German course for beginners in the club year 2023/24

As a German language teacher at the Diplomatic Club of the Federal Foreign Office, I would like to give a brief report on our German course for beginners in the club year 2023/24.

As every year, the course was met with great interest, which is particularly pleasing, especially as the participants were prepared to make the journey beyond the outskirts of Berlin to my home in Falkensee. Our first meeting and get-together took place on October 23rd and ended on January 9th with a small Christmas and New Year's party, at which good progress in the German language was already evident.

As usual, our group was made up of diplomats from different countries, languages and cultures. This diversity immediately created a harmonious and good-humored atmosphere. The participants appreciated the structure of my lessons and the tight schedule in a lively, cheerful atmosphere. They were highly motivated and committed to acquiring the fundamental basics of the German language and were thus able to achieve considerable linguistic success.

It is to be hoped that the knowledge acquired will be of use to the participants in their everyday German life and also in their professional activities.

Dr. Nurhan Ernst