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German, 1st grade to Gymnasium, also as a second language

German tutoring in Zurich from CHF 45

Reading, spelling, grammar and essays, online and one-to-one with me. With the texts and exercises from your child’s school.

Free assessmentBook a trial lesson

10 minutes on the phone, I call you back

53 students, many from international families

Lara at her desk, ready for an online German lesson

The numbers

Over the shoulder of a student: Lara on a video call on the laptop, with the sum 3/4 + 1/8 = 7/8

53

students supported

"Thanks to Lara my daughter passed the Gymi entrance exam. We had tried two courses, only one-to-one worked."
Elina's mother, LanggymnasiumMay 2026
Lara's hands on the laptop keyboard next to a maths exercise book

60 min

per lesson, one-to-one

"Mia always said she just could not do math. With Lara she finally understood fractions."
Mia's mother, 6th gradeAugust 2026
Student on the sofa with a laptop and a vocabulary list
Sound familiar?
  • "My child reads the text and still doesn’t understand the questions about it."
  • "With an essay they sit in front of a blank page for half an hour."
  • "The same mistakes in every dictation, even though we practise at home."

You don’t learn a language by being tested, but by understanding, using it and getting feedback you understand.

How German tutoring works with me

German is made up of several parts that school often tests at the same time. I separate them first, so it becomes clear where the difficulty lies. For reading we practise a method: split the text into sections, say in one sentence after each section what it is about, back up answers with a quote from the text. I explain spelling and grammar as rules you can apply. For essays I work with your child’s real texts: first the structure, then sentence building and word choice, spelling last.

Online German tutoring is part of my online tutoring in Zurich, and all prices are on the website. German is one of the two subjects of the Gymi exam, more on that on the page about Gymi preparation in Zurich. Children with German as a second language get vocabulary and sentence patterns from their class’s Lehrmittel, the official Zurich school books. Often math tutoring helps too, because that is where word problems fail at the reading stage.

Topics by level

Primary school, 1st to 6th grade
  • Reading and reading comprehension
  • Spelling: understanding the rules instead of memorising
  • Parts of speech, cases, tenses, sentence structure
  • First essays: story, report, description
  • Vocabulary and sentence building for children with German as a second language
Secondary school, Sek years 1 to 3
  • Summarising texts and backing answers with quotes from the text
  • Commas, direct speech, sentence structure
  • Text types: argumentative essay, letter, job application
  • Preparing for tests and the move to the next school level
Gymi preparation and Gymnasium
  • Language analysis: the task types of the Zurich exam
  • Essays under time pressure, with feedback on every text
  • Practising reading comprehension with past exams

Prices

German costs the same as math and English, in every grade: CHF 55 for a single lesson, CHF 50 in a pack of 10.

  • Trial lesson

    To try it out

    CHF 45one-off

    • 60 minutes one-to-one
    • I find where the gaps are
    • Lesson report to you in English
    • Then you decide
    Book a trial lesson

    Not good? I repeat it for free.

  • Recommended

    10-lesson pack

    For real progress

    CHF 50CHF 55per hour

    • 10 one-to-one lessons, valid for one year
    • Lesson report after every session
    • My own exercises and homework for your child
    • Tests and mistakes analysed
    • Cancel free up to one hour before
    Free assessment

    10 minutes on the phone, I call you back

  • Single lesson

    When it has to be quick

    CHF 55per hour

    • 60 minutes one-to-one
    • Exam preparation with matching tasks
    • Lesson report to you in English
    • Cancel free up to one hour before
    Free assessment

    Short notice is fine

Why lernform?

InstitutePlatform
One fixed tutor for your child
You know where your child stands after every lesson
No subscription, no commitment
Free rescheduling up to 1 hour before
Price per hourfrom CHF 45from CHF 80from CHF 40

Institutes and platforms in Zurich, prices converted to 60 minutes. As of September 2026.

Trial lesson not good? I repeat it for free.

  • Cancel or reschedule free up to one hour before, later cancellations are charged.
  • Packs are valid for one year from purchase.
Referral bonusRecommend me to another family and if you both book a 10-lesson pack or more, you each get one lesson free.

How it works

Three steps. After each one, you decide whether to continue.

  1. Get a free assessment

    Pick grade and subject, leave your number. I call you, ten minutes, free.

  2. Trial lesson on your topic

    60 minutes for CHF 45. Afterwards you know whether it fits, and so does your child.

  3. Learn until it sticks

    Regular lessons with me. After every lesson you get a detailed report.

Free assessment
"After the trial lesson she asked herself when the next one was."
Mother, 6th grade
Lara with a tablet in her study in Zurich

What a lesson with me looks like

Online with me does not mean a learning video. We read, write and revise the same text together.

  • We meet on Google Meet

    Your child and I see and hear each other the whole lesson. A link is all you need, nothing to install.

  • I write along on the iPad

    With Apple Pencil and Goodnotes I write and draw neatly. Your child sees every step clearly on the screen.

  • School material or my own

    Send me the school material beforehand and I prepare for it. You do not have to: I have my own, and I create my own exercises for Gymi preparation and practice.

  • A report for you afterwards

    The same day by email: what we did, where it still sticks, the homework and the next step.

What you need: a laptop or tablet with a camera and a stable internet connection.

After every lesson you know what your child learned

This is what you get by email after every lesson. No chasing, no guessing.

