Improvisationstheater heißt auf Englisch "Improv" und genau darum geht es hier: Diese frische Theaterform hilft uns unsere Englischkenntnisse zu verbessern (to improve) und aufzufrischen. Ohne Zeit zum Überlegen werden die Hemmschwellen zum Sprechen niedergerissen und ein Raum geschaffen, in dem Scheitern erlaubt ist – ja gewollt, weil lustiger! –, und Spaß zum Lehrmeister wird. Spracherfolge passieren nebenbei. Der Kurs wird auf Englisch angeleitet und setzt Grundkenntnisse in Englisch voraus.

Lernen Sie noch wie in der Schule und wundern sich, dass Sie sich die neuen Vokabeln nicht merken können?
Schieben Sie das Lernen vor sich her, weil es so mühsam ist?
Oder wollen Sie es ganz aufgeben, weil Sie es sich nicht mehr zutrauen?
Dann beschäftigen Sie sich an einem Vormittag damit, wie Ihr Gedächtnis funktioniert und wie Sie Ihre persönliche Lernstrategie aus vielen angebotenen Beispielen auswählen und finden können. Stellen Sie fest, dass Vokabellernen nicht Frust sondern Lust bedeuten kann, und dass das Ergebnis so viel effektiver im Gedächtnis verankert wird.

Lernen Sie noch wie in der Schule und wundern sich, dass Sie sich die neuen Vokabeln nicht merken können?
Schieben Sie das Lernen vor sich her, weil es so mühsam ist?
Oder wollen Sie es ganz aufgeben, weil Sie es sich nicht mehr zutrauen?
Dann beschäftigen Sie sich an einem Vormittag damit, wie Ihr Gedächtnis funktioniert und wie Sie Ihre persönliche Lernstrategie aus vielen angebotenen Beispielen auswählen und finden können. Stellen Sie fest, dass Vokabellernen nicht Frust sondern Lust bedeuten kann, und dass das Ergebnis so viel effektiver im Gedächtnis verankert wird.

Der Stadtrundgang zeigt Hamburg aus lokalen und transnationalen Perspektiven Geflüchteter. Aktivist/innen aus verschiedenen Netzwerken (z.B. Lampedusa in Hamburg, NINA – fraueN IN Aktion, Freedom of Movement Dänemark) teilen ihr Wissen und Erfahrungen mit politischer Organisierung, Unterstützungsstrukturen und alltäglichen Problemen in der Stadt. In Stationen rund um den Hauptbahnhof und Hammerbrook kommen verschiede Themen zur Sprache: die Regelungen des europäischen Dublin-Systems, Inhaftierungen und Abschiebungen, Perspektiven geflüchteter Frauen, Racial Profiling, Familienzusammenführung, der Alltag in einer Unterkunft oder der Ausschluss aus dem Gesundheits- und Bildungssystem und dem Wohnungs- und Arbeitsmarkt.

The city walk shows Hamburg from local and transnational perspectives of refugees. Activists from different groups or networks (Lampedusa in Hamburg, NINA – womeN IN Action, Freedom of Movements Denmark and others) give insights into their diverse knowledge and experiences with political organising, support structures and day-to-day struggles in the city. Depending on the activists, the focus will be on different topics: the European Dublin system, detention and deportation, perspectives of refugee women, racial profiling‘, family reunification, everyday-life in a refugee camp exclusion from the health and education system and the housing and labour market. The city walk takes place mainly in English, a translation to German is possible.

