Course description:
Group online courses are full-featured courses that take place 100% on our e-learning platform, without printed textbooks. Participants solve a variety of online exercises. Approximately 70% of these are exercises that require independent work. In addition, there are group exercises and exercises to be submitted to the teacher (including speaking tasks). The course participants work on these exercises individually or in groups. All skills are practised: reading, writing, listening, speaking (3-4 speaking tasks or pronunciation exercises per chapter). There are also 3-4 online meetings at each level.
Participants are constantly supervised by a teacher who monitors their work, gives feedback, makes sure that participants regularly solve the tasks, and conducts online meetings.
Enrolment for courses in the winter term 2024/25 is closed. The next enrolment for children's and youth courses will take place in February 2025.
If you would like to enrol for the first time at the Goethe-Institut in Warsaw, please take the placement test or send a document confirming your level of German (e.g. language certificate, proof of participation in a course at the Goethe-Institut or Österreich Institut) by e-mail to kurs-warschau@goethe.de.
The placement test consists of two parts: a written one (online) and an oral one, which is conducted by telephone or online (in the case of children and young people).
Taking the test is free of charge.
Step 1
Please register for the placement test.
Placement test
Step 2
After registering for the placement test, you will receive an automatic notification with a link and access code to the written part of the placement test.
Please take the test. Your result will automatically be sent to the Goethe-Institut.
Step 3
When we have received the result of your placement test, we will send you an e-mail with a link to an online form where you can choose the date for the oral part of the placement test.
We ask you to select the oral part of the placement test at least 2 days before the selected test date.
If you wish, we will also be happy to issue you with an official language certificate of your test result (fee: PLN 150).
General Information
Signing up for the courses takes place through our online store (Webshop). Setting the appropriate filters will make it easier to find the right course.
It is still possible to register for the course through the Course Office (kurs-warschau@goethe.de, tel. 22 505 90 42)
After signing up for the course, you will receive an e-mail with the booking confirmation. We ask you to transfer the course price within 3 days to the account 41 1140 1010 0000 5464 2000 1003, which is also mentioned on the booking confirmation.
If the course starts in less than a week, we ask you to pay the course fee without delay.
If payment is not made within this period, we will consider this as a cancellation of the course. In this case, the booking of the course place will be automatically deleted from our system without separate notification.
If a third party pays for the course, e.g. a company, please sign up for the course directly by e-mail to our Course Office and provide the payer's details on the same day.
For procedural reasons, the Goethe-Institut may only issue an invoice to the payer of the service. Payment must be made by the payer (company). The invoice will be issued after payment and sent electronically.
Participants of standard courses (in-class or via Zoom) and courses for children and teenagers are asked to buy the course book and the exercise book themselves (the course price does not include these).
Information on the textbook needed for a given course is available below:
or the Klett-Verlagonline shop with a discount of 10% when you use the code: Goethe Institut
In the German Online Group Courses (DOGR), all teaching materials are on our learning platform. You do not need a textbook for this course.
General Terms and Conditions of Participation
in language courses organised by
Goethe-Institut Krakow and Goethe-Institut Warsaw
1. Scope of applicability of General Terms and Conditions of Participation 1.1. General Terms and Conditions of Participation apply to all semester, quarter, intensive courses as well as to German Online-Group Courses (Deutsch Online-Gruppenkurse) and German Online-Individual Courses (Deutsch Online-Individualkurse). 1.2. General Terms and Conditions of Participation are available at the office of Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw and at www.goethe.de/krakow and www.goethe.de/warszawa, about which course Participants are informed at enrolment. By paying for the course, Participants conclude a Course Agreement (hereinafter referred to as Agreement)
for all online courses with Goethe-Institut Warsaw
for the in-class courses with the Goethe-Institut at which the respective course is offered
and confirm having been familiarized with the General Terms and Conditions of Participation.
2. Prerequisite
Persons willing to participate in language courses must be at least 16 years of age. This condition does not apply to courses for children and teenagers, in which case consent of the statutory representative is required.
