German language training for London organisations of any size, delivered on site at your offices by a native German tutor. Programmes are built around what people need the language for: client meetings, site visits, negotiations, reporting to a German parent company.
Training delivered at your London office
Lessons take place at your premises and are scheduled around the working day, so the training fits inside working hours and stays there. Attendance holds up well across a long programme, and consistent attendance is what turns a course into actual capability. Teaching is one-to-one or in groups of up to six, with the same tutor throughout.
How a corporate German programme works
Every employee is assessed before teaching begins and placed at the right level on the Common European Framework, from A1 through to C2. Objectives are agreed with you and tied to the work the language is needed for: a team preparing for supplier negotiations works on different material from one that reads technical documentation.
Where staff are at mixed levels they are grouped so that everyone works at a level that suits them, and progress is measured against the objectives you agreed.
Reporting for HR and L&D
You receive written progress reports at intervals agreed in advance, each employee’s CEFR level at the start and at review, and a record of objectives met. The CEFR level gives you an internationally recognised measure of where each person stands.
That evidence is also what an internal business case is made of. The arguments for German in a London organisation are familiar enough — clearer communication with German-speaking clients and colleagues, relationships that hold through a change of contact, and staff who can deal with the DACH region directly, in the language — and they carry more weight when there is a measured change in capability attached to them.
Translation software has made documents straightforward. What stays with people is the meeting itself: the aside, the pause before an answer, the remark made in German across the table. Most Germans you deal with speak good English and are happy to use it, which is what gives the effort its weight. Learning German is often a choice rather than a necessity, and it is read as one.
Who we work with
We work with organisations of all sizes, from start-ups to listed companies, foreign missions and central government departments. The sectors vary considerably; the requirement rarely does. These are people who use German at work. Our case studies set out what those programmes look like in practice.
Business German for one or two people
A single employee often has the same requirement as a whole team. Where one person needs business German — a new hire joining a German-owned firm, or someone preparing for a move to the DACH region — private German lessons are usually a good fit. Where somebody has to progress quickly before a posting or a deadline, an intensive German course covers the same ground over a much shorter period.
Arranging a corporate German programme
Tell us who needs the language, what for, and by when they need to be using it. We assess participants’ levels, propose a structure and set out the cost before anything is committed. We invoice against a purchase order and work with your procurement process. Lesson length, scheduling and how billing works are covered in the frequently asked questions.