German
Ridgefield Continuing Education
German

German - Evening


Reminder: Advanced registration and payment is required.


Classes are listed below. For Summer 2025, German classes are on Zoom.


German: Beginner 1, Part 1 - Evening
This Zoom class is for total beginners with a focus on pronunciation, basic grammar, comprehension, and vocabulary. Text is Schritte PLUS Neu 1 Niveau A1
. Instructor Karen Wolfinger is a native of Germany and has worked in the U.S. for over 20 years. She teaches at the German School of CT, as well as Air Force and National Guard personnel.

Please call (203) 431-2812 or email ridgefieldce@gmail.com to be on a notification list for Fall 2025 dates and confirm text. Class will be on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m.


German: Intermediate 1, Part 1 Continued - Evening
A continuation of Intermediate 1, part 1 from spring 2025. Newcomers with some experience may join. Basic conversation for beginners with a focus on pronunciation, grammar, comprehension, and vocabulary. Text is Schritte PLUS Neu 2 Niveau A1.2, Deutsch als Zweitsprache fur Alltag und Beruf, Kurs und Arbeitsbuch mit Audios online, (
text is downloadable). New people should email to determine text as the class may have moved to the next text in this series. Instructor Karen Wolfinger is a native of Germany and has worked in the U.S. for over 20 years. She teaches at the German School of CT, as well as Air Force and National Guard personnel.

6 Sessions (9 hours) $130 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. $ 116)
Tue., 6/3, 10, 17, 24; 7/8, 15 from 6:10 to 7:40 p.m. on Zoom. NOTE: No class 7/1. Makeup date, if needed is added to end.

5 Sessions (7.5 hours) $ 109 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. $ 97)
Tue., 8/19, 26; 9/2, 9, 16 from 6:10 to 7:40 p.m. on Zoom. NOTE: No class 9/23. Makeup date, if needed is 9/30.


Why Learn a Foreign Language? in Person? or Online with active Instruction and Participation?

Step away from a rote computer program and into live, active learning of a foreign language.

Absorb news as heard in another country.

Visit another country to see the sites, converse, eat, and enjoy the culture.

Use original genealogical sources.

European History, Meso Armerican Archaeology and More!


The Rise of Civilization in Meso America ~ the Olmecs and the Zapotecs
3 Sessions $ 77 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. $ 65)
Wed., 10/15, 22, 29 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Annex (66 prospect Street) + Zoom (hybrid)



The Rise of Civilization in Meso America ~ the Teotihuacan, Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs
3 Sessions
Winter / Spring 2026. Contact us to be on a notification list or visit website.


The Creation of Italy
1 Session $29 (Ridgefield Seniors and Disabled pay $25)
Tue., 6/10 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom.


Diego Velazquez  – The Painter’s Painter
1 Session $29 (Ridgefield Seniors and Disabled pay $25)
Wed., 6/11 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom.



The Wives of Henry VIII
1 Session $29 (Ridgefield Seniors and Disabled pay $25)
Wed., 7/30 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom.



Hans Holbein - Painter to the King
1 Session $29 (Ridgefield Seniors and Disabled pay $25)
Wed., 8/6 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom.


Click here to view the European History and Local History and Meso American Archaeology classes above.