Some told me that studying German may hurt other people's agony feeling from the wicked killings of the German Nazis during the Second World War. So, why study German, the language of those murderers? My answer may be weird for several. The fact is the English language is in the Germanic language group. German is the language of the killers and also that of the victims of that Second World War. Yes, the German Nazis killed a large number of good Germans as well. Besides, the English language belongs to the United Kingdom and the US who fought against the German Nazis. That is to say, in the World War II Germans killed Germans and, of course, other races.

In addition, a large number of medicine and technology have come from Germany, like televisions, records, computers, cars, planes, spacecrafts, benzine, plastic and polymers, etc. I myself have always wondered what scientific inventions did not come from Germans. I have known this before studying German since several thirty years ago.

Germany offers a large number of scholarships for foreigners, particularly in engineering and medicine. Please see the information at DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Here is the website of DAAD in Bangkok. In addition, studying in Germany may be in German or English or both, depending on the schools. The tuition in German is rather cheap, almost for free; but the living expense is rather high. Hence, the cost of a foreigner to study in Germany is pretty equal to that in the US. However, distance learning in Germany is possible at Fern Uni , but in German.

In Thailand, German is taught in some high schools, universities, language schools and Goethe Institute. Here is the website of Goethe Institute in Bangkok.