The HafenCity – currently one of Europe’s largest inner-city development projects – is a blueprint for the development of a European city on the waterfront. We will bike through it and visit the HafenCity highlights including the Kaispeicher, the Überseequartier, the Lohsepark, the former Afrika Terminal on Baakenhöft, the new U-Bahn Terminal "Elbbrücken" and of course the Elbphilharmonie. We will round off our tour with a tea at the famous Meßmer Momentum. (Ab Niveau B1/B2)

In der Hansestadt hat die englische Sprache eine lange Tradition. Mit der Englisch-Dozentin Barbara Schwarz erkunden wir Orte, in denen die Weltsprache zum Alltag gehört(e). Geplant sind Stadtrundgänge zur Geschichte und Gegenwart. Wir thematisieren u.a. William Lindley, der die Wasserversorgung und die Stadtentwicklung mitgestaltete, die Rolle der Europäischen Union in Hamburg sowie die Einwanderung. Wir besuchen Experten, den Infopoint Europe, eine englischsprachige Kirchengemeinde sowie ein Konsulat. Fehlerfreudigkeit und die ungezwungene Übung anhand von historischen und politischen Themen stehen dabei im Vordergrund. Alle Informationen werden - bei Bedarf - auf Deutsch übersetzt.

Between 1850 and 1930 over five million people migrated through Hamburg BallinStadt to the US. Let’s spend a day learning about the fascinating and diverse European migration stories to the US. What types of people migrated? Why did they migrate? Let’s explore the exhibition and discuss their stories. What were their hopes and dreams? Were they fulfilled? How did they arrive to Hamburg? How were the travel accommodations? What was their destination and why? Were their aspirations, similar to the hopes and dreams of those who migrate today? These and many more questions will be answered during our museum visit. Afterwards, we will have a coffee at the restaurant and discuss our discoveries. Ab Niveau Englisch B2.

Postmemory, ein von Marianne Hirsch geprägter Begriff, beschreibt die Übertragung von „Erinnerungen" nach dem Holocaust. Jüdische Generationen erben diese durch ihre Erziehung in Form von Geschichten, Bildern und Verhaltensweisen um sie herum. Wir betrachten die bildende Kunst, Schriften und Filme der zweiten und dritten Generation. Dabei werden wir sowohl den Kampf als auch die Heilung, die diese Postgenerationen durch die Künste in Gang gesetzt haben, näher kennenlernen.

In dieser Gruppe können Sie auf die leichte Art mit viel Spaß Ihr Englisch wieder reaktivieren. Es werden gemeinsam englische Texte gelesen und übersetzt. Danach findet ein Austausch über das Gelesene auf Deutsch statt. Die Auswahl der Texte wird in der Gruppe getroffen.
Diese Gruppe ist selbstorganisiert und kostet pro Termin 1 EUR.

Learning to understand and use idioms is a true challenge for every language learner, especially when the idiom is different from the one in one's native language. However, idioms are an important step towards achieving fluency. This course will 'show you the ropes', e.g. will help you better handle this kind of figurative language.
Be prepared to pay 1 EUR to your teacher for photocopies.

Explore the streets of Hamburg with your camera in English! In this unusual English conversation and art photography course, a professional photographer and English teacher will take you on a photo shoot through a quarter of the city. Look for the best subjects, the best angles, the best settings and the best light with a professional on location to give you feedback and help you with your English. The first day we will spend on the streets shooting; the second day we will be in the classroom viewing and talking about each of the participant's results.
What you need for the course: a good digital camera, preferably one that makes raw files (this can be a compact/system camera, or a single lens reflex camera); a day pass for public transportation; a sturdy clear-plastic bag to tape over your camera in case of rain.

Once a month we'll tour the Kunsthalle and the most important special exhibitions (contemporary, modern or classical). Come and share your ideas.

Once a month we'll tour the Kunsthalle and the most important special exhibitions (contemporary, modern or classical). Come and share your ideas.

Once a month we'll tour the Kunsthalle and the most important special exhibitions (contemporary, modern or classical). Come and share your ideas.

Interested in the English language? Eager to practise your English speaking skills in a pleasurable group and cordial atmosphere? Then why not join this friendly, networking group and enjoy a pleasant evening, chatting in English and getting to know others? The drink you choose (and which you will have to pay by yourself) as well as the topics to talk about are up to you and the other participants.
The group will meet in a pub in Schanzenviertel … you will be informed about the exact place and the address about one week before the course starts.

