Join our interesting and relaxing get-together in the vhs club INTERNATIONAL! Everyone is welcome, whether you're a native speaker or just want to practice your English.

English Book-Talks If you enjoy reading and talking about literature, join our weekly meeting of bookworms! Please bring your own copy of the book, your ideas and your questions! Newcomers are always welcome! Die Bücher sind in der Stadtbibliothek Erlangen ausleihbar. Bitte lesen Sie bis zum ersten Treffen mindestens ein Drittel des Buches. In Kooperation mit der Stadtbibliothek Erlangen

If you enjoy reading and talking about literature, join our weekly meeting of bookworms! Please bring your own copy of the book, your ideas and your questions! Newcomers are always welcome! Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, one of the most celebrated British writers of the last 40 years (Booker Prize winner, Nobel Prize winner), is the author’s best-loved novel. It is set in England in the late 1990s and the narrator tells us about her childhood and upbringing in an institution called Hailsham -a powerful and moving book.

If you enjoy reading and talking about literature, join our weekly meeting of bookworms! Please bring your own copy of the book, your ideas and your questions! Newcomers are always welcome! In Three Daughters of Eve by best-selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak the narrator, Peri, reflects on her childhood in Turkey and her youth in England and tries to make sense of a past she has tried to forget.

ACHTUNG: Neuer Termin! Die Veranstaltung wird auf den 6. Juni verlegt. “Tales of Women’s Resistance in Contemporary India” explores how Indian women navigate and confront the powerful structures of caste, class, patriarchy, and colonial legacy that shape their lives. Across India, women’s movements are reclaiming public spaces, challenging deeply rooted societal norms, and resisting oppression in both domestic and institutional realms. This talk delves into the everyday struggles, reflections, and aspirations of Indian women as they push boundaries and create lasting change in their communities and beyond. In Kooperation mit dem Frauenzentrum Erlangen

Niveaustufe C1 und C2: Allgemeine Kurse Die folgenden Kurse setzen sehr gute Kenntnisse in der Sprache voraus, die etwa 5 bis 6-jährigem Schulunterricht und mehr in Englisch entsprechen. Die bisher erworbenen Fertigkeiten im Hör- und Leseverstehen und besonders im mündlichen Ausdruck werden weiter ausgebaut, grammatische Strukturen wiederholt und geübt.

Join us for fifteen 90-minute sessions around the English-speaking world with topical texts for features, language tips and exercises that give you the chance to improve fluency, reading, listening and active vocabulary.

Kleingruppe 5 bis 8 Teilnehmer*innen Start your week right: In this new course, we will explore the expressions and language that are useful in everyday life. The themes discussed will be varied and include travelling, ordering food in a restaurant, email communication, expressing agreement and disagreement and describing personality traits, amongst others. The focus will be on increasing vocabulary as well as some grammar corrections as needed, with the goal of increasing fluency and confidence. The course topics are flexible and can be adapted to participants' interests and needs, and of course to our Monday morning moods. Participants should be comfortable in communicating in English, ideally level C1, however, motivated participants and those eager for a challenge from all levels are welcome. Participants are kindly requested to bring 4 euros to the first class to cover material costs.

This course is for those who have already attained a high level of English but wish to improve their oral skills even more. Not only will we read and discuss interesting newspaper articles, texts and literary excerpts, but we will work on vocabulary, formal and informal, the idiomatic language and intercultural aspects. Newcomers are very welcome. Course materials will be provided.

If you like to speak English, come along and join us. We're friendly, actually charming, and talk about everything. You determine what you'd like to talk about and we take it from there. Extra activities are offered to anyone who would like more than the course has to offer.

Thinking of taking your English (B2) to the higher level of C1 - then this course is what you are looking for. Targets: Enhancing your spoken language to be clear and concise, written English will also include basic business tasks (reports, minutes etc.). Understanding authentic reading texts/newspapers/reports. Boosting your listening skills. Building a wide range of vocabulary and more complex collocations. Applying sophisticated language structures in verbal and written communication. Getting down to the nitty-gritty of some grammar. C1 level is a whole new ball game and great fun. Book/material - will be discussed on the first evening.

Interesting topics provide the background to this course which aims to encourage and develop your conversational skills. We will use a variety of sources e.g. newspaper/magazine articles for discussions, vocabulary and grammar games for extending vocabulary and improving sentence structure and many more acitvites. If you're interested, come and join our friendly group! For students with a good knowledge of English (about 6 to 7 years).

Kleingruppe 5 bis 8 Teilnehmer*innen A course for participants who use English at work or at school and/or who wish to practice or improve their skills and competences and have some fun. Role-plays, games and presentations may be part of our activities; different topics will be covered in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Support and a review of structures in relevant context will gladly be offered, if needed.