that this one was by far the…read morebest choice. The only place where you do not feel your money getting burned with smalltalk. You get what you pay for: serious German classes. Thanks to my teacher Martina! The best!

Thank you for the reply. I'll keep this brief, because I…read moredon't think we're going to agree and I'd rather not go back and forth. Mr Grote was a good teacher, and I've said so consistently. But a good teacher isn't the same as a school. A school sets homework, collects it, and grades it, so a student can see their mistakes and improve. That didn't happen, even in the classes I rated highly. For a language as demanding as German and for people who need it to build a life here the format simply wasn't enough. You've explained why you're not required to publish your pass rates. I understand that you're not required to. I'm noting that you choose not to, while confirming yourselves that you track those results internally. People deciding whether to spend significant money, often at a difficult moment in their lives, deserve to see them. That choice is yours to make, and mine to weigh. I'd prefer to leave my feedback where it is, publicly, rather than move it to a private conversation. It was a public review for the same reason your reply was public: so others can read it and decide for themselves. I wish your teachers well. My rating stands.

Nothing but good things to say about my experience with Kapitel Zwei…read more I took a chance showing up on the first day of class (start of the month) as I had just arrived in Berlin. The staff is incredibly helpful and got me in a class starting the same day. Daniela and Susanne are fantastic. I'm fairly certain they know all the students by name. Class size was appropriately small and my teacher was knowledgeable and fun. I start my next class this week.

Great little school where the staff will take care of you…read more I've studied German for months to this school and I can tell that the courses were interesting, my teacher was good and would pay attention to each of us. If you have any problem you can surely find someone at the office to help you. I enjoyed being to that school, I think they put the priority on being here for each of us and to the quality of the services. The bad points would be that it's a little bit expensive and that you cannot find intensive evening courses.

I highly recommend DAS Akademie Berlin for language learning. I had a fantastic experience there…read morethis summer as I worked on my beginning language skills. When I first contacted Das Akademie, the support staff responded quickly and were very friendly and supportive in helping me find the best fit for a class. I was only in Berlin for seven weeks and wished to develop more confidence in speaking. I also have mild/moderate hearing loss and felt it might be better to have a one-on-one teacher to work with me. I wear hearing aids and with them most people don't realize I have trouble hearing, but language learning can be more difficult. On my first day, I spent time with the Director at DAS Akademie as he helped to choose a teacher that was a perfect fit. She quickly figured out that although I had learned many individual vocabulary words, I was still having difficulty with pronunciation and sentence structure. Rather than rush through exercises to "cover" material, we spent extra time practicing asking and answering questions so that I felt comfortable actually speaking in public. She was not only very creative in coming up with different ways of helping me practice, she did so in such a positive, energetic and fun way. My seven weeks passed way too fast. Each day that I walked into Das Akademie Berlin I was greeting with big smiles and encouraging words from everyone. Next summer I will likely come back to Berlin and if I do I will definitely be coming back. Everyone from the Director, to the teachers and all of the support staff are wonderful.

Teachers are paid an absolute pittance. Preparation, marking travel - all unpaid. Time between…read moreclasses all unpaid. Yet teachers expected to maintain the highest levels of professional standards for a wage that averages less than a bar job. Management are disengaged and entirely uninterested in welfare. Avoid working here at all costs!

Good englisch school for business People who wants to improve their englisch. I went there for a…read morecouple of weeks and it helps me to become much more confident with speaking englisch. I am still not the best speaker (and writer :D) but feel more confident now :)

