Why is Evening German the right course for you?

• You want a course with a fast learning pace.
• > You will improve your language skills for work and gain the speaking and writing skills you need to better handle everyday situations.
• You will get to know Swiss society.
• You strengthen your social and personal skills.

What exactly do you learn in this course?

• > Strategies for building up and expanding your everyday vocabulary
• > How to improve your pronunciation and speaking skills using conversation and phonetic exercises
• Grammar and structures, text work
• Listening and reading comprehension
• Working and learning techniques

What sets our courses apart?

• > Practical lessons: you learn through real-life examples.
• > Interaction: we emphasize communication and student involvement.
• > Need-orientation: you determine your learning process. We support you.
• > Variety: you learn alone, in pairs and in groups with various media.

More valuable information

• If you have already attended a course with us in the last six months, no new level assessment is required. If you have not yet attended a course with us, or if it has been more than six months since you last attended a course, a level assessment is required. We will send you the date for this by SMS.
• You learn together with a maximum of 13 other course participants.
• > We recommend 3-5 hours of independent study a week.
• > At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance with details of your language level and attendance time if you have attended at least 60%.
• > After the course you can opt for a telc language test (A1, A2, B1, B2) or a proof of language competency fide (A1 to B1). We will be happy to inform you.

K5 helps you successfully learn German – customized to your needs.

We offer various fee reductions for our courses and the childcare
Our course and childcare fees vary because donations and cantonal contributions allow us to offer fee reductions based on your canton of residence. You too can take advantage of these reductions!

The reductions possible depend on the canton of your residence. Please note the following important information:

Basel-Stadt
If you live in Basel-Stadt, you can benefit from a price reduction for German courses and childcare.

Important:
1. In order to calculate the price reduction, we need your health insurance premium reduction.

• If you do not yet have a premium reduction, you can apply for one from the Office for Social Security Contributions. You can find information here  .
• The Office for Social Contributions will classify you according to your income and family situation. You will receive a reduction from us according to the same level.

2. In order to for you to receive a price reduction, we have to forward your data to the education department of the canton BS (adult education department) (last name, first name, date of birth, nationality, residence status, gender, number of years of formal education, employment yes or no).

3. In order to for you to receive a price reduction for childcare, we have to forward your child's data to the education department of the canton BS (adult education department) (last name, first name, date of birth of the child).

We offer courses that are free with the Basel-Stadt voucher. With a free voucher, there is no reduction on the childcare price.

The K5 playgroup accepts children who are required by the canton Basel-Stadt to attend a playgroup in order to learn German (Obligatorium BS).

Baselland:
If you live in canton Baselland, we can then give you a fee reduction based on your income for specific courses up to Niveau B1. In order to receive a fee reduction, you must provide K5 with your salary statements from the past three months. According to the regulations of the canton Basel-Landschaft, a reduction is only granted to persons with a regular long-term residency (residency permits B, C, or the Swiss passport).

Solothurn:
If you live in the Dorneck-Thierstein district of canton Solothurn, you can take advantage of fixed reduced fees for certain courses. The fees for Solothurn residents are written on K5's course descriptions.

Please stop by or call us. We would be happy to assist you in your language of choice.

Upon completion of the course, a written Confirmation of participation The certificate is issued with details of the course content, course dates, individual language level and number of lessons if the course was attended and completed with an attendance of at least 60%. The individual language level may differ from the course level.

Installment payments are possible. The entire course fee must be paid by the end of the course.

One Deregistration up to one week before the start of the course is free of charge, up to one week after the start of the course is CHF 75.- to pay. The full price will be charged from the second week onwards. For participants from Basel-Stadt with a valid Basel-Stadt voucher, course attendance is free of charge. free of charge. If you cancel up to one week after the start of the course, the voucher can be returned for a fee of CHF 75.- be reclaimed. If you cancel after the second week of the course, the voucher loses its validity and cannot be used again.