What is independent online learning?

50 percent of a blended learning course consists of independent online learning. You will have access to our online platform, where you will find the online portion of the course. This section of online learning includes engaging learning activities, online flash cards to study vocabulary, and summary sheets of all important grammatical structures and phrases you will encounter. Your instructor will assign weekly exercises intended to be completed at your own pace within a given week. These exercises will prepare you for your online live sessions in which you will meet with your class. Most online activities will involve working individually, but will also include interactive tasks where you will engage with the entire learning group. These group activities may include posting about your hobbies, interests or upcoming events while also engaging with classmates by leaving comments on their posts.

Do I need to purchase any textbooks?

All required course materials for your blended learning course are available online free of charge.

Why do these courses meet only 90min per week?

You will learn just as much in a blended learning course as in our fully face-to-face courses. The weekly study time is divided into two parts: 90/180 minutes a week of live group classes 90/180 minutes of independent online learning

Can I sit in on a class to see if Blended Learning is right for me?

Yes! We will periodically be holding free trial classes. Next date: 30 June 2020. Registration and a language proficiency assessment are required to participate – to get started please contact info-muscat@goethe.de

What do I need to participate?

A Windows or Mac desktop or laptop computer. We do not recommend using tablets, cell phones, or other mobile devices for this course. A dedicated headset (headphones and microphone). If you use the built-in speakers and microphone on your laptop, you and other students in your class may experience an undesirable echo effect. Please don't login via the browser, but download the free Zoom application before you join an online live session. (Your online tutor will send you the link.)

Blended learning online

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Illustration: Klassenzimmer, Mann sitzt am Tisch, Laptop und Tasse stehen auf dem Tisch.

50% live sessions + 50% tutored self-study phases
flexible self-study phases
learning in the group, individual feedback from your teacher

50% online-live sessions, 50% self-study

The blended learning format combines the advantages of face-to-face classes with those of virtual learning.

Our blended learning courses are taking place completely online at present. The face-to-face phases are held as live sessions using the Zoom conferencing tool. You will use the Goethe-Institut’s learning platform for the self-study phases. Your teacher will give you an introduction to all the relevant tools. Our standard terms and conditions (AGB) apply.

Level
A1-B2
Start
Feb, April, July, Sep, Nov
Duration
9 weeks
Hours per week
3 hours of live sessions + 3 hours of tutored self-study phases
Course location
online
Access to learning platform
11 weeks
Price
270 OMR

How it works

Learning platform
You will be given access to our online platform, which is where you will find the online part of your course. This online part features motivating and varied exercises, flash cards to help you practise your vocabulary, and summaries of all key grammar structures and useful phrases that you learn during the course.

Most of the online activities are run on an individual basis. However, there are also a number of interactive exercise types that you and your learning group can work on together on the online platform. These group activities include for example short texts about your hobbies, interests or upcoming events. You will also taking part in group discussions and comment on texts written by your fellow students.

Support from the teacher
Your online teacher will give you weekly homework exercises that you can do at your own pace at any time during the week. You will prepare these exercises in the face-to-face sessions in which you meet with your class.

Online teaching in live sessions
You will meet your teacher and fellow students in your virtual classroom on the days and at the times specified. The conferencing tool Zoom will be used for the live sessions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Advice by phone: +971 4 3259865 Advice by e-mail: language-gulfregion@goethe.de

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