German as foreign language options

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goethe Institute in DC.

Heard it was closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - GIS is on our list despite the negative reviews on here; however, our DC are not native speakers and would need some tutoring to catch up as we are entering HS, which I neglected to include. They understand fluently and can speak well.

Tour the German School! You have to take stuff on here with a grain of salt!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goethe Institute in DC.

Heard it was closed.

Looks like they still have online courses.

I think very highly of foreign language institutes, and believe they're much better than anything you'll get in a high school or university. University generally teaches you to read literature, whereas the language institutes have an emphasis on teaching you to communicate using the language. You're also going to get a native speaker instructor in a language institute, which you're unlikely to get in an American high school. Unfortunately it's highly unlikely that your high school will give you credit for the language institute, but you can at least sit for the Zertifikat Deutsch (or the official test in whatever language you're interested in) and get a credential that proves you can actually speak the language. I'd also bet that one year of instruction at a language school is better than four years of high school German.

[Anonymous]

The German School has Saturday classes for outside students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goethe Institute in DC.

Heard it was closed.

You heard wrong. It’s still open. Maybe do a modicum of fact checking before posting what you “heard” as fact.

https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/wsh.html?wt_sc=washington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goethe Institute in DC.

Heard it was closed.

You heard wrong. It’s still open. Maybe do a modicum of fact checking before posting what you “heard” as fact.

https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/wsh.html?wt_sc=washington

I'm the PP who bumped this thread today. My kids are doing online classes through Goethe and they have been good so far.

[Anonymous]

DeMatha teaches German. For the poster who was asking about high school, not the middle school poster, obviously.

[Anonymous]

We have been looking too. Waldorf offers it starting in grade 7 I believe. WIS in highschool. BIS may offer it as an add on (private tutor). We have been doing Saturday programs and summer camps. Would love to see if our school would let DD do it high school. Goethe Institute's StudyBridge looks incredible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been looking too. Waldorf offers it starting in grade 7 I believe. WIS in highschool. BIS may offer it as an add on (private tutor). We have been doing Saturday programs and summer camps. Would love to see if our school would let DD do it high school. Goethe Institute's StudyBridge looks incredible.

i can't find any German language offerings in WIS website. Is it an elective? They only offer French, Spanish, and Chinese.

[Anonymous]

If memory serves, from their website, it is an allowed language that one can pursue independently and at cost on one's own in HS using approved tutors or plans that would qualify for the IB diploma. Check with them directly but that was my sense of it.

Has anyone had success having their HS or MS allow it in lieu of standard language requirements?

[Anonymous]

Seton School in Manassas offers German in Junior and Senior high. Good luck finding something in MD close to DC. Baltimore County privates more likely to offer German.

[Anonymous]

Warum? Honestly, I took 6 years of German and it was totally pointless, as essentially every German person speaks better English than I speak German.

[Anonymous]

For the high school poster: Bishop Ireton in Alexandria offers German and the teacher is very well liked.