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Welcome to the German Language School
Classes at the Currier Art Center
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

GLS Summer School 2008

l We have firmed up plans for our six week Summer School.  The starting time is now set for Monday, June 2 with six sessions Mondays 7PM through 8:30PM.  The course is will be suitable for students with one or more years of training in German.  If you're visiting a German-speaking country this summer, this course will ease the transition.  Because it starts early it leaves the rest of the summer free.  To help in planning, please indicate your interest by sending an e-mail to School Director Judell Schlachter.

l People enroll in these courses because they require some knowledge of German for business or travel, to communicate with German-speaking friends and relatives, to read German language publications, to listen to German-speaking radio on shortwave and the Internet, to watch German language television on the Internet and to access the tremendous amount of Internet information available in German. Some use it to prepare to attend a college or university in a German-speaking country. Some simply do it to enjoy the language learning experience. Let's face it, you will have one heck of a lot more fun in Switzerland, Austria and Germany if you have some language background. You can check out some of the German-oriented links by clicking on them in NAVIGATION below.

Summer School Snapshots

Here are some candid camera snaps of one of our Summer School 2004 classes in action. Click here.

Business with Germany, Switzerland and Austria

If your business has connections in Germany, Switzerland or Austria you may wish to give your U.S. employees training in German to improve their communications efficiency. We would be pleased to enrol them in our courses. You may wish to send a representative to sit in on one of our classes at the Currier to check us out. Drop us an e-mail.

Navigation

GLS Summer School 2008 ......How to Enroll.

German Language School background information.

Membership

Classes held at Currier Art Center MAP

The Currier Gallery of Art

Teaching Opportunities for Teachers of German.

German Food in New Hampshire. You deserve a treat !

Translation Services

German Saturday School Boston

Tutoring Services  

Tageschau.de The latest TV news from Germany. Requires broadband Internet.

Sibylle's Pottery

Theodor Storm book analyzes famed literary figure.

German Language Newspapers and Periodicals On-line.

Buureradio.ch Schweizer Volksmusik

German Radio Stations

Norddeutscher Rundfunk Select from a list of audio broadcasts under LIVE HÖREN.

SwissInfo audio and TV news from Switzerland. Some Dialekt, but is mostly standard German. TV requires broadband connection.
News: Click on Tageschau Abend or 10 Vor 10.
Consumer research: Click on MULTIMEDIA then Kassensturz
(The host speaks dialekt, but the rest is standard German.)

Platt The latest news in Lowlands German Dialect.

Fokus Deutsch An online video on demand German learning course. 36 episodes. Cost free.

Great Literature in German (Projekt Gutenberg)

GERMANY-USA.COM Business Network and News Services

Pumuckl Spaß für Kinder!! http://kidsweb.de/

Some general purpose online dictionaries:
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Technische Universität München
Dict.cc

Do you live in New Hampshire ?

You can help us promote our school by downloading our 8 1/2 x 11 inch poster and displaying it at your place of business, local library, etc. Please e-mail us to let us know where the poster can be seen.

MEMBERSHIP

l Membership is open to all persons regardless of race or ethnic background.
l Dues help to support the classes, Stammtisch, social activities and the NHGA website.
l Students automatically become members as part of the registration
process.
l Associate Membership available for GLS supporters.  Associates receive e-mail notification of Stammtisch meetings, events and news items. An Associate Member Application (for non-student GLS supporters) may be downloaded by clicking here. For more information call 603-472-2062.

Single: $25 Senior: $15
Family: $35 Student: $15
Associate (Non-Student): $10

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Summer School 2008

Adults 6 classes, 1.5 hours
At the Currier Art Center, Manchester, NH, USA

 

Classes start on June 2 and run from 7PM to 8:30PM  Monday evenings.

Instructor:  Heide Burke

 All the best from the GLS staff.

