Learn German from an American?

Hi, I am American, but my mother was German, so I have dual citizenship. I can come to your home or business and teach you German. Sure, there are a million schools in Berlin where you can learn German, but boy, are they expensive. I only charge 150 Euros a month, and I come to you, so you don't have to travel. It's a lot easier to learn German from another American than from a German who barely speaks English, so... if you are a native English speaker living in Berlin and want to learn German, e-mail me!

How many hours would that include?

Actually immersion is the most successful forms of language education, and the state funded integration course is only 100 a month for 100 hours.

Maybe good for private people, but not the cheapest by far.

Disagree with that in a lot of ways. Comforting perhaps when you start, but once your brain realigns, it is in fact "easier" to learn (as in make the most rapid progress) using only target language. Immersion, as serena says. It's not the same if you revert to English every minute or two.

Good idea to get out and build clients but, as per first post, you need to say what customers get for their 150 Eur.

A complete beginner quickly feels overchallenged when he/she just hears the target language. When it comes to advanced learners I totally agree with swimmer and serena.

Another advantage of a bilingual teacher is that he/she can show similarities of both languages which are often very helpful, especially when it comes to English and German which have a lot in common.

I came to Germany with knowledge of 2 German words. Within 2 months of starting the class I could speak freely with people. While I do not understand every word, I understand themes and context, and can maintain conversations pretty good.

So I was in no way an advanced German student.

When given the option to revert back to your native language you are setting yourself up for failure. Even my university conduced all language courses in full immersion. That has become that standard. Take a look at ESOL, it is 100% English you think every teacher speaks the language of every kid in the class?

Back to the topic at hand. I wish you the best of luck with your teaching pursuits, but you need to beef up the marketing. You lost me at 150 a month with no description of what that entails.

And in regards to people wanting to familiarize themselves before a immersion course, there are countless low costs and free resources.