Importance of Learning German if you are planning to come to Germany
Why do I emphasize so much on learning German when you are coming to Germany? Read on to find out (and a link to an “Everyday German Course”)
- Studies — The German language has been extensively used in science and research, and that too not only in Engineering and natural sciences but also in avenues like medical sciences. Even though as a beginner or an intermediate speaker it won’t be possible for you to get familiarized with these original texts but you can create a base for yourself by coming for a German taught Masters program in Germany. And apart from various advantages, for a German taught Masters it’ll be easier for you to get an admission in a German public university, and it’ll also help you to completely immerse yourself in the German way of teachings and education, that too among your German classmates.
- Daily life — Calling a customer care helpline, visiting a store, buying insurance policies, talking to and e-mailing the landlords for finding accommodation, going to the Govt. offices for bureaucratic works, asking for directions to a particular location, or when you are journeying in a public transport, almost 90% of these cases in your day-to-day lives you’d require German proficiency, at least the A2/ B1 level. Not only will this make your life hassle-free but you’d also be able to quickly integrate and find your way in and around Germany quite easily.
- Getting a job — This is one of the most important aspects of learning German if you do want to make a living in Germany for yourself and excel. You should know that almost 70% of companies in the German economy are mainly family-run SMEs and they specifically prefer an employee who knows German over someone who only knows English. Apart from this, writing your cover letter in German, searching for jobs in German, making your CV in German, using German keywords in your job application will make your job search process much easier. And please know that, apart from some of the MNCs, almost every other company would prefer a candidate who knows both German and English over someone who knows only English.
- Career growth — Learning German and being able to speak German in the workplace would not only make you an ideal employee in the office but would also help you climb the corporate ladder for similar reasons (given you are good at your work too). Many firms essentially want someone in managerial positions who knows German and would be able to guide the lower-level employees properly too. Apart from this, many managerial jobs, sales, and business development jobs, marketing jobs, etc. all of these would require a good German language proficiency from you.
- Key to a whole new world — Learning German means a whole new world of Internet, content, music, and TV shows. You can even try these for yourself, try searching for a query in Google in English and then do that in German, you’d see an immense difference in the search results and you’d see some valuable results which you never thought existed in the English search results. Learning German will also help you socialize, immerse with the locals, making new friends, and would make you comfortable during your stay in Germany.
The best way to make a better life for yourself abroad is to immerse yourself in the country you are going to. And for Germany, the gateway to this is the German language, unfortunately, there’s no way around it. So, to help you with that, and to help you take that first baby-steps towards learning the language, I would like to suggest you an Everyday German course (A1 to B1), which will create a solid base for your advanced German levels and this course will also prepare you for any basic situation you might face when you come to Germany. I hope, after going through it, you’d lose some fear about learning a new language and maybe (and I do hope that it happens) it will push you towards learning German till C2, i.e. the “native level”!
Tschüss!
Hope to see you in Germany soon
And I hope that when we meet we’ll be able to talk with each other in German!
