Academy
Intercultural Integration Academy
The academy is designed to familiarize candidates with different aspects of Germany that are paramount to support easy communication and lifestyle in the country. We offer two well-constructed courses that will ensure excellent comprehensive skills in our candidates.
The Integration Course
The Orientation Course
The Integration course mainly encompasses language training. The course begins with an introduction to a nationally standardized curriculum and is completed when candidates are trained to confidently take up the German language test for immigrants (DTZ), which is similar to TOEFL, a popular language test taken up in English.
Adept knowledge of the German language is the key to good social integration. Therefore, the course aims to make the candidates proficient in the job market, intellectual space, or any other social circle. If you think about the basic skills required for a pleasant stay in Germany, the foremost thing that strikes everyone is education and employment.
However, along with quality education and a well-paid job, one must be acquainted with the world of basic sustenance. This includes knowledge about how banks in Germany work, the best budget-friendly supermarkets, good schools in your locality, contacts for clinics/doctors near you, and most importantly a thorough awareness of the area of your residence. The integration course offers an array of life skills that checks all of these boxes.
There are various add-on benefits included in the course. Candidates are trained to draft e-mails in the proper format, make and attend phone calls professionally, search and apply for prospective jobs consistently and much more. You can be sure of meeting your interests and goals in the most efficient and productive way through our course. The Integration course will later be followed by an Orientation course.
The Orientation course is the other part of the Integration Academy. It comprises different teaching units and also includes intensive training in some fields that demand it. The course is mainly focused on helping candidates to gain an understanding of the legal system, history and culture in Germany.At the end of the course, candidates have an extremely satisfying knowledge of the history, culture, values, rights, and duties in Germany. They even gain expertise in different forms of coexistence in society.
Furthermore, the candidates do not only get a chance to familiarize themselves with important rules and regulations, but they also understand the working and renewals of various licenses and permits.The orientation course concludes with the final test, “Living in Germany” or LiD. You have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of courses that best suit you while always counting on our best trainers and staff to assist you in every step of the course.
WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
In addition to the courses, we conduct multiple workshops, seminars and conferences. Candidates avail themselves of immense benefits, tips, and skills by attending them consistently throughout the course. Candidates from different cultural backgrounds often face obstacles in terms of communication and exchange of ideas or perspectives.
They are at high risk of experiencing cultural shock, which may lead to frustration, a drop in self-esteem, confusion, and misunderstandings.
The workshops organized by GIL Institute boost confidence in candidates by improving awareness of intercultural differences, recognizing and accepting cultural peculiarities, and strengthening intercultural cooperation. Candidates are equipped with the necessary skills and strategies to enter the business world and job market. At the end of the course, candidates are sufficiently independent to face challenges, deal with misunderstandings and be highly fluent in communication.
The biggest perk of joining GIL Institute is the Model of Cultural Dimensions presented by Geert Hofstede.Cultural dimensions of intercultural research comprise various approaches that are widespread to deal with the classification of cultural differences. Geert Hofstede was a pioneer in the field of intercultural learning. In the late 1960s, he developed the model of cultural dimensions based on a factor analysis based on a study with more than 110,000 IBM employees.
The study helped him determine the significance of four main dimensions—power/distance, collectivism/individualism, masculinity/femininity, and avoidance of insecurity. Later, a fifth dimension was adapted, which is the long-term /short-term orientation. In 2010, Hofstede published the book Cultures and Organizations – Software of the Mind: Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival, in which he introduced the sixth dimension, which is gender/restriction.