3. Prices 3.1. Information on prices valid at the moment of enrolment can be found in the current price list available at the office of Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw as well as at www.goethe.de/krakow and www.goethe.de/warszawa. 3.2. No handling fee is charged for changing course group. 3.3. Payment made for the course entitles Participants to free use of the library of Goethe-Institut in Krakow and Warsaw as well as of the e-learning platform for a period of maximum 4 months. Payment made for the course entitles Participants to free consultations with language teachers. 3.4. The course fee does not include the cost of the course book and exam.
4. Payment conditions 4.1. Payment for the course shall be made on a one-off basis at the time and in way specified in the course reservation document: by bank transfer or by card at the Course Bureau in Goethe-Institut Warsaw.
Only timely payment can guarantee participation in the course. 4.2. Payment of the course fee is considered made at the moment it is booked:
for all online courses – to the bank account of Goethe-Institut Warsaw
for the in-class courses – to the bank account of Goethe-Institut at which the respective course is offered.
5. Termination of agreement 5.1. Course Participants may withdraw from the Agreement one day before the course commencement date at the latest. In such a case the course fee is refunded in full. 5.2. From the first day of the course, Participants may terminate the Agreement in writing.
The Agreement is dissolved after the period of notice. The following periods of notice apply:
a) for semester courses: 4 course weeks from the day of the notice of termination,
b) for quarter courses: 2 course weeks from the day of the notice of termination,
c) for intensive courses: 3 course days from the day of the notice of termination,
d) for German Online-Group Courses (Deutsch Online-Gruppenkurse): 1 course week from beginning of the following week,
e) for German Online-Individual Courses (Deutsch Online-Individualkurse): 5 calendar days from beginning of the following week. 5.3. If the Agreement is terminated, Participants are refunded course fees for lessons planned for time after the expiry of the period of notice. 5.4. In the situation when a standard course group has fewer than 8 Participants, Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw reserve the right to dissolve the course within 7 days from the planned course commencement date or to offer the course in a smaller group with reduced number of lessons at the same price. Should the course be dissolved, the course fee shall be refunded in full. In both cases Participants may also join another group provided there are places available. 5.5. Enrolment is possible up to 3 days after the start of the course and if there are free places in the course. The course fee will be reduced proportionally.
6. Group assignment / group size 6.1. Participants are assigned to a group at a given level on the basis of current language level certificate (results of oral and written placement test conducted at Goethe-Institut or Goethe-Institut Examination Centre, Goethe-Institut certificate). 6.2. The size of standard course group and of German Online-Group Courses (Deutsch Online-Gruppenkurse) is 12 persons maximum and in special cases 14 persons maximum. The minimum number of Participants per group is 8. 6.3. For children and teenagers’ courses, the maximum number of Participants is 10. 6.4. The Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw reserve the right to change the number of participants in a course and to offer the in-class course as an online course if this would be necessary due to official instructions or for the safety of course Participants and Goethe-Institut staff.
7. Participation in course 7.1. Participants of Goethe-Institut’s courses shall respect the social norm and behave in a cultured way. 7.2. Participants may only attend classes in the group to which they have been assigned. 7.3. The Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw are entitled to refuse admission to classes if course participants fail to comply with the rules of course participation laid down by the Goethe-Institut. 7.4. Course participants shall be liable for any damage caused to the Goethe-Institut or other persons due to non-compliance with the rules of course participation of the Goethe-Institut.
8. Inspections
The Language Department management conducts course inspections aimed at maintaining high quality of the lessons.
9. Course completion certificate
At the end of the course, each Participant shall receive a course completion certificate containing information of his/her results (based on tests and oral productions/written compositions) expressed as follows: has completed the course with “great success”, “good success” or “success”. If there is no grade on the course completion certificate, the next course level hasn’t been reached. Only the results: “great success”, “good success” and “success” entitle Participants to attend the next level course. The confirmation of participation does not require a signature. It is generated by the system and sent to the e-mail address of the course participant entered in the system when booking the course.