Booklovers meet fellow readers!
Join HARPO'S BOOK CLUB, read and discuss a New York Times bestseller - and find out about excellent travel writing, food writing and more! Book-Title: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. (A novel, not a true memoir). Part historical novel, part fairy tale, Memoirs of a Geisha is a sympathetic portrait of a woman who was sold as a child by her financially desperate father, and placed in a house for geisha. A unique work of fiction, suspenseful and completely unforgettable. First published in 1997, the book was a literary sensation and runaway bestseller.
Please don’t read the book beforehand but wait for further information (email).
Geeignet für Einsteiger auf B2.

Booklovers meet fellow readers!
Join HARPO'S BOOK CLUB, read and discuss a New York Times bestseller - and find out about excellent travel writing, food writing and more! Book-Title: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. (A novel, not a true memoir). Part historical novel, part fairy tale, Memoirs of a Geisha is a sympathetic portrait of a woman who was sold as a child by her financially desperate father, and placed in a house for geisha. A unique work of fiction, suspenseful and completely unforgettable. First published in 1997, the book was a literary sensation and runaway bestseller.
Please don’t read the book beforehand but wait for further information (email).
Geeignet für Einsteiger auf B2.

In many parts of England, Scotland and Ireland your afternoon cup of tea is served with sandwiches, cake, scones, clotted cream and jam: the famous five o'clock tea. How about making scones and sandwiches ourselves, chatting over the baking trays, enjoying the mouth-watering smell? We will also read some texts and talk about the tradition. And - of course - we will put the kettle on for a nice strong tea!
Be prepared to pay 4 € to your teacher for food, ingredients and photocopies!

Booklovers meet fellow readers!
Join HARPO'S BOOK CLUB, read and discuss a New York Times bestseller - and find out about excellent travel writing, food writing and more! Book-Title: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen. A hyped Number 1 bestseller, the moving story follows Kya Clark as she grows up alone in a shack in the swamplands of North Carolina. The beautiful wilderness fails to shield her from poverty, heartbreak or an accusation of murder. A terrific debut.
Soon to be made into a movie by Reese Witherspoon.
Please don’t read the book beforehand but wait for further information (email).
Geeignet für Einsteiger auf B2.

This desert landscape had much to tell us about the past of this corner of Africa. We'll be visiting a ghost town, sand dunes of the Namib desert, the second-largest canyon in the world. We'll also learn about the the ethnic groups here and their life in the bush.

Explore the streets of Hamburg with your camera in English! In this unusual English conversation and art photography course, a professional photographer and English teacher will take you on a photo shoot through a quarter of the city. Look for the best subjects, the best angles, the best settings and the best light with a professional on location to give you feedback and help you with your English. Afterwards we will go back to the classroom to discuss each participant's results.
What you need for the course: a good digital camera (this can be a compact/system camera, or a single lens reflex camera); a day pass for public transportation; a sturdy clear-plastic bag to tape over your camera in case of rain.

Line dancing is a style of dancing in which people move across the floor in a line. It is danced without partners and follows a choreographed pattern of steps to country and western music. It comes from the USA and is becoming more and more popular in Germany, too. Join in and have fun! The course will be held in English; all levels welcome.

Bring your sketchbook, gel pens, pen and ink, drawing pens, chalks and spend two sessions drawing and speaking English. The teacher will help you develop your artistic skills, regardless of your level of experience.
Zari Harat is a visual artist and instructor based in Hamburg.
The course will be held in English.

The theme here is wildlife. We spent several days in the national park in August 2018. August happens to be the dry season. The waterholes of the park get frequent visits of everything from impallas to elephants.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the USA, Canada and other countries. The meaning of Thanksgiving has undergone numerous transitions, but it is mainly an expression of gratitude for survival. Over the centuries, families added their customs to the Thanksgiving celebration, preserving that which they held most precious. Families and friends get together, in some cities and towns, there are parades or other public events and it is one of the busiest periods for travel in the USA. With your American teacher you will learn more about the history of this day, look back at its origin and talk about the traditions and rituals.