Dr Hans-Friedrich Von Ploetz and Daniel Bernard were taking part in an initiative designed to improve the language skills of British schoolchildren.
They visited Hockerill Anglo-European College in Hertfordshire, a day and boarding school for students aged between 11 and 19 years of age.
The event took place within the context of the European Year for Languages - a joint Council of Europe and European Union initiative, also supported by UNESCO. It is a celebration of languages and language learning involving all 47 countries associated with the Council of Europe and the EU.
A sceme known as the Pyramid Project has also been launched by the ambassadors. It aims to give 20 specialist language colleges responsibility for developing a curriculum in their local primary schools. Teacher exchanges will help to tackle the shortage of qualified linguists in primary schools. Germany has offered specialist language advisers to get the programme under way.
The schemes come at a time when some European countries are becoming increasingly concerned at the dominence of English at the expense of their own languages.
In Nottingham the Italian Government pays for special language lessons and a similar project in Spanish is underway in Manchester.
Pupils at Nottingham's Trinity school can speak a wide variety of languages including Polish, Hungarian and Ukrainian. There are mixed feelings about studying German and French though most feel the subjects will prove useful.
Deputy head Michael McKeever says there's evidence that Spanish will soon become more popular than French and German.
At Middleton Primary School in Nottingham some parents pay for special French lessons for infant children. However French teacher Jenny Thomas says that so far there hasn't been a huge demand for places.
