Shortened gymnasium preparation course
Course overview
- Participation fees: CHF 1850 for on-site courses, CHF 1650 for online courses
- 14 course days of 90-minute lessons between October and March
- 10 repetition lessons of 30 minutes each included (online, alternating weekdays)
- Individual and targeted support: 4 to max. 8 participants
- German (incl. essay training) & math
- Including learning and exercise material (also for the online course in paper form)
- Double assessment & exam simulation with comprehensive feedback included
- Unique checkpoints to review and secure what has been learned after each learning unit
- Course locations: Zurich main station, Zurich Stadelhofen, Bülach, Winterthur, online
- Close support even outside of course times via group chat
Course structure
Phase 1: Consolidate the basics
In our half-year courses, we repeat all the relevant basics in quick succession until the fall vacations, close gaps in your knowledge and thus create a good basis for more demanding tasks. If you choose a course that starts after the fall break, you will not have to attend this first part. We therefore only recommend this option if the regular school material is very easy for you and you feel absolutely confident in the basics.
We will be happy to advise you if you are unsure which course is right for you!
Phase 2: Practice exam tasks
In this phase, the focus is on challenging tasks such as those that occur in the exam. We concentrate on the different requirements (details can be found under Detailed course content), discuss different solutions and analyze possible pitfalls so that the young people know exactly what they need to pay particular attention to during the exam.
Phase 3: Practicing the exam situation
Many young people find it difficult to reach their full potential under pressure - for example in exams. The objectives of the third stage are therefore to gain self-confidence, learn strategies for coping with exam anxiety and to be able to remember what they have learned under pressure. Among other things, we write mock exams and then discuss them in detail.
Complete Gymnasium preparation package
Phase 1
(Basics)
Consolidating important foundations and close gaps.
Phase 2
(Structure)
Cover everything to be examined And specifically deepen.
Phase 3
(Recap)
Applying the material based on exam questions.
Detailed course content
German
Essay
Special attention is paid to the writing of essays. Our participants regularly write texts on which they receive comprehensive feedback. Specifically, the following aspects are discussed:
- All types of text that may appear in the exam (narrative, description, report, letter)
- Planning: Developing and planning ideas (mind map)
- Formulation: structure of a text, comprehensibility, expression
- Revision: especially spelling and grammar
- Appropriate use of idioms, figurative comparisons and direct speech
- Language that is appropriate, precise and rich in variety
Text comprehension
Participants practise dealing with level-appropriate literary texts and non-fiction texts. The following subtopics are also covered:
- General strategies and methods for text comprehension
- Answer tasks on content and language in detail
- Capture the main message of a text
- Differentiating the real from the fictitious
Language observation & grammar
At the entrance exam, students are required to be able to analyze language structures using various methods and grammatical terms. Therefore, relevant grammar topics are reviewed in our courses:
- Word stem and word families
- Word fields (semantic references)
- Parts of speech (verb, noun, adjective) including their grammatical properties
- Morphemes (root, pre- and post-morphemes)
- Replacement, displacement, extension and removal sample
- Tenses: Present tense, past tense, perfect tense (the correct use of future and past perfect tense is only expected in the essay)
- Punctuation: punctuation marks, commas, punctuation marks in direct speech
Mathematics
Number and variable
- Mathematical terms and symbols
- Written operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) in the number range up to 1,000,000
- Fractions
- Decimal numbers
- Divisibility
- Arithmetic patterns
Form and space
- Basic geometric concepts of symbols, figures and solids
- Symmetry
- Perimeter and area of rectangles
- Volume of cubes and cuboids
- Figures and solids (spatial imagination tasks)
- Constructions
- Coordinate system
Sizes, functions and data
- Units of measurement (sizes)
- Functional relationships: direct proportionality and indirect proportionality
- Combinatorics
Course dates in detail
Calendar week Course dates at the Zurich main station, Stadelhofen & Bülach locations
1st course day: week 43
2nd course day: week 44
3rd course day: week 45
4th course day: week 46
5th course day: week 47
6th course day: week 48
7th course day: week 49
8th course day: KW 50
Alternative date: week 51 (if a course day has to be made up)
Christmas vacations week 52 & 1
9th course day: week 2
10th course day: week 3(mock exam -> longer course day. For online courses, the mock examination also takes place on site, either on Saturday or Wednesday).
