Goethe-Institut Melbourne — Local services in Melbourne

Goethe Institute Melbourne, the Victorian branch of this world renowned German Language School is situated in an easily accessible location in Melbourne. It is situated at No 448, a short walking distance from Domain Exchange on St Kilda Rd, and also by many Tram routes on St Kilda Road.

Goethe Institute occupies most of the 1st floor with the classrooms, the library and the reception. The classrooms are equipped with state of the art multimedia facilities to accommodate modern day digital media applications. The library comprises of highly relevant lending and reference material for the beginner and the most advanced.

The highest value in the institute are the teachers of the school, of course. They are well trained, highly skilled, enthusiastic, passionate and well experienced teachers. The teachers at the Goethe Institute Melbourne are the essence of the service backed by efficient and courteous admin and reception staff. In the pool of teachers, there are descendants of post war German migrants to Australia, long term residents in Australia as well as visiting native speakers from German speaking countries.

It is also a great addition to learning aid that the topics are available in an online forum. You can help each other and discuss grammar the contents of the lessons online. Via Goethe Institute you can access their many learning programs such as “Deutsch für dich”, their social media portal and other leading public German learning websites as Deutsche Welle, and German newspapers.

So, if you want to study German language in Melbourne, this is the place, Goethe Institute on Level 1/448 St Kilda Road Melbourne. I have been studying German at Melbourne Goethe Institute for nearly 2 years now and this is my firsthand experience.

Sarath...

I have been studying at Goethe Institute for 6 weeks and have been very happy with my teacher, Miriam. However, most of the learning is by self-study with their online system, which is pedagogically disastrous. The self-study component’s workload is extreme, and it contains tons of vocabulary and grammar not covered in class. This means students do not understand what they are doing and are essentially wasting their time and money.

I wrote to the director of the Goethe Institute, Ms Sonja Griegoschewski, to provide feedback about this and suggest they lower the pace of the course and have more scaffolding (I am an experienced language teacher myself with over 20 year teaching experience). Unfortunately, Sonja seemed dismissive and was defensive about the course structure, claiming that the workload is manageable. I feel that the centre is treating students as cash cows at the price of $549 per term and fails to deliver a solid language learning experience. I wouldn’t recommend this...

Great course and excellent teaching! Completed two courses with Marie Dingert and Miriam Garrido, both are very patient and teach the subject with great passion and enthusiasm. Would highly recommend the course and both teachers to anyone looking to learn German. Courses are structured, fun and engaging with a great deal of flexibility. Was not sure how much could be learned via an online course but with great teachers as mentioned it makes the task so much easier...