German Online Courses

[heidi_de]

Hi,
My other half is currently looking to learn German. She is a complete beginner and would like to do an online course with a small group of people. It doesn't have to be an intensive course. Quite a lot of online offers don't show any real detail of the courses and there seems to be a lot of overly expensive courses. We're willing to pay, but don't want to get ripped off. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks,
Heidi

[Alberto]

Ironically, the very expensive and the very cheap courses are probably effectively the same course from the same teacher. This is what my wife does, teaching a language online (not German, though). The difference is that when the students are via a "school", they are charged extra by the school and they end up paying much more, tipically double, than if they had contacted the teacher directly.
Admittedly the "school" does indeed something: they manage the communication between teachers and students, messing things up and causing all sort of confusion.