Break through the Intermediate Plateau
with lessons that combine our learning expertise with your curious interests
- 6x 40-Minute Live Lessons
- Sloeful Learning Method
- Experienced Teacher
- CEFR-aligned Support
- Curious Topics
- Light Homework
You know some German, but you can't speak it
You've learned grammar. You're more confident understanding podcasts and articles. But when you try to speak, your mind goes blank. That's how you know that you're stuck on the Intermediate Plateau, and now it's time to break it.
Curiosity-driven private lessons
In weekly private lessons, we'll explore curious topics within our structured Learning Method. Personalised study packs with discussion prompts and vocabulary will support you in each session.
You find your German voice
As you practise, you'll stop searching for words and start expressing your ideas more naturally as you speak. Instead of translating in your head, you'll speak with more ease, clarity, and confidence.
How it works
Over 6 weeks, we'll follow a roadmap of private lessons together. Each one builds on the last, using thought-provoking topics, expert guidance and personalised study materials.
Pick Your Weekly Topics
Personalise Your Course
Choose 6 topics that spark your curiosity. These will serve as starting points for your lessons. No prior knowledge of any topic is required; just pick whatever seems most interesting to you.
Lesson Structure
Our lessons follow our Learning Method: you get focused time to practise listening and speaking, ask questions, and get the grammar and vocabulary support you need.
I'll introduce the theme, share some helpful insights, and set up discussion prompts to get us talking.
Quick, low-pressure questions to see what you understood and clarify any unfamiliar words or phrases.
We'll go through the discussion questions together; I'll support your speaking with CEFR-aligned grammar tips, vocab prompts and guidance.
Follow-ups are welcome - the questions are just a starting point. We can reason together, share experiences, or have a light debate.
We'll do a short review of your progress and talk about next steps.
Our Learning Method
Consume curious content just above your level, and reinforce what you've learned through active recall.
Comprehensible Input (CI)You'll get input that is just above your level. This mirrors how people naturally acquire languages.
Curious ContentWe'll explore curious topics such as culture, history, daily life, the news, etc. This fuels motivation - curiosity drives consistency.
Varied Practice (VP)After consuming input, we'll reinforce what you've learned through active recall. In the case of this course, that means you'll practise speaking exercises, with expert guidance.
FAQ
Why we created this course
We kept meeting learners who understood German well but struggled to speak it.
They felt stuck in small talk - unable to talk about the things that truly interested them, and losing motivation as a result.
So we built this course to give them what was missing: structured practice and expert guidance, paired with exciting topics that spark curiosity, sustain motivation and build real speaking confidence week by week.
Nikki and Dominik
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with lessons that combine our learning expertise with your curious interests
- 6x 40-Minute Live Lessons
- Sloeful Learning Method
- Experienced Teacher
- CEFR-aligned Support
- Curious Topics
- Light Homework