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.