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Develop practical German for everyday life, travel and professional relationships wherever you use the language. Build confidence in conversation, listening and writing through a personalised programme in Standard German. Your starting level and next learning target are defined using the CEFR A1–C2 framework.
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YOUR NEXT LANGUAGE LEVEL
Your starting point and goals follow the official CEFR framework of the Council of Europe.
OSAM’s indicative pathway, with an initial and final assessment. Your pace depends on your starting point and regular practice.
YOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
For individuals & organisationsWe agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.
A pathway towards the next CEFR level, for example A1 to A2. The level reached is assessed at the end.
Synchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.
From an eduQua-certified institution.
An individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.
Learn with a native-speaking trainer who holds a relevant qualification and has teaching experience. Your trainer is matched to your profile and goals.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY
For adults, employees and international teams learning German for everyday life, travel and professional relationships.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.
An initial assessment identifies your current skills against the CEFR A1–C2 reference levels. Agree your next target and the situations you want to handle confidently. OSAM uses around six months per additional level as a planning guide; pace is adapted to your starting point, learning intensity and practice. The modules below are weighted to your needs.
Recognise and practise vowel length, umlauts, word stress and common sound combinations. Listening activities use announcements, brief exchanges and workplace instructions. Learn to identify familiar words in connected speech and manage unfamiliar expressions. Standard German is the foundation; exposure to different speakers reflects your contacts and goals.
Work on verb position, questions, articles and cases using examples from your daily life. Depending on your level, add subordinate clauses, past forms and more detailed explanations. Each grammar point serves a purpose, such as arranging an appointment, describing a process or making a clear recommendation.
Practise phone calls, appointments, customer conversations and short meetings. Explain what you need, understand follow-up questions and ask a speaker to slow down when necessary. Role-plays build participation before perfection. Targeted feedback identifies expressions you can already use reliably and points where extra precision would help.
Read emails, notices, forms and accessible work-related texts, then write replies, requests or summaries. Pay attention to greetings, courtesy and your audience’s needs. Concrete examples help you distinguish formal and informal writing, choose an appropriate tone and organise your message clearly.
Apply the language you have practised in a connected task from your everyday life or work. Your trainer assesses listening, speaking, reading and writing against the agreed CEFR goals and gives focused feedback. Compare your starting and final assessment, identify progress and plan how to maintain or develop your skills further.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS
Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Managing Director
Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.
EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE
Programme Director · Languages
Samuel Dubois brings the programme’s subject expertise into focus. The educational approach connects a structured foundation with practical situations, relevant exercises and feedback aligned with your professional objectives.
ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY
Head of Adult Learning
Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education
Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.
Active at a high professional level, selected against demanding criteria.
Developing the skills of their employees with OSAM.
An experience centred on the people who learn with us.
Personal career goals. Shared organisational priorities.
SERI / SEFRIeduQua-certified institution. Federal qualifications listed by SERI in selected pathways.
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LEARNERS’ VOICES
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“Excellent quality and personalised practical scenarios.”
GOOD TO KNOW
For adults, employees and international teams learning German for everyday life, travel and professional relationships. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.
OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.
OSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.
You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:
Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.
For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.
The language pathway is designed to work towards one additional level in approximately six months, for example A1 to A2 or B1 to B2. We use the official CEFR scale: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. An initial assessment sets the starting point; a final assessment verifies the skills achieved. Progress depends on your starting level, participation and practice between lessons. The certificate records the assessed learning outcomes.
A native-speaking, qualified and experienced trainer teaches you in person or by live video. Both formats always include access to the OSAM platform and course materials. Your timetable and practical exercises are adapted to your context.
An OSAM course certificate records the assessed learning outcomes. If study, employment or an official procedure requires a particular external certificate, the relevant organisation’s rules apply. Preparation for a specific examination can be agreed separately; the course does not automatically replace the required examination.
OSAM structures language goals around the Council of Europe’s CEFR reference levels: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. We plan approximately six months to work towards one additional level, for example A1 to A2. This is an OSAM planning guide, not a duration prescribed by the CEFR. Progress depends on your starting point, attendance and practice; the final assessment establishes the skills achieved. Contact us for a quotation.
The format can be agreed as live online, face-to-face or blended learning. Individual lessons and team training can also be discussed. Content, location and scheduling are confirmed in the quotation.
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Tell us where you want to go. Together, we will define the learning journey that gets you there.
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