About Us

Horizonte - language institute 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. 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.

Horizonte - German Language Institute

We offer a wide-ranging programme of high quality German language courses all year round (dates). No matter what your profession or academic goal, whether at a beginner level or a teacher of German, you will benefit from more than 15 years of dedicated experience.

Courses

General language course
20 classes per week (à 45 minutes)

This course is offered throughout the year at all levels. In order to make noticeable improvement, we would recommend a 4-week stay at least. However, you can opt to stay 2 or 3 weeks.

For the purposes of the visa,our standard course is treated as an intensive course as the extra afternoon classes (on phonetics,history etc.) are counted as an integral part of the course.

The main goal of our classes is to improve your communication skills; this means that we will give you many opportunities to speak in class. We train your listening comprehension skills with special exercises and you will have the chance to improve your powers of expression in written German. Working in small groups (average 8, max. 10 people, July & Augst 12), you will quickly make progress in German.

Intensive Course
30 classes per week

We recommend this course for those who want to learn very quickly. It includes the Standard/General language course in the morning plus 10 lessons in a mini-group (2 - 4 people). If you are the only student of your level to take an intensive course, you will get 5 individual lessons per week instead.

In the afternoon classes you decide on the contents, topics and exercises and the teacher will be able to help you individually. Afternoon classes are so arranged (10 classes on 4 afternoons) that you can participate in the leisure programme.

Intensive Course Plus

20 classes General language course + 5 or 10 individual lessons per week
Translation, specialized languages (business, tourism, flight attendants, secretary, …)

One-to-One Courses

Times, number of hours, duration of the course and its contents are designed according to your wishes.
The most effective way of learning a language is an individual course. The teacher considers your specific needs (grammar, conversation, phonetics, correspondence, making telephone calls, discussions, ...)

Location

Our language school is on the 4th floor of an office building (built in the 50ies) in the quiet medieval city centre of Regensburg.

Accommodation

You have the following options:

- We recommend accommodation in our own
residence with 24 rooms (all en suite)
next door.

NEW: We have 14 new rooms (4 double rooms) at the school since May 2004:
1 single room apartment
3 2-room apartments with one bathroom
1 3-room apartment with 2 bathrooms
1 4-room apartment with 2 bathrooms
Each unit has its own kitchen.

Please let us know your favourite type of room, we’ll try to meet your wish. Please tell us also, if you absolutely want your private bathroom.


-with a family/homestay (with use of
kitchen, with breakfast, with half board)
-in a student hall of residence (always
with cooking facilities)
-shared flat (some student residences are
also organised like this, too)

Available accommodation varies according to the time of year and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

Homestay accommodation is not like being in a hotel; you have to adapt to a different way of life and family routine.

To find out course fees, intake dates, entry requirements and more details about courses and the Institute please click on the Enquiry button and complete our form.