Learn German in Bavaria

Horizonte, Bavaria:
Horizonte language institute is located in Regensburg. If you want to learn German in Germany, this is the right place to go. Horizonte was founded in 1986 and has quickly earned a good international reputation through its high standard of teaching and its personal, friendly and unbureaucratic working ethos. Our language school is on the 4th floor of an office building (built in the 50ies) in the quiet medieval city centre of Regensburg, they were completely refurbished in 2002. We have eight bright fully equipped classrooms. From some of them you have a view to the cathedral. You can have coffee and use 6 computers at any time. In the afternoon you can in the language and study.

Standard 20 lessons/wk, intensive 30 lessons/wk, one-to-one. The main emphasis of our courses lies in the following areas: the development of communication skills in spoken and written present-day German; an introduction to the contemporary social, political and cultural situation in Germany.

Working in small groups of mixed nationalities, you will experience a variety of teaching methods, in which cognitive, communicative, spontaneous and creative elements are combined. The ever increasing number of participants and the large percentage of students who return are proof of our teaching methods. Our teachers are highly qualified and experienced in teaching German as a foreign language and in working with adults.

We organise a wide-ranging leisure programme which will give you an understanding of German life and culture, because we would like you to get more than a tourist's view of Germany. We run the following activities on a regular basis:

- guided tours of Regensburg
- lectures on modern German literature
- showings of recent German films
- lectures on current political, social and cultural affairs
- lectures on German history
- visits to firms
- half-day and full-day excursions (approx. 10-15 Euro)
- walking and cycling tours.