Felix Hartmann

Born and raised in Munich, I moved to Cambridge for my MPhil in Linguistics and never left. Teaching German is more than a profession for me - it is a way of sharing my culture and language with people who are genuinely curious about it.

My teaching style is immersive and communicative. I use German as the medium of instruction from an early stage, adjusting complexity to the student's level. Grammar is taught in context through real-world texts, audio materials, and conversation, not through isolated drills.

I prepare students for GCSE, A-level, and Goethe-Zertifikat examinations at all levels from A1 to C1. I also work with professionals who need German for business, academics relocating to German-speaking countries, and anyone who wants to read Kafka in the original.

My lessons incorporate cultural elements - music, literature, current affairs, film - because language cannot be separated from the culture it expresses. Students tell me they enjoy my lessons because they feel more like conversations than classes.