German Classes

BFLS has worked in cooperation with the Government of Germany and is now offering German classes. The German government provides course materials and training to Chinese teachers. They also regularly assign consultants to supervise classes and provide valuable input. Some BFLS students study German as their first foreign language. After six years of study, BFLS students will be qualified to apply for German colleges and universities if they pass the General Examination, Entrance Exam to University in China, and Deutsches Sprachdiplom der KMK, Level II (DSD II).

In September 2006, accompanied by Jiang Feng, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of International Exchange and Cooperation, Ministry of Education, Professor Curtis, the Secretary-General  (a vice-ministerial position) of Joint German State Ministers of Culture and Education, and Kenish, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of the Department of Culture and Education of Lower Saxony, visited BFLS. They praised BFLS for its strong German program. Later, BFLS was invited to Sino-Germany Chinese Teaching Cooperation Workshop and Sino-Germany Elementary Education Workshop, hosted by Ministry of Educations and OCLC in Nanjing, to share its experience in German teaching.

In April 2007, Mr Pentzliehn, headmaster of Gustav-Heinemann-Oberschule, visited BFLS. In September 2007, students from the first BFLS German program went to Berlin to take part in cultural exchange activities. In June 2008, teachers and students of Gustav-Heinemann-Oberschule will pay a return visit to BFLS.

In September 2007, teachers and students from Cologne Kreuzgasse Experimental High School in Germany paid a visit to BFLS. In October 2008, BFLS students will go to Cologne to participate in another cultural exchange activity.

At present, there is one German expert, one German assistant appointed by OCLCI, and three Chinese assistants who have learnt German language. As the school continues to expand, we are confident that the quality of German program will continue to improve. With the strong support of the Government of Germany, the German Embassy in China and Beijing Foreign Studies University, the German program is quite strong and its future is even more promising.