However, perhaps you would like to learn to speak exclusively or mainly, rather than write? Then a conversation course or a combination conversation/intensive course might be ideal for you. You can also find diploma courses that prepare you for language exams at many German schools. Special courses, for example for job seekers, mothers with children, families, women, senior citizens, special professional groups or illiterates, can also be found in many places.

In addition, diploma courses can be attended in both variants, in which the German school prepares you for the German exam you wish to take. Private lessons are also possible, as are special courses, such as business German or conversation courses, German for job seekers or company courses. A distinction is made between German as a foreign language, German as a second language and German as a native language. There are corresponding continuing education, further training courses for all three areas, which are also divided into different levels of proficiency, especially for the first two, depending on how well you speak German.

However, a distinction can also be made according to the specific activities within a company. For example, you can send some of your employees to special telephone training courses to train oral communication in French and train your management staff in negotiating and concluding contracts. The topics are wide-ranging and are set by you or the person responsible at your company. And not only in terms of content, but also in terms of time and location. After all, you decide whether you want to train your employees in French courses in just four weeks or over the course of a year and whether this should take place on your company's premises, in the provider's seminar rooms, in a conference hotel or perhaps even via an online course. Company courses for French and any other foreign language are therefore extremely flexible and individual, so that they can be adapted to your wishes and the level of knowledge of your employees.

Individual language courses are designed so that your employees learn exactly what they need for their work, for example telephone training or contract negotiations, the customs and traditions of the foreign country or company presentations. In addition, there are industry-, job- and position-specific technical terms and abbreviations that are needed for professional conversation. Such French courses are therefore not just conventional business courses that teach your employees a little French, but can be developed entirely according to your requirements.

As the person responsible, you determine the framework conditions not only in terms of content, but also in terms of time and location. You decide whether it is a one-day crash course or a one-year continuing education, further training course. You can also decide where the language course takes place. Seminars are possible at your company, in congress centers or hotels or, if available, at the French course provider's premises. You can find out more about this in our guide "How to choose the right seminar provider" (see navigation point "Education help" above).

If you are interested in a course in St. Gallen, you have probably already made some considerations and know at least roughly which subject area you are interested in, be it vocational training, specific continuing education, further training or a leisure course. Narrow down this subject area as far as you can, for example "training and continuing education, further training in sales" or "French language courses", depending on the area in which you are looking for further training. You can then use this narrowing down to find the right course via our list of training courses, which is subdivided according to educational topics, and you can also obtain more detailed information on the individual courses via our educational guides. These can be found under the navigation point "Education help" at the top. Our educational advice, which you can also find under this heading, can also be very helpful in your search for the right course in St. Gallen.