Hi,

I have just moved to Basel and was wondering if anyone can recommend a good German school in town.

Nikki :-)

There is a free German school for newcomers that is offered by the local authorities. Check with your gemeinde.
another option is Berlitz at Heuwaage and the Migros school

Free?! Since when?

When I first moved to Basel in 2003, they offered a course from K5 with a sliding scale fee (which was a very good course)

I have used the Volkshochschule and Migros Klubschule. I preferred the VHS - the MKS was a bit too lacklustre.

You might want to have a look on the BaselExpat Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaselExpat as this was a recent subject for discussion.

HTH,
Nick

It is definitely a matter of learning styles as to which will be best for someone. Some people don't do well with the VHS - too full of grammar drills and forced learning. Others don't do well with Klubschule (hell, I can think of only one person that has given them a glowing review).

I really liked the methods from K5, it was a bit of both.

And I forgot, there is also a free class in Basel from K5, Lernen in Park. It is geared towards women who are at the lower end of the economic scale, but they take everyone. Kind of simplistic learning, but you're outside and you do learn something - and excellent value for your franc!

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ECAP is very good there are different courses depending on your needs and wants. K5 has to be good, too, but I don't know anybody that went there...

some german schools on at a glance:

http://www.integration-bsbl.ch/conte..._0511_kl-1.pdf

Hear hear!

It's a bit like learning to play football. There is no point in spending hours reading a book about how to play football and all the rules of the game, if you never go outside and kick a ball. You can of course just go outside and kick a ball around without learning any rules; but without some kind of structure you won't have much of a game.

When learning a language as an adult, of course you can learn some phrases and words to enable you to get by and never do a single line of grammar. But if you do have some basic idea of grammar and sentence structure you will be able to use your vocabulary much more effectively.

When I was learning Dutch many years ago, the course combined useful vocabulary with grammar. A lesson might be about (e.g.) going shopping or an item in the news, but buried in there would be some bit of grammar. Contextual learning I believe it's called. It can't be too bad a method given the number of Dutch people who are able to speak one or more foreign languages.

But as Shelley says, it's horses for courses like most things in life.

Cheers,
Nick

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Hi all,

Thank-you for all your helpful responses...most appreciated!!

Nikki:-)

www. inlingua.ch

I'll be taking introductory lessons from them starting next week.

does anyone knows good institutes for german language in basel for A2 level
which r not too expensive n teaching method is good.

Please avoid the text speak. It's not too difficult to write 'are' instead of 'r' or 'and' instead of 'n'. We might have to arrange English lessons for you.

Anyway, regarding your query, try Migros Klubschule. Search the forum, there is a fair bit of information and several reviews about the Migros Klubschule.

Merged this thread with a previous one.

How did you find Inlingua? Are you at a beginner level? Intensive?