European Schools

binx
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:54:16 +0000

There are quite a few English speakers in the larger cities in Germany and Austria. Salzburg is a huge tourist town, and English is quite prevalent. No experience with Amsterdam, but I would assume something similar.

My S spent two weeks in Leipzig (Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldi Hochschule…) His teacher was from the Koeln area, and his classmates were from Korea and the Netherlands. Everything was done in English. But it was just a summer program.

All University-educated people in Germany from about 50-ish and younger have had to study English in school. We didn’t run into any teachers who did not speak English, although some don’t like to. I don’t think you’d have any trouble with your private teacher; my concern would be about classroom experiences. I believe for the school itself, most classes are taught in German. Most of the school websites will tell you how much English you need in order to attend.