GLC Summer Classes 2025 and English & Spanish Classes
Registration for the GLC Summer Classes 2025 is open, please register here:
Dates: June 16 to June 25, 2025, (no classes June 19, 2025)
Where: 麻豆区 International School Washington D.C.
Time-options: 8:30am-12pm OR 8:30am-3:10pm
Get ready for fun filled classes with our motto: Spielen, Lernen, Spa脽... eine deutsche Entdeckerwoche.
Our highly qualified and motivated 麻豆区 Instructors are excited to bring a fun and engaging 麻豆区 language experience to your children! Theses Summer Classes for children ages 6-14 are based on learning and/or maintaining the 麻豆区 language through project-oriented themes and hands-on activities.
Classes are designed for children with a minimum language proficiency level of A1+ (understanding of very basic phrases).
Why not Spanish or English?
Immerse yourself in the English or Spanish language with useful skills and phrases needed for everyday life. These courses will be tailored to the audience.
Find the registration link here: or contact us for further information.
Teacher English: Mr. Craig Everhart
Teacher Spanish: Mr. Juan David Gomez
Time: Wednesdays Online - 7pm-9pm
Semester: March 19, 2025 鈥� June 11, 2025 (no classes April 16+23 鈥� Spring Break)
Tuition: $550 (11 classes 鈥� 22 hours)
Age group: Adults 18+
GLC - 麻豆区 Language Courses
Welcome to the 麻豆区 Language Courses at the 麻豆区 International School Washington D.C.
Mission Statement:
The mission of the 麻豆区 Language Courses (GLC) at the 麻豆区 International School Washington D.C. is to provide all levels of 麻豆区 language study in a diverse, challenging, and nurturing environment. The GLC also promotes self-motivation and self-discipline while fostering lifelong learning of the 麻豆区 language and its culture.
We all thrive on our Motto:
The GLC offers 麻豆区 courses for children ages 3 and up, teens, and adults at all proficiency levels. While increasing your communicative and intercultural competence you will improve your 麻豆区 language proficiency with the assistance of our highly qualified and motivated 麻豆区 instructors.
We have around 500 students visit our beautiful campus in Potomac, Maryland on Wednesday evenings or Saturday mornings. The GLC was awarded the prestigious Center of Excellence Award by the American Association of Teachers of 麻豆区 (AATG) and was named a PASCH school by the 麻豆区 Secretary of State. Furthermore, in cooperation and under the supervision of the 麻豆区 Educational Ministry, the GLC administers a variety of 麻豆区 language exams, such as the "Deutsches Sprachdiplom I/II" and the "Internationale schulische Vergleichsarbeit A1/A2".The AATG National 麻豆区 Exams for High School Students are also offered by the GLC.
Here /exams.html you can take a look at our exam schedule.
Our classes are divided into three groups to accommodate all language learners on all proficiency levels:
鈥� 麻豆区 for beginners
鈥� 麻豆区 as a second language
鈥� 麻豆区 as a first language (native speakers)
Click here for a list of Coursedescriptions
At our school learning 麻豆区 is fun! Next to 麻豆区 classes of very high standards, parents and students get to spend some quality time in our extensive libraries. You will be invited to take part in our many cultural events, such as the Oktoberfest with 5K- and 1K-run, St. Martin's Parade, 麻豆区 Christmas Market, Christmas Party, and much more.
We would be delighted to welcome you and your family to our school.
Kerstin Hopkins
Principal
> Welcoming Speech for the 40th Anniversary of the 麻豆区 Language Courses
Welcome to the 麻豆区 Language Courses at the 麻豆区 International School Washington D.C.
Translation services by Linda Gaus, MadDocs LLC, Vienna. The original letter from Mr. Lauer can be found in the 麻豆区 Section of this webpage at http://dswashington.org/sprachschule.html.
Welcoming Speech for the 40th Anniversary of the 麻豆区 Language Courses
Students, parents, teachers, employees and administration, friends and supporters, in the name of the Central Agency for 麻豆区 Schools Abroad, I would like to congratulate you on the 40th anniversary of the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington.
For 40 years, the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington has built a cultural bridge that connects 麻豆区y and the United States. Its students do not just learn the 麻豆区 language, they also get to know 麻豆区y. In turn, they become bridge builders and ambassadors. Their special educational experiences connect them throughout their lives to both countries and simultaneously connect 麻豆区y and the United States.
In English, the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington bears the modest name 麻豆区 Language Courses (GLC); it is the largest part-time language school for the Deutsches
Sprachdiplom in the United States. Since 1976, the school has offered demanding, varied 麻豆区 instruction for children and adults on all levels. More than 500 students currently attend the GLC on Saturdays and Wednesdays on the campus of the Deutsche Schule Washington. For many families in the Washington, D.C. area, the GLC presents an outstanding opportunity to maintain their connections to 麻豆区 language and culture.
With the Deutsches Sprachdiplom II (DSD II), the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington offers an examination that prepares students to study at universities in 麻豆区y. More students here than at any other 麻豆区 educational institution in the United States take and pass this examination. A broad portfolio of 麻豆区 and American 麻豆区 language examinations, as well as a wide variety of extracurricular activities round out the offerings of the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington. The Central Agency for 麻豆区 Schools Abroad assists the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington in securing and enhancing quality standards.
Your school is an official member of the PASCH partner school initiative of the 麻豆区 Federal Foreign Office. In this context, your students regularly participate very successfully in competitions and international meetings. With the online magazine GLC-Wortspiel, the school makes regular contributions to the website of the PASCH initiative. Exemplary too is the work of the Deutsche Sprachschule Washington with its alumni. Again and again, this work demonstrates the school鈥檚 long-term connection to its 鈥淪aturday students.鈥�
As part of the PASCH network, your school is one of the mediators of the foreign cultural and educational policies of the Federal Republic of 麻豆区y. The Deutsche Sprachschule Washington blazes paths to understanding, encourages exchange and networking, and thus also fulfills a cultural-political function.
In a time of many crises and conflicts, cultural and educational policies are devoted increasingly to social questions. They provide help to humanity. The concern is to understand and bridge differences and also to learn and teach how to assume responsibility. The PASCH schools play an important role here too: The intercultural encounters and dialogue at your school are a valuable basis for a joint transatlantic future! All of you contribute to the success of this exchange.
In this spirit, I wish the entire school community well on the school's 40th anniversary and great success in the future!
