There's a community College.

Hey! Check out RVA Stammtisch on Facebook. I used to go when I was in college, so it's been a while but it looks like they're still active. It's a German language meetup group

I lived in Germany 2 years. By the time I came back I was doing pretty good with it. This was 40 years ago.

Reynolds doesn’t offer German. Not sure about brightpoint

I would've thought they did.. had no idea they're 166 bucks a credit hour, either. Damn... it was 26 bucks when I took classes there. I paid for an entire semester in one paycheck.

You are getting downvoted, but honestly this is exactly what I need. Thank you for inspiring me for just fucking going for it. I have an EU citizenship

Thanks for the heads up! Checking it out now

My brothers learned conversational German from babel every day, or whatever the app is called

I also vote go for it if you are dual citizen. Total immersion is how I learned most of my languages.

I think you can apply to VCU as a non-degree seeking student and then take German. I took it several years back and the class was anything but full, so you shouldn't run into any restrictions. Reach out to the School of World Studies, they can probably give you more info.

3 years there some 30 years ago. But even though we lived off base, I never picked that much up other than some basic stuff because all the German friends I made all wanted to practice their English on me. This was my 8-10 grade years, and young and dumb me went along with it. Older and wiser me wishes that young me wasn't as complacent because it was a totally missed opportunity...

I have to ask… why do you need to learn this language so badly? I mean, moving?

Funny, my question would be why live here if living in Europe is an option?

Duolingo!

It's amazing how much faster you pick up a language with total immersion. I took German like 4 years in high-school and college and really don't remember much more than the basics. I spent 13 days in Italy like 8 years ago and was pretty damn functional linguistically by the end of the trip.

My tip for OP, other than apps and whatnot, is watch/read kids shows and books in German. It really helps you get the basics down quickly.

100 percent

The crackheads loitering outside Cafe Rustika

If you have an Henrico County Library Card, you can access Rosetta Stone for free.

https://henricolibrary.org/research-learning

It's been helping me brush up on the language quite a bit.

Stopping by to make sure someone said "Germany"

Just a word of advice: I live in Berlin. Don't move to Berlin! Nobody speaks German there. Move to Hannover or Hamburg or Lübeck where "Hochdeutsch" (schoolbook German) is spoken and you'll come very far, very fast.