Who are we?

The SLZ-Douala, official partner of the Goethe Institute in Cameroon, is a centre of reference and excellence for the German language course. Our goals are:

• helping youths and adults to communicate in German
• teaching people about the German culture by offering language courses at different levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

We have modern teaching rooms, a multimedia room with broadband internet and a very well-appointed library. All students at the University of Douala in the faculty of “German language and literature studies” are allowed to use our library.

Particularities

• Modern library
• Multimedia room with broadband internet
• Excellent teaching material
• Moodle classrooms
• Further training of our teachers through the Goethe Institute
• Original books, CDs and DVDs
• We help our students to enrol in a university or a language school in Germany
• We cooperate with the German embassy and the German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD) and organise information events on studying in Germany and visa procedures
• We promote the exchange between Germans and our students
• Language exams of the Goethe Institute in Cameroon are held in SLZ Douala under the supervision of the personnel of the Goethe Institute. Our students have the status of “students of the Goethe Institute” in the language exams “Zertifikat B1” and “Start Deutsch”.