Get going and move ahead with your German with the help Oxford-educated linguist Alexander Hamilton, founder of the Berlin Book Nook bookshop and private German tutor since 2019. Lessons are conducted in Alexander's classroom behind the bookshop or online. A trial 90-minute lesson costs 20 EUR, and subsequent lessons 60 EUR*. A package of ten 90-minute lessons is available for 500 EUR* **.
If you are an accomplished language learner, already have a solid foundation in the language, and/or are simply looking for additional self-study tools, no more than 10 EUR per month will give you access to the language absorption resources developed and used by Alexander in his lessons (Syntactium for Autodidacts).
Keep reading for more about the different options.
Whether you opt for a tutor or to go it alone, you should make real progress through intensive exposure to authentic German. At the beginning, this means absorbing essential everyday language and structures before moving on to material covering a wide range of topics and genres. At the intermediate level and above, you will be able to tackle some of the most beautiful, complex, and influential German ever written. The aim is not merely to make increasingly complex language intelligible to you, but to help you absorb it and deploy it, so that you speak not just accurately and precisely, but also elegantly, and with an ever-greater command of the complexities of the language.
Our Syntactium for Autodidacts subscription is for those who want to go it alone. Costing no more that 10 euros per month, it gives you unlimited access to thousands of exercises based on over 100,000 words high-quality, authentic German. The exercises combine intensive absorption with active deployment. They may enable some learners to intuit the rules of the language, but we would not generally advise Syntactium for Autodidacts to learners who do not understand the basic rules of the language. If you need a basic grounding in the language, or ongoing guidance and support, we recommend tutor sessions. These cost 60 euros for 90 minutes (20 euros for the initial trial session), or 500 EUR for a package of ten lessons. In addition to helping you absorb the language contained in the texts, your tutor will break down the at times complex grammatical rules of the language at the right pace for you.
For an introductory session with Alexander, please email booknooktutors@gmail.com.
Alternatively, find out more about or sign up for Syntactium for Autodidacts.
*For private individuals, German Umsatzsteuer at 19% is included in the stated price. For Umsatzsteuer-registered business and other entities, Umsatzsteuer @ 19% is not included in the stated price and will be added.
** The 10-lesson package offer is only available to private individuals.