  • What the topic was, what went well, where it still sticks
  • The same day, by email, in English
  • You see exactly what you pay for
Free assessment

Lesson report

Tutoring session report

Student
Leon, 5th grade
Subject
German
Date
18 September 2026
Tutor
Lara

Today Leon and I worked on the worksheet on sentence parts from school, then did one of my own exercises. Leon was much more focused than last week and asked questions on his own.

What we did

First we revised subject and predicate. With the question test ("Who or what?") Leon found the subject almost every time. Then we practised moving sentence parts around to see what stays together. I marked the parts in colour on the iPad, which clearly helped him.

What went well

Subject and predicate are solid. At the end Leon explained his method to me himself and marked a short text of eight sentences almost without mistakes.

Where it still sticks

In longer sentences with several parts before the verb he gets unsure and guesses. That is normal at this point. We need one or two more lessons until it becomes automatic.

Homework

A sheet with ten sentences: mark subject and predicate, write down the moving test for three of them. About 15 minutes. I will send you the PDF today.

Next steps

Next week we consolidate this and start the accusative object ("Whom or what?"). If a test on sentence parts is coming up, send me the date and I will prepare the lesson for it.

Leon was motivated, participated well and took a clear step forward. Looking forward to next week.

Lara

Tutor

What parents say about German tutoring

  • “German is not our first language”

    We don’t speak German at home. Lara explains the grammar so that I understand it too. She writes the report for me in simple sentences.

    Mother of a 3rd grader

    German, 3rd grade

  • “My child doesn’t like reading”

    Reading was a battle every evening. Lara reads texts with him that interest him. She also practises answering questions about the text.

    Father of a 5th grader

    German, 5th grade

  • “There’s nothing to be done about spelling”

    I thought that for a long time. Lara collected the mistakes and saw that it is always the same rules. The two of them now practise those specifically.

    Mother of a Sek student

    German, Sek year 1

  • “How is an essay supposed to work online?”

    Lara corrects the essay directly on the screen. My daughter sees every change and understands why the sentence is better that way.

    Mother of a 6th grader

    German, 6th grade

  • “I’m scared of the exam essay”

    The essay in the Gymi exam was what worried me most. With Lara I practised making a plan in a few minutes.

    Student, Langgymnasium

    German, Gymi preparation

  • “I can practise with him myself”

    We tried that and it usually ended in an argument. Since Lara took over the lessons, things are calmer at home.

    Father of a Sek student

    German, Sek year 2

About lernform

lernform is online tutoring 1:1 with me. I grew up bilingual in Singapore, Germany and Zurich, know the Zurich and the international school system from my own experience and have supported 53 students in German, math and English from 1st grade to Gymnasium. I work with your child's school material or with my own, which I create for Gymi preparation and individual exercises. After every lesson you know what we did and what comes next.

What matters to me

  • Understanding before memorising, in every lesson.

  • Every question is allowed, even the third time.

  • Grew up bilingual in Singapore, Germany and Zurich. I talk to you in whichever language is easier.

Portrait of Lara, tutor at lernform
Before and after
Girl sitting on the sofa with her laptop, resting her chin on her hand in thoughtBefore
"I don’t know what to write."
Girl with headphones writing with focus, next to her the laptop with the video callAfter
"Now I know how to start."

Your child is not lazy. Often they just don’t know how to plan a text and revise it.

We practise that step by step, with the texts and exercises from school. After every lesson you know what we worked on.

Free assessment

10 minutes on the phone, I call you back

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Replies personally, within one working day

After 10 minutes on the phone you know whether I can help your child

You tell me briefly where it is stuck, in English or German. I tell you what I would do and what it costs. No sales pitch.

  • You know where your child stands right now
  • You have a proposal: subject, topic, number of lessons
  • You decide afterwards, together with your child
Free assessment
Lara on the phone in her study in Zurich

Questions about German tutoring

How much does German tutoring in Zurich cost per hour?

The trial lesson costs CHF 45 for 60 minutes. After that a single lesson costs CHF 55, or CHF 50 per lesson in a pack of 10. The price is the same for every grade. No subscription, no minimum term.

Does online German tutoring work as well as in person?

For German, online is practical: texts are shared on the screen, your child can type essays or take a photo of them, and we both see the corrections at the same time. Your child and I see and hear each other for the whole lesson. The trial lesson shows whether it works for you.

We don’t speak German at home. Isn’t DaZ at school enough?

DaZ, the German as a second language support at school, covers the hours at school. But a large part of the German a Swiss child hears comes from home. That is the gap we fill: one-to-one, with the material from your child’s class. It does not compete with DaZ, it adds to it. I am happy to speak English with you.

Can my child learn essay writing in German tutoring?

Yes, because an essay is mostly craft: finding an idea, planning a beginning, middle and end, varying the sentences, reading the text again. Your child writes a text and I give back two or three concrete points. The next text gets better in exactly those places.

How do you prepare German for the Gymi exam?

In German, the Zurich entrance exam tests reading comprehension, language analysis and an essay. We work with past exams and the task types that come up there. Every essay gets feedback. There is no guarantee of admission.

Do you also help with dyslexia?

I am a tutor, not a therapist. For diagnosed dyslexia, specialist therapy is the right way. Tutoring can at most add to it. Whether that makes sense in your situation is something we clarify in the free assessment.

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