Rahul P.

Talking to others of your level is the best way. Else you can ask some other learner or a teacher to communicate with you online on Skype etc. If these are not feasible with you, then have the audio CD of your course book like Studio d. At the end of the book there is transcript of all audio tracks. Play the CD and listen with simultaneously reading the transcript of the track. Thereafter read the transcript aloud. Not the best solution, but a fairly good method, in case you don't have other options.

Teacher guides you and can correct where you go wrong. However a learner has to make an effort himself and try to speak with fellow learners, or otherwise whenever opportunity exist. In an individual class however, teacher should try and engage the learner in short conversations, as the learner may not have other opportunities. Listening to German Audios of your level does help.

Hello All, I am interested to teach german language online. Can anyone guide what tools etc are needed apart from Skype ?

Skype is the best platform. Some more are suggested by other users in this forum. A closed room at Paltalk (www.paltalk.com) is good for group classes and Skype or Gtalk are OK for individual tutoring. One can also try the messengers used by the concerned students; they must also be at ease with the platform one uses, else it waste time in testing or explaining them the usage.

I am planning to take up German language classes to apply for jobs in Germany. I am a little confused due to the following factors: 1. How effective is online training? 2. I consulted many institutes .each of them offer different duration of course for same certification. I want to know how many hours of classes are required on an average to do a1 certification for a beginner.

Though nothing can replace actual language classes at a good language school like Max Mueller Bhavan, online training can be very effective to learn German till B1 level. As online training is like personal classes the learner get full attention and monitoring from tutor. And if aptitude of learner is above average and interest great then one can achieve even better standards as well as understanding, reading and writing of the language is concerned. Listening aspect can also be handled with audio material available on internet and in CDs. Speaking aspect may, but not necessarily, have a drawback as learner would be limited to speaking or practicing with tutor during the duration of online class. In actual class one interacts with other students of class in the language being learned, but then it may not go well if overall aptitude of interest of class is below average. It has been seen even at Max Mueller Bhavan, that in many classes people lack interest and aptitude to speak. In online class, due to personal attention at least some standard of speaking is guaranteed and one can always read out dialogues from a book to practice speaking and test it with tutor. For A1 standard depending on the aptitude of the learner and the time other than classes one can devote any number of classes between 10 to 30 can be OK.