I read a great blog post this morning and liked it so much,
I’m copying it! Sharon (thanks for the idea btw) wrote that she got the idea
from Juli who got it from somebody else.
I have no idea who Juli is, but my thanks go to her, too ;-)
So for once you will be reading just about me – hope you can
cope J
Today was the last day again of another term at the German Saturday School. The four oldest in the group - Cissi, Charlotte, Abigail and Yona - had been doing work on TV programmes this term. So, for the last lesson they were allowed to make a powerpoint presentation of a poem about advertising (taken from the book 'Ja Klar 3, Deutsch als Fremdsprache für die Grundschule') We had one problem, though - we only had one laptop. Plus, it was a German laptop, which meant, it didn't have the QWERTY... Continue reading...
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I had an interesting conversation with a friend earlier about keep fit classes and language classes (she is also a language teacher) and how much easier it seems to go to Pilates classes instead of German lessons.
We started to compare them -
attending keep fit classes is good for losing weight
they are good for your physical well-being
if you miss several, you can still re-join later and carry on without any problem.
These points don't seem to apply for learning a language, don't they? Well, I d...
Actually, on this occasion, it isn't - It's in his handshake ;-)
German like to shake hands when they meet. If they meet friends or relatives they may hug or kiss, but if it's a business meeting or they meet an acquaintance then they shake hand. It is not uncommon to see a German arrive at a business meeting and shake hands with everybody present. Likewise when they leave.
So, how do you do the perfect handshake?
Well, I have searched high and low for you and have found the answer.
For the 12 days of Christmas between Christmas and Epiphany (the 6th January) many children in Germany dress up as the three wise men and go round people's houses singing and collecting money for charity.
A few days ago, while in Germany, I came across an interesting article about one of the songs the 'Sternsinger', as they are called, might sing. I could not find the tune or a version on Youtube but I did find the lyrics:
A few weeks ago some friends wrote blog posts about 51 things they learned this year (I could give you the links to their posts, but if I did you would want to buy a house in Spain and use Arrow Same Day Courier Services to get you there - and then you wouldn't want German lessons, so I won't J)
Anyway, I liked the idea, so here are mine:
Having the best son and daughter living abroad is not always fun.
Skype lets me keep in contact with them but also allows me to teach students as far as...
'O du fröhliche' is a German Christmas Carol from the 19th century. It is the final hymn in all protestant churches on Christmas Eve, usually sung while all the bells are ringing.
O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit! Welt ging verloren, Christ ist geboren: Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!
O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit! Christ ist erschienen, uns zu versühnen: Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!
'Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann' (Tomorrow Father Christmas comes) is a German Christmas Carol written originally by Hoffmann von Fallersleben around 1840. Later two of the verses were changed as the original ones mentioned war toys.
This is the newer version:
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann, kommt mit seinen Gaben. Bunte Lichter, Silberzier, Kind und Krippe, Schaf und Stier, Zottelbär und Pantertier möcht’ ich gerne haben!
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