Learn this German A1 course quickly with intensive weekend classes — 5 hours of live classes per week.
Our A1 Fast-Track Intensive courses are designed for motivated beginners who want to make fast progress in German. You will attend 5 hours of live online classes every weekend in one intensive block (either Saturday or Sunday).
While the live lessons take place on the weekend, we expect students to dedicate time for self-study and practice on weekdays. Consistent daily practice is essential to achieve good results in this intensive format.
For those who want fast progress and free afternoons.
For those seeking fast progress and free mornings.
A laptop or tablet is mandatory to participate in the live classes.
For the best audio quality and interactive experience.
All options have the same content and price. Only the day and time differ.
For B2B requests, group courses or individual arrangements, please contact us.
Live vs. Self-Paced
Not every German A1 course online involves a live teacher. Some are recorded video series with worksheets, where you watch a lesson and practice on your own with no one checking your pronunciation or correcting your grammar in real time. Others offer live sessions but also let you fall back to a recording if you miss a class.
This course does not work that way. Every session is live. A native teacher hears you speak, corrects mistakes as they happen, and adjusts the pace based on how the group is doing that week. This matters most for a german a1 course, since the habits you build at the start — how you form sentences, how you pronounce new sounds — are the habits you carry into every level after it.
What’s Different
Group size affects how much you actually speak in class. This a1 german course is capped at a maximum of 10 students, a fixed number stated at enrollment, not an average that changes from batch to batch. Some german course for beginners options run A1 groups as large as 18 students, which leaves far less time for individual speaking practice across a 12 week course.
Price is stated clearly too. This course costs €299 for the full 12 weeks, with no separate registration fee and no hidden costs added later. Before your first class, a short placement test confirms you are starting at the right level, so your first session already matches your actual ability.
10
Max Group Size
€299
Course Price
12
Weeks
Learning Alone
Yes, to a point. Free video series and self-study apps can teach you vocabulary, basic grammar rules, and simple sentence patterns. Many people make real progress this way in the first few weeks.
The limitation shows up with speaking. An app or a recorded video cannot hear you say a sentence out loud and tell you the specific mistake you made. This is the most common gap in any German course for beginners built entirely around self-study. Is Duolingo enough for German A1? For recognizing words and building early vocabulary, it can genuinely help. For learning to speak with confidence, it is missing the one thing that matters most — a person on the other end of the conversation who corrects you as you go.
Next Steps
A1 is the beginning of the CEFR scale set by the Council of Europe, the same six level framework used by the Goethe-Institut and language schools across Europe. Once you finish A1, the next step is A2, which builds on what you learned here, describing your background, talking about daily routines, and handling simple everyday tasks like shopping or booking an appointment.
If you are not sure whether you are ready to skip ahead to A2 without finishing this a1 course german first, a placement test is the honest way to check, since it tests your speaking, listening, reading, and writing separately rather than relying on a guess.
Most learners reach A1 after roughly 60 to 150 hours of study, depending on how much time they can dedicate each week. This german language course a1 is built around 72 lessons of 45 minutes over 12 weeks, with self-study expected on weekdays between live sessions. Completing A1 in two weeks or one month is not realistic for most people, and courses that claim otherwise are usually describing a much lighter definition of A1 than the CEFR standard.
Free resources and apps can help with vocabulary and basic grammar, but they cannot correct your speaking in real time. If your goal is genuine speaking ability, not just recognition, live correction from a native teacher makes a real difference.
It is a reasonable starting point for vocabulary, but it is not a substitute for live speaking practice. Most people who rely on an app alone can recognize words without being able to hold a real conversation.
Only if you can already demonstrate A1 level ability. A short placement test before enrollment checks this honestly, rather than assuming based on how long ago you may have studied German.
A2 is somewhat harder, since it introduces more grammar and expects you to describe your own life and routines, not just introduce yourself. Neither level is designed to be difficult on its own. The jump becomes noticeable mainly if A1 was rushed without enough speaking practice.
If your preferred day and time are marked sold out, choose one of the available slots instead. All formats cover the same content and run at the same price.
Whether you are starting from zero or brushing up on basics you half remember, this german a1 course gives you a live, structured path to real speaking ability, not just recognition. Native teachers, a guaranteed small group, and a clear price with no hidden fees. Choose your date and start this month.
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