German Intensive (A1 to C1)

Very friendly atmosphere and good teachers. I liked that the lessons were almost 100% in German. Exactly what I personally was looking for.

I did a 3 weeks long intensive course and it was great. the lessons are very interactive and engaging, so not boring at all.

Furthermore the location of the school is as central as it gets, very close to the Elbphilharmonie.

The school also organizes a Kulturprogramm one afternoon a week, I joined a few times and they were all nice activities, great to get to know the city.

The Tandem school is a perfect example of language teaching, combining listening, speaking, reading and writing it gives the possibility to students to get a full experience. I particularly enjoyed the teachers and the possibility of speaking a lot whilst doing lessons and so develop a sort of flow.

Der Kurs war schön. Nur eine Dinge. Ich hätte gern mehr Kultur program.

I like my classmate and teachers, I think I didnt have enough time for learning German so I couldn't understand and have à German conversation. But I will find time to take more classes next year.
I prefer that teachers bring students outside, to practice conversation with réal situation.
Such as going to à market, to à bar or restaurants etc.
I would prefer more activités than sitting in à class room all thé time.

Its a good school with friendly staff and is perfect for learning German at any level.

One of the best experiences I ever had. The teachers are great. The lessons are vero enganging. FANTASTIC

It was an amazing experience. My teachers were so helpful and nice. Everyone at tandem has a great attitude and were always eager to help.
Originally I payed for a 2 week course but ended up adding another week because I was so happy.
I would gladly repeat the experience, and even for more time.

Ich hatte zwei schlechte Lehrern sein ist arrogant, er sagte immer dass wir die Prüfungen nicht schaffen können. Die andere Lehrerin könnte sich nicht gut konzentrieren, sie guckt oft auf ihre Handy während wir über ein Thema zu zweit diskutieren müssen. Aber die andere Lehrerinnen sind sehr gut und professionell, die können die Grammatik und neue Wörter ganz deutlich erklären.

Actually I am satisfied with teachers, facilities and education method. What I was frustrated in the class was the other students who didn't do homework, wasn't very serious and couldn't follow the class.
Since there were many group work in the class, if I paired with the ones whose level is way below than me, I was feeling I wasted my time. I am sure that teachers noticed that there were level difference among the students in the class. So what I would like to suggest is to make pairs with the similar level, and the teachers mainly look after the lowest nivel pair while we are doing the group work. Otherwise, the upper level students are get bored and frustrated. I think it is not the matter of fairness, but the matter of motivation.

Being in Tandem was a real full experience in all senses. We can not only talk about the good teachers and the surprinsingly well done courses. I must add that Tandem receive you as a member of their family. It was a real pleasure to learn with the 2 Teachers i had; and i've never learnt a langage in this funny and and fast way. I'd of course recommend to every body this experience.

Lessons so good, very usable for the daily day. Teachers so nice and patiente. What i didnt like was that i couldnt find my mates when we met to the fischmarkt, but it could be my fault.

I can only speak highly of my experience with Tandem in Hamburg. The teachers were very professional, the class group small ( we were only 5), so we had a good opportunity to discuss, and to be corrected. I could not participate into the organized Events, since i was there only for 2 weeks. The location and the setup of the school itself was excellent.
Thank you Nils and Petra for your great teaching!

I want to study again at TANDEM if I go back to Germany.
Everything is good.

My teacher is very nice and has patience answering every grammar questions. My homestay are kind and also very friendly to me. The location of the school is very central and it's not too far from my homestay. I think the best part is the Kulturprogramm, there's always an interesting tour for us to know more about Hamburg and mostly are free to join.

Tandem is a great school. Not so big, but inquiries everything we need.
I think the teacher qualities are good as Goethe Intitut. Thanks!

The school's location is good; it's easy to reach with the means of transport. The teachers are very professional and available to give explanation. There is only few students per class and this is good because you can learn many things.
Concerning housing, I appreciated the availability of the GASTMUTTER, but I didn't like what happened on the second saturday I was there: she told me she needed my room for the whole afternoon and so I was obliged to go out.

Positive: Great location, close to the metro station and some teachers with a true pedagogic approach
Negative: The receptionist is sometimes a bit confused with registration and is definitely not welcoming and not listening to our concerns.

