Lernimpuls Witten e.V.

Integration Course

Integration Course

Objective

Our courses, funded by the BAMF, support you in settling into Germany and finding a new home here. In General Integration Courses or Literacy Courses, you learn German up to level A2/B1. The focus is on everyday communication. You complete the course with the German Test for Immigrants (DTZ). Afterwards, you attend the orientation course and get to know Germany's politics, history and culture better. Mastering the German language is therefore one of the fundamental key qualifications in our German society.

Target Group

All groups of participants who have an interest in learning the German language are given special consideration for participation in integration courses. This includes newly arrived migrants or migrants who have already been living in Germany for a longer time, EU citizens as well as ethnic German repatriates without sufficient knowledge of German.

Content of the Integration Courses

A General Integration Course is divided into two sections and is structured as follows:

  • Language course 600 TU*
  • Orientation course**100 TU

The General Integration Course thus comprises 700 TU. The Literacy Course is divided into two sections and is structured as follows:

  • Language course 1200 TU*
  • Orientation course 100 TU**
  • The Literacy Course thus comprises 1300 TU.

* Teaching units of 45 minutes each

** The German orientation course, as part of the integration course, imparts knowledge about the state, society and history of Germany over 100 teaching hours.

Examination:

In order to have successfully completed an integration course, all participants must pass a „DTZ examination “ as well as the „Living in Germany “ test.

After completing the language course, the DTZ examination (German Test for Immigrants – at level B1) follows.

It is composed as follows:

Written Examination

  • Listening (25 minutes)
  • Reading (45 minutes)
  • Writing (30 minutes)

Oral Examination

  • Speaking (approx. 16 minutes)

Upon completion of the DTZ examination, you can obtain one of the following certificates, which you can demonstrate within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):

  • B1
  • A2
  • below A2

Orientation Course

Subsequently, after the orientation course, by participating in the „Living in Germany“ test, you have the opportunity to also demonstrate the knowledge of the legal and social order and the living conditions in Germany required for naturalisation (§ 10 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 7 StAG), provided that you answer at least 17 of 33 questions correctly.

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