As there are no live classes included, it starts whenever you are ready and ends either when you have achieved your goal or when your access period ends.

I guarantee access to your course for 12 months. After that you will automatically be unenrolled.

This course provides you with everything you need to reach the designated level of the course. However, we strongly advise you to work with as many sample exams as possible well before your exam date to prepare for the precise format which we can’t prepare you for.

Jein, only if you become a paying core or premium support member. Beyond that you’ll of course have my dedicated technical support in case anything goes wrong with the website or a tool of mine. Don’t bother trying to fix things yourself. Simply send me a message via my homepage if anything doesn’t work as expected. Make sure to describe in detail what’s wrong and ideally you add a URL and a screenshot or even a short video illustrating the problem. That helps a lot.

Not in order to get to C1. This is an all inclusive German language course and all additional tools are free of charge. We do recommend however that you consider joining some sort of speaking practice. Our favourite platform is Deutschgym (affiliate link). Check it out. They got a free trial and are very affordable. 

No. You need an internet connection. The Teachable iOS only app allows for some parts to download but that’s rather painful to work with. You want to learn proper German so you need to use proper tools. Mobile phones and apps are not proper tools in our professional experience,  research and therefore opinion. But to read a text or listen to it, that app will do. If you have internet while being on your mobile, use the Chrome browser which is a much much better user experience and we really would love you to enjoy your learning and not to fiddle around with a bad UI/UX.

Yes, of course. The mobile version of the course is beautiful and there is even a Teachable app for iOS (only). But unfortunately many crucial course features like are not available in the app which makes it a hard sell for us. Use Chrome if you must use a mobile. Ideally you avoid working on a mobile but a bit of reading and listening is of course fine. But real work is not possible with such devices and that has got nothing to do with our course. It’s in the nature of those devices.

I’ve created smart and simple techniques that will allow you to practice and improve your speaking skills on your own. You will find them already in Lesson 01. On top of that we recommend that you check out Deutschgym (affiliate link) as it’s cheap and the best speaking practice platform we have come across in the last 20 years.

That depends on you. You can safely assume that it takes the same time as in any standard language school. If studying 4.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, A1, A2 and B1 each take 2 months, B2 and C1 take 3 months.

But you don’t have to stress yourself as you can take all the time you need. And you might even be a lot faster than that. How long such things take depends on many factors above all the time you put into this and your capability to learn languages which is again influenced by many many factors.

Here’s a simple technique to calculate how long this course might take you if things go smoothly: You can measure the time it takes you to finish Lesson 01 and multiply it by the total number of remaining lessons (around 49). Divide that by the number of hours you have available per week and you got a number you can work with and adjust when needed.