I had a really great time at TANDEM Hamburg. Since I had to start from scratch, I improved my speaking and writing skills a lot. Teachers were all friendly and experienced. The only thing I think you should improve on is to find some books that offer more practice for a homework.

I generally enjoyed my experience at Tandem. The methodology used was thorough and the main instructor was very qualified. The lessons are combination of listening, writing and speaking. My host family was excellent. I would recommend this program to anyone interested in learning German in Hamburg.

I think the school in general was great!
Great atmosphere.
The location is really good, it is situated at the center! I really enjoyed it!
I loved the idea of having cultural program during the week, it helped us to make friends and to improve our German.
Most teachers are great and could teach in a great way; play and improve.
I enjoyed my time there and I will definitely recommend it.

But maybe it would be better if classes can have lesser number of students. Sometimes if a student is late for class, the teachers would explain it again which he or she has already explained in class.
I got two teachers that I didn't liked, and most of students as well.
One of them is very young and she really couldn't explain very well.
It is better if the school hire teachers with more experience and knowledge.

The location of the school is very good as it is in the centre of Hamburg. It is very easy to get there and by public transport.

The teachers were always very nice and helpful; they always repeated everything as many times as we needed, and in the end of each part of the course level they usually took the last one or two classes so the students could clarify any doubt they still had or if they wanted to review any topic in particular.

The atmosphere of the school was very good, the students were nice, and I found the course itself very good. I learnt more than I expected, and just with this level I already understood many things, such as various topics. If it’s a very complicated conversation, I could at least understand the topic. With this level, I was able to easily ask for almost anything I may need in a restaurant, café or shop, which was very good.

The only issue I had during the 8 weeks was that in the first part of the course (the first 4 weeks), instead of having just two teachers, we actually had 5 to 6 different teachers which was not so good for someone who was learning a new language, especially in such an early level. It would be good if the lessons were consistent, that we should not be forced to try to get used to 5 different kinds of teachers and teaching methods.

Fortunately, everything was solved very easily and in the second part there were no such problems.

The school was good. They had Wi-Fi and free tea. The location was also good. They had nice teachers.

TANDEM is a great school; the teachers are awesome and the rooms are okay.
My only concern is how fast the 4-week course is. Don't get me wrong. It's great, but in a month we covered a lot of grammar and vocabulary, and even if I would have wanted to, I could not have started the upper level because I really needed to stop and review what we had studied in the course. I needed a quick course and it worked for me, but now at home I can finally slow down and interiorize all the vocabulary and the grammar.

The school is near the city center and it is 2 minutes from the closest metro stop.

I will probably be back for a higher level soon, but one month for me is the maximum.

In the beginning I booked 2 months and now I want to continue for however long it takes to have a good level.
The teachers are good and the location is also good. You have transportation nearby.
The facilities are not big, but they are warm and hospitable.
The family house is also very nice.

I was on vacation and took a week of German while staying in a friend's apartment in Hamburg to brush up on my German skills before traveling further. The week-long course achieved the goal, to the extent possible within such a short period of time and I did meet people I could do a few activities with, which was fun.

I was surprised at how serious the school was! I had thought I'd do school in the morning and sightsee the rest of the day, but I found I had a good 3 hours of homework daily. That was partly because of who I am! (I was probably at a slightly higher level than I should have been and also, when in a "school" situation, I want to do well!)

I was the only student who was a native English speaker, which was good. The others were Spanish, Italian, French-Swiss, Indonesian, from Singapore etc.., which was perfect and more interesting as far as I was concerned. It also meant that German was the default language when we hung out together.

The teacher was excellent and very pleasant, and I was impressed at the flexibility of the school and how well organized it was. It was also very nice and unexpected to have the two private lessons included. I was the only person taking a course for a week while on vacation -- many were recent immigrants to Germany who had been living in Germany for 8 months to a year and needed to improve their language skills for work. I was in the C1 level, and probably should really have been in B2. My accent is better than average and I am quite fluent in basic conversation, but the others had more vocabulary and more underlying language skills. Had I stayed another week, I probably would have "readjusted" and asked to go down a level.

All in all, very good and I'd definitely recommend it!