Not satisfied The price is affordable but that is also…read morereflected in the quality of the course and the administrative staff. They have sneaky fees that when asked where it is stated on their webpage, they avoid the answer. You also have to send your email multiple times because they typically answer half of the questions. Also they allow the instructors to select the books and the books are terrible. Like if you try to work outside of the class lessons, you are lost. The structure of the class was suuuuper slow. I got to where I brought other work to do at the same time because it was at such a snails pace. I have taken other language courses where there was MUCH more interaction among students, even online. When I asked about a refund, they made it clear that you have to request in the first week of the course. I found that a bit tough because I think most people are hopeful it will get better. Soooo it feels like they tell you it's money back guaranteed but create a system where it's difficult for the consumer to comply. Furthermore, they provide you "options" so that "you are satisfied" but the option to transfer to another course isn't realistic because every instructor uses a different book. Or they offer to let you join a different class in the following month but you have to pay a fee to do that. I didn't want to chance paying more money to have a repeat experience. Furthermore, the month offered isn't compatible with other life stuff, but I was not offered to select a month that is more suitable, hence providing options that aren't doable to say that you provided options of "good will" (they bolded "good will" multiple times in their email). So I guess it depends on what you want, something cheap and you may learn something, or higher quality, probably more expensive but will most likely learn more than a few things.

I'm doing the B1.1 intensive course and I'm enjoying it. I got a recommendation from a friend and…read morehe was totally right. This school has good prices and good teachers. Also, you have options regarding the time according to your schedule. I'm learning a lot and that is what I was looking for. 5 stars for this school :)

Being a language teacher myself, I love and appreciate all that Babylonia e.V. stands for. They are…read morea collective where all the teachers work together for the school, and it's reasonably priced. Unfortunately, if you are trying to add A1.1 for German (the first level) you better expect to wait several months before enrolling. You must enroll in person on Tuesdays from 12-3... and I kid you not, make sure to be there before noon. The class fills up fast! Basically, the concept is very cool. The teachers and students are very progressive and "Berlin alternative" but the school is very disorganized and adding classes is not easy, especially for beginning levels. This is my fifth month here in Berlin. The first time I tried to add, they had no room on their wait list. They said come back next month. When I returned, they said the class had not been posted online yet, so they couldn't add me. Told me to come back next month. Third time I went, I got there before 3 but the class was already full and I was added to the wait list. Class starts today... and I'm still not enrolled... -__-

Speakeasy was recommended to us by a couple of my husband's coworkers, who had a great experience…read morewith one of Speakeasy's evening German A1.1 classes. My personal experience started with a couple of weeks worth of 1:1 German language lessons with one of new tutors, a woman to moved to Berlin to pursue a Master's degree in teaching foreign languages. She was diligent in teaching me some German that I wouldn't necessarily learn in my classes for at least a month or so, but would be useful for getting around. I then took the intensive A1.1 and A1.2 level courses for a couple of months, which were the equivalent of perhaps a year of high school German. The format of the classes includes lecturing, role-playing, practicing verbally with classmates, and the more traditional workbook exercises. German got difficult quickly, so I started taking the A2.1 evening courses as a way to give myself time to really digest the language. Same format as the daytime intensive courses, but it took a few months to get through the same material. PRO-TIPS: + If you're planning on taking intensive courses during the summer, do yourself a favor and register before the 20th. Not only do you get a €5 discount off the course, but you'll actually get the course you want. I made the mistake of not doing this and lost my space in a class with the best instructor I had. + My favorite instructor was Marten (sp?), one of the instructors for the intensive daytime course. While some of the teachers go by the textbooks (boring!), Marten was great about giving short lectures that gave us just enough information to practice whichever concept was the lesson for the hour. I loved how he gave us the "Legos" and encouraged us to build sentences with them. + While the textbook and workbook total to around €20 per course (a reasonable cost), there are some cash-strapped folks that might appreciate that you can actually borrow the books by paying the purchase price and just making sure you erase all your answers before returning the materials at the end of the course. As long as the books don't have any visible marks, you get your money back. There are many language school options in Berlin, but I felt like I really got a decent exposure to German for a reasonable price.

Very racist environment. Teachers see racism and discrimination happening in online classes without…read moresaying anything or defending the victim. I was asked very uncomfortable questions by the white people in the class and nobody said or did anything. Not even the teacher. Additionally, very low education level. Choose another school.