Angelika Davey 
Do you use affirmations? You probably have a lot of negative thoughts when it comes to learning German, like ‘I’m not good enough’, ‘I’ll never understand German grammar!’, ‘I’m useless at learning a foreign language’. Do they sound familiar? Instead, why don’t we change it around and make some positive affirmations for your German learning? … Read more
Welcome to the March edition of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish, also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you can also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and act … Read more
In two day’s time it will be Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch in German) and unlike in the UK where everybody eats pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, the Germans don’t use off their eggs, flour and fat, they use off their energy and let their hair down one last time before Lent. Today is what the Germans call … Read more
I came across these top 10 reasons to learn a foreign language and totally agree with them – especially if that foreign language for you is German ☺ Consider these benefits of learning a new language: 1. You can meet an entirely new group of people. You may live in an area with a large … Read more
Image attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE “Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.” (Wikipedia) As it would have been his birthday today I thought you might like to look at the … Read more
Welcome to February of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish, also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you can also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and act on them … Read more
Today’s blog post is not about a famous German composer, but he was a German speaking composer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) was born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. His birthplace (Geburtshaus) is now a museum. If you’d like to find out more about it, the museum has a … Read more
Denglisch! You all know about the Germans’ love to Germanise English word! Over the last few months I have collected sentences with Denglisch words in German health podcasts and magazines, but instead of just posting them here for you, I have turned them into a grammar exercise. (I hope, you’re shouting YAY!) So, get pen … Read more
Last year, when we were in Germany during those really hot days in July (over 40°C), we went for a walk in a forest because it was pleasantly cool. As we came out of the forest we came across an outdoor gym. We would have loved to try them out, but as it was midday and … Read more
Can you trust yourself? How many times have you promised yourself you were going to save money, lose weight, or become fluent in German? You’ve likely made thousands of promises to yourself and broken the majority of them. Oh, and not just you, me too (except the learning German bit 😉). So when I came … Read more
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