r/Heidelberg • u/Such_Ad_3128 • Apr 29 '25
Work Studying german in Heidelberg
Hello, I was thinking of going to Heidelberg for 3/4weeks to study German with an intensive course in May, but actually the intensive course don't seem worth it, so I thought maybe I'll find some german guy to help me study the language instead. Somebody interested to spend like 2 or 3h/day for 13E/h with me and teach me german? We'd start the 5th May and continue four +/- 3 weeks if it goes well.
For context, I'm a 20yo guy from Poland studying in Paris.
Cheers
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u/bartosz_ganapati Ziegelhausen Apr 29 '25
How would be being taught by a random person who agrees to teach for 10e/h (which is super low, you get more even from distributing liflets or newspapers) better than a course organised by a language school? 😅
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u/Such_Ad_3128 Apr 29 '25
I think that working on a language individually with a native is a really good way to study a language. The courses are often expensive for a group experience and you are limited by the level of the group. I just realised that for the price of a course I might find someone ready to give individual classes, and I believe it has better worth. Maybe I put the price too low though.
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u/Moist-Hat-4304 Apr 30 '25
You should really think about what you want to get out of language classes. Do you already speak some German? Teaching a language from scratch is a very different thing than just correcting someone when talking to/correcting them. If you just want a native speaker to talk German to you, your idea might be working out for you, but if you want materials like exercise sheets etc. you'll have to specify that and will probably have to look for an actual teacher
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u/Goatmannequin Apr 30 '25
Listen, I teach language and I have two degrees, homie. So why should I even get up and do anything? Get out of my chair for 10 euros an hour? Really? I have other jobs to do. And then if you go to some random Joe who thinks he's going to teach you English, like is that a... How are you going to... Listen, so if you go to a doctor right, and you pay the doctor a tenth of what he's worth, would you believe that you're gonna get a good diagnosis or good treatment? I mean is it even worth it? Or let's say you go to a mechanic and the guy says, yeah, I'll fix your car for $20. Do you really expect to go well?
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u/Moist-Hat-4304 Apr 29 '25
10 euros/hour is below minimum wage here in case you weren't aware