The Summer School Registration Form is now available for download.  Our Wednesday night German Language Stammtisch meetings continue throughout the year and are open cost-free to all speakers and students of German.

TUITION

l The tuition for Summer School is $100.

l The Registration Form is available for download by clicking on Form.

 Questions ?

Call Judell Schlachter at 603-483-1396 or e-mail.

Please make checks payable to NHGA-GLS.

ADULT CLASSES

The school accepts beginners with no knowledge of German, those with limited abilities, and those at advanced levels. Classes are conducted using German textbooks, in an informal, speech-intensive manner, emphasizing German conversation, traditions and culture.

Our students find that learning German is fun. It creates social and business opportunities, and makes foreign travel more enjoyable.

TEACHERS

Our teachers have had extensive language training in German speaking countries and the United States. They have taught in public schools, universities, other German Saturday schools and language schools.

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STAMMTISCH

Stammtisch Friends

Teachers, students of all levels, members and guests meet weekly on Wednesdays at a local restaurant to practice and enhance their language skills. Starts at 9.00 PM Wednesdays. Join with us for an informal meeting where German is spoken while you enjoy food and drink of your choice. Bring a friend. There is no entry fee and you don't have to be a GLS student or member. This is a program which reaches out to the German speaking and German learning community. If your German is rusty, here is an opportunity to exercise it. If you are fluent you can help a beginner. If you are taking German in High School this will increase your momentum. If you can't think of German words, fill in the spaces mit englisch. Please e-mail us and ask to enrol on our Stammtisch announcement list to get weekly Stammtisch announcements.

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German Language School Background Information

The German Language School is sponsored by the N.H. Germanic Association, a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to teach and promote the German Language and culture. We offer to all the adventure of speaking the German Language and learning the customs of the countries where it is spoken.

The N.H. Germanic Association's Saturday School was founded in 1967 as a non-profit organization to offer pre-school and grade school children the opportunity to learn to speak, read and write the German language as well as to acquaint them with the culture of the German-speaking European countries. In later years the number of children enrolled decreased even as adult enrolment expanded. Now we offer only adult evening courses. We would need to enrol approximately 10 children to re-start the Saturday Children's School.

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Teaching Opportunities

 If you are a teacher of German residing in New Hampshire, you are invited to affiliate with our school in order to be considered for future teaching positions. Since our classes meet only once a week, the positions are part-time. We suggest that you keep an up-dated Resümee on file with us (use e-mail for convenience). You are in no way obligated and the information will be kept confidential. Please contact the NH Germanic Association as shown below.

MAIL ADDRESS

NHGA-GLS
Director
3 Alder Way
Bedford, NH 03110-5501

Contact the school by telephoning 603 - 472-2062 or by clicking on E-mail .

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LATEST ON-LINE NEWS IN GERMAN

Advanced students and visitors may enjoy browsing through a large selection of German language newspapers and periodicals linked to our site. You will find newspapers (and much more) from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Click on Newspapers On-line .

GREAT LITERATURE IN GERMAN

Here you will be able to read or download the works of world-famous authors from Aesop to Zola. Aesop's Fables, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens Christmas Story (Ebenezer Scrooge) read very well auf deutsch. Shakespeare is performed more extensively in Germany than here because his works really spring to life in German. The collection of authors is very extensive and the site is very easy to navigate. It is truly a library of classics, probably one of the top literary sites in Germany.
Click on Projekt Gutenberg. Back to Table of Contents

We hope to see you in class.

Herzliche Grüße.......Auf Wiedersehen

The German Language School, Manchester, New Hampshire

Currier Art Center
Northwest Corner of Beech and Pearl Streets
(180 Pearl Street)
Manchester, New Hampshire
(Please note that this is NOT our mailing address.)

Caution: Beech St. is ONE WAY , headed south.

   Parking:

On the semi-circular entrance drive to the Center, except where excluded by signs. Also on neighboring streets.

Currier Art center photos from various directions.

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