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Hi. I’m Michael (51) and I used to teach in several language schools in different countries until I got frustrated with the still common system of teaching German and developed my own highly efficient and enjoyable approach.’

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I want you to succeed and to fully enjoy your German learning.

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My beautifully analytical and creative mind helped me develop wonderfully efficient German courses with unique and innovative learning techniques.

12 Years Online

I’ve been teaching German in several language schools before starting my own online language school. Since 2011 I've been producing and selling German online courses.

25+ Years as a tutor and learner

I started teaching German in Poland in 1999 and have been learning several languages since 1990. I’m fluent in English (~C1) and still remember quite a bit of Polish (~B1-B2, even though I haven’t used it in 20 years). I studied 15 languages most up to A1, some to B1 at university and privately.

I'm excellent at making complex topics easy to understand.

The SmarterGerman approach to learning German can also save you precious time by…

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Learn German smarter.

In all language schools that I worked for in the past, the teaching philosophy was to only use German in the classroom, even for instructions and explanations. In my professional and personal experience, German grammar explained solely in German is very difficult to grasp fully, especially when you are a beginner or intermediate student. Such an approach can create a lot of frustration and confusion in students. In my opinion this can be mostly avoided by using English as the teaching language which is why SmarterGerman teaches you German with help of English.

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German

Wenn das Verb zwei Objekte haben kann, dann ist die Sache, die gegeben wird, immer das direkte Objekt und die Empfängerin der Sache immer das indirekte Objekt.

English

When you “bring” something you can bring something (use Akkusativ for that thing) to someone (use Dativ for the receiver). There are other verbs like “bring”.

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Gain back your autonomy and enjoy the learning process and your success.

I’ll put your mind at ease.

Learn how to take advantage of the immense potential of your own mind to fully enjoy your German learning. My courses take care of everything around your learning experience to create the best possible learning environment. All you got to do is to follow my courses' guidance. And should you ever get stuck anywhere, just reach out to me and I'll show you where to find quick help.

Enjoy your learning even more.

Joy is our natural state whenever we learn new things. This joy has been overlaid by our past experiences and exposure to very limited strategies that we had to choose from when we were in school. SmarterGerman will enable you to recover more and more of your joy for learning German.

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My courses are easily accessible and guarantee solid results.

SmarterGerman in 2025 is a one man show but it is the result of the cooperation of many wonderful and engaged people including many of my learners.

I want you to fall in love with the product, my teaching style and my business philosophy.

It’s your feedback, the development of new technology and constantly arising insights into the psychology of the language learner that help me improve my work even further. Without you, SmarterGerman wouldn’t exist.

Danke!

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