German Classes for Teens

Hello, Fellow Parents,

My 13-year-old daughter has been taking German classes at her school for the past 2 1/2 years, plus Saturday classes. Her school just stopped offering the classes and I'm looking for a class with other kids her age. I'd appreciate any recommendations.

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Hi there,

My 16yo daughter is currently an AFS exchange student in Germany. For the past 4 years she has been studying German as an extra curricular activity because her school(s) doesn't offer it. Here's what we did: 1) Got a tutor at Classroom Matters (her tutor has moved to Austria, sad for us); 2) attended a 6 weeks summer language immersion intensive program associated with Middlebury College/Monterey Language Institute; 3) attended German School of the East Bay (Saturday school) for a few weeks; 4)Rosetta Stone; 5)DuoLingo; and 6)this past summer she studied German 3 at Tilden Prep. My daughter is a pretty independent learner but she did miss having a peer group.

I think she would say that Rosetta Stone and DuoLingo were not very helpful. Her first tutoring at Classroom Matters was a good introduction to the language, but it was really the immersion program that made her conversant in German. She also enjoyed her German 3 tutor at Tilden. They covered a lot of grammar, but they really focused on conversation and accent; she wanted to be comfortable enough with the language when she arrived in Germany.

You might consider looking at German School of the East Bay: https://gseb-school.org/ The semester starts soon, so now is a good time. You might also consider contacting the other families in her school's German class and seeing if anyone wants to get a group together for a class at Tilden Prep. Hope this helps! feel free to contact me for more info.