10. Liability of Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw / Force majeure
Liability of Goethe-Institut Krakow, Goethe-Institut Warsaw and their employees shall be limited to cases of intentional actions and gross neglect. Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw shall not be liable for non-delivery of services caused by force majeure, such as natural disaster, fire, flooding, war, directive of authority and any other circumstances beyond control of both parties.
11. Claims and complaints
Claims and complaints shall be submitted
in case of online courses – to the Course Bureau at Goethe-Institut Warsaw
in case of in-class courses – to the Course Bureau at the Goethe-Institut at which the respective course is offered.
The management of Course and Exam Department shall reply to claims and complaints in writing within two weeks of their submission.
12. Validity of General Terms and Conditions 12.1. Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw reserve the right to amend the General Terms and Conditions of Participation. Such an amendment shall be effective at the time specified by Goethe-Institut Krakow and Warsaw. The amendment may not come in force earlier than 14 days from the moment the changed Terms and Conditions of Participation are made available to the Participants. 12.2. The present provisions of the General Terms and Conditions of Participation come into effect on 01.04.2024
The Goethe-Institut takes the protection of your data very seriously. With this data protection declaration we would like to inform you transparently which personal data ("your data") we collect, process and use about you when you register for a course and / or an examination at the Goethe-Institut.
The following days are course-free in autumn quarter (30.09.-23.11.24):
31.10.-02.11.24
11.11.24
Course-free days in winter quarter (25.11.24- 01.02.25) are:
23.12.24-06.01.25
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
If you participate in a virtual classroom via Zoom, you will find the Zoom link to your course on the first page of your course in the virtual classroom on our learning platform.
In order to access some of the Goethe-Institut's online services, such as the learning platform, it is necessary to register on the portal MyGoethe.de. You can find out how to do this in our video
You will find your customer number on the first page of the booking confirmation you received by e-mail after booking the course in the webshop or in the course office.
The course will be visible at least one day before the first meeting
- on the Goethe-Institut e-learning platform: https://lernen.goethe.de on the first page and
- in your profile on the Goethe-Institut portal “MyGoethe.de”: https://my.goethe.de under "Courses".
The login data is the same for both sides.
Access to your online course room remains active 4 months after the end of the course.
We kindly ask you to pay the course fee within 3 days of receiving the booking confirmation. If payment is not made within this period, we will consider this as a cancellation of the course. In this case, the booking of the course place will be automatically deleted from our system without separate notification.
Please transfer the course fee to the following account: 41 1140 1010 0000 5464 2000 1003 .
All current and subsequent courses can be found in our Webshop or on this website above under Course offer.
We will be happy to answer any questions you may have by phone at: +48225059042. Due to high demand, our telephone lines may be overloaded. In this case, please contact us by email: kurs-warschau@goethe.de.
Autumn quarter: September-November
Winter quarter: November-February
Spring quarter: February-April
Summer quarter: April-June
Winter semester (children's and youth courses): September or October-February (with a break for school winter holidays in the Mazovia region)
Summer semester (children's and youth courses): February-June
Superintensive courses: July, August, September
We offer different types of courses where classes are held once, twice a week or more.
An overview of courses can be found here:
We offer courses at all language levels: beginners (A1), advanced (B1-B2) and for users with a very high level of proficiency in German (C1-C2). Additionally, we offer a variety of specialised courses.
Switching the course is possible provided that there are still seats available. If you have any question about switching the course, please contact the Language Course Office (kurs-warschau@goethe.de, phone: 22 505 90 42).
Unfortunately, this is not always possible as a minimum number of participants is required. This minimum also depends on the type of course. In addition, other organisational reasons may cause cancelling of the course.
We will send you information, if a course that has already been paid for has to be cancelled before it starts. Should this happen, we will try to propose an alternative solution or we will refund the course fee.
To register for the exam, please go to our page with the overview of exams at the Goethe-Institut Warsaw.
Please select the respective exam there. In the middle of the page with the description of the exam you will find a window with the online registration.
You can find the current prices of our examinations under Prüfungspreise.
