Courses cover listening and reading comprehension, conversation practice in dialogues and role-plays, and written composition. Grammatical instruction concentrates on conversational contexts. The Vienna program site is centrally located in the main part of the city. A central feature of the Vienna program is placement with a host family. A light breakfast is provided.
Students are responsible for other meals.
They also encourage the student to practice German and make contact with native speakers. Also during the semester, an academic excursion of two-three days may be planned to a more distant location, such as Prague, Czech Republic. The exact destinations vary from semester to semester and are determined at the beginning of the program. This information is considered confidential. Born in the U.S., Dr. Heller is now an Austrian citizen and the Director of the Archives of the Vienna Academy of Music.