Posted by Angelika Davey on Thursday, March 31, 2011,
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German teaching
Last week I did an exercise with a student about daily routine. She asked me (in German, of course) what time my working day started and finished. I told her that I left the house at 7.55am for my first job and came home at 9.55pm from my last job. "A long day", she said!
Today, my 30 day blog challenge is to write about a day in my life, so it's a good way to explain the long day:
Luckily, my day isn't always like last week, but it is very hard to describe a typical day. I used to teach full-... Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Thursday, March 31, 2011,
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German teaching
As part of Nikki Pilkington's blog challenge (still free to join!) my task this time is to write something nice about somebody else. Oh dear, was my first thought, who do I write about and what do I write! It's not that I don't know anybody worth writing about. On the contrary, I could write books about all the nice people I know! There are all my evening class students, all my business clients, all the private students, young and old - and they're all nice and brilliant and lovely to work wi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Monday, March 28, 2011,
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learn German
"I want to learn German, but how do I start?" I quite often hear this question, so here are a few ideas:
The best way is to join an evening class. It is far more fun to learn German (or any other language) in a group. It is easier to revise as the group can practise a particular topic in lots of ways and it doesn't seem boring. There is also less pressure on you when the teacher asks a question. If you don't know the answer, hopefully somebody else does ;-)
Posted by Angelika Davey on Sunday, March 27, 2011,
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learn German
A dumb question - hmm - how often do you think you may have one? I read this quote this morning and instantly was transferred back to my childhood: at the end of a lesson, the teacher would ask if everybody understood and EVERYBODY nodded their heads, so I didn't dare ask a question, as it surely would be a dumb question.
Of course, later I would then find out, that actually, some of the others didn't understand either, but they also didn't want to be seen as dumb. Result: we didn't have a clu... Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Saturday, March 26, 2011,
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Life in Germany
I came across a German text message abbreviation the other day that looked like an English word, so I searched the net and found a few, which either looked like an English word or like an English abbreviation.
Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, March 22, 2011,
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learn German
Last Saturday at the German Saturday School we read a story about a man who lost his hat and his wife who wanted a new dress. Afterwards the children asked to re-enact it. It was so enjoyable that I recorded it. We only practised it twice beforehand, so please excuse the few mistakes; but a well deserve applause goes to the fantastic actors Abigail, Charlotte, Cissi and Lennie!
I hope you enjoy it, too!
This just leave one important question: How did the wife get the money to buy her dress ;-)
Posted by Angelika Davey on Wednesday, March 16, 2011,
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learn German
Did you hear about the Englishman and his French dog? Apparently, the dog will only react to French commands spoken with a French accent, so his owner had to learn French.
So, just in case you ever get a German dog who doesn't know his woof woofs from his wau waus, here is a list of dog commands:
Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, March 15, 2011,
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a bit of fun
I've always said that learning German should be fun and my motto is "Learning German with a smile..." but even I can't compete with the German radio presenter who thought a name was really funny when he read the news.
Did it made you laugh? I'd love to know. PS Not all Germans laugh like this ;-) Continue reading ...
Posted by Angelika Davey on Friday, March 4, 2011,
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a bit of fun
As it's carnival season in Germany at the moment, I thought it would be nice to have some extra fun, so my advanced adult group had the pleasure of learning a silly, catchy German song, just the song to sing during carnival. We had so much fun that I recorded it!
If you'd like to sing it, too, here is a - only slightly better than ours ;-) - version with the lyrics.
Are you a man travelling around Germany on Thursday? If you are - beware!
This Thursday is the beginning of the end of the carnival season in Germany. The German carnival season starts on the 11th of November at 11.11am. For most of the season (which is also called ‘the fifth season’ in Germany) it’s very low key, just the odd bit of entertainment and mainly preparation for the last few days before Lent. This year those last few days start on Thursday, 3rd March. The highlights are the p... Continue reading ...
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