11th course day: week 4
12th course day: week 5
13th course day: week 6
Sports vacations week 7 & 8
14th course day: week 9
Calendar week Course dates at the Winterthur location
1st course day: week 43
2nd course day: week 44
3rd course day: week 45
4th course day: week 46
5th course day: week 47
6th course day: week 48
7th course day: week 49
8th course day: KW 50
Alternative date: week 51 (if a course day has to be made up)
Christmas vacations week 52 & 1
9th course day: week 2
10th course day: week 3(mock exam -> longer course day. For online courses, the mock examination also takes place on site, either on Saturday or Wednesday).
11th course day: week 4
12th course day: week 5
Sports vacations week 6 & 7
13. Kurstag: KW 8
14th course day: week 9
Optimal support for the Gymi exam
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Qualified teachers with great expertise
Our teachers are selected with the utmost care, have a pedagogical background and a great deal of experience in the field Gymi-preparation.
Transparent learning progress reviews
Regular checkpoints and assessments show you and your child your professional strengths and any gaps that can then be closed in a targeted manner.
Repetition lessons included
In addition to the course days, additional revision lessons are included in which all the theoretical principles are explained once again and thus firmly anchored.
Comprehensive digital learning platform
Our students are given access to our digital course platform, which contains additional series of exercises, intermediate exams on each topic and supplementary theory dossiers.
Specialty essay training
Essay training is a core component of our courses. The planning, writing and revising of texts is developed step by step and internalized through regular writing assignments.
Valuable strategy mediation
Success or failure in the exam depends not only on technical ability, but also on methodological skills. This is why we also deliberately teach various examination and learning strategies.
Ausführliche Musterlösungen
Zu allen Mathematik Dossiers haben wir ausführliche Musterlösungen erstellt, die den Lösungsweg Schritt für Schritt aufzeigen. So können die Teilnehmenden auch zu Hause in aller Ruhe nachvollziehen, wie eine Aufgabe gelöst wurde.
Fokus auf Prüfungsaufgaben
Bereits ab der ersten Lektion setzen wir den Fokus auf mögliche Prüfungsaufgaben. In unseren Augen ist diese frühe Auseinandersetzung der effizienteste Weg, um die Gymiprüfung erfolgreich zu meistern.
Trial test like the real thing
The mock exam, which is part of the course, is conducted in exactly the same way as the real exam. This means that participants know what to expect on the big day.
Complete Gymnasium preparation package
Phase 1
(Basics)
Consolidating important foundations and close gaps.
Phase 2
(Structure)
Cover everything to be examined And specifically deepen.
Phase 3
(Recap)
Applying the material based on exam questions.
Course registration
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to pay for tutoring in advance?
No, you don't have to. You will receive an invoice at the end of the month with all the tutoring lessons.
Can I spontaneously book more tutoring if I need to prepare for an exam, for example?
Of course - you can decide individually when and how many tutoring lessons you need. This can be significantly more one week than the next.
Do I have to bring the material myself?
You can also decide this yourself - many students would like to discuss the documents from school together and therefore take them with them to tutoring. However, we are also happy to put together additional material for you.
What happens if I am unavailable or ill?
As long as you cancel at least 24 hours in advance, we will not charge for the lesson. If you are unable to attend at very short notice, we will unfortunately have to charge you for the lesson, as we would like to pay the teachers their usual wages in such cases - and they have already fully prepared for the lesson.
Frequently asked questions
How big are the groups in your courses?
Um eine optimale Förderung gewährleisten zu können, sind unsere Kurse auf maximal 8 Teilnehmende in den halbjährigen Kursen und 10 Teilnehmende in den Intensiv- und Ferienkursen beschränkt.
Are you also available for support outside of course times?
Of course, we are always available for our students and are happy to help with any questions. We have group chats in the respective course groups to make it easy to get in touch.
What learning material is included in the course?
The course fee includes a comprehensive folder with theory, exercises and solutions. Students also receive access to our digital course platform with explanatory videos, numerous additional exercises and checkpoints. We are also happy to put together additional materials on request.
What exactly are repetition lessons and checkpoints?
In the voluntary revision lessons, all the relevant basics that were previously discussed in the course are repeated again. The lesson is recorded so that you have the opportunity to watch it afterwards if you are unable to attend live. Our checkpoints are specially developed interim tests that can be completed after each learning unit. This means that young people always know exactly what they have already mastered and what they still need to work on.