Angelika Davey 
Last night I went to a German Stammtisch. If you don’t know what one of those is, according to Wikipedia “a Stammtisch (“regular table”) is a scheduled informal meeting group at a specially reserved tablein a beer hall or other establishment in German-speaking Europe, which can be held on a weekly or monthly basis.The table usually … Read more
I thought it would be nice to let somebody else tell you about learning German, so I’ve asked guitar tutor Al Summers a few questions. I have been teaching him and his wife Gill in his office in Warminster and he very kindly agreed to answer my questions. How long have you been learning German, … Read more
Ich helfe meinem Papa beim Korrigieren von Hausaufgaben! I’m helping my dad mark homework! As a child I always wanted to be a teacher – just like my dad – or an air stewardess, an actress or a dancer. Things didn’t quite work out as planned, I suffer terribly from travel sickness, have two left … Read more
In part 1 and part 2 we looked at some of those lovely German words which are identical or almost identical to English words. Now, in part 3 we will look at those words which look identical but have a different meaning – our ‘false friends’. False friends alphabet: die Art type bald soon der Chef … Read more
In part 1 we looked at some of those German words which are identical to English words. Now let’s look at those that are almost identical but still instantly recognisable. Here is my ‘not bad’ alphabet: der Alkohol alcohol die Bluse blouse der Charakter character das Debüt debut der Elefant elephant der Fisch fish das Glas glass … Read more
When people decide to learn German, they often feel quite apprehensive about learning all those new words, phrases and grammar. If you feel the same, then let me show you some interesting German words.I am talking about the good, the not bad, and the ugly German words. Part 1 – the Good: You will be … Read more
Today I saw several people tweeting an article on Twitter about the advantages of being bilingual. It was an interesting article, which also mentioned that people who are bilingual can cope better with Alzheimers if they were to get it. Very interesting, but I’ve read this so many times, I almost clicked to get away … Read more
I’ve just had my yearly tiring but fantastic weekend – the twinning weekend! 10 years ago I joined the Devizes Twinning Association and apart from one year, when I couldn’t attend, I have enjoyed some brilliant weekends. The Devizes Twinning Association is twinned with Mayenne in France and Waiblingen in Germany and every year members from … Read more
When people find out that I teach German, they often ask me questions about it. As the same questions keep on appearing, here are the top 5 questions and my answers: How long does it take to learn German? I’ve got some ‘teach yourself’ books in the attic? Should I get them down? I wouldn’t … Read more
As promised yesterday, here is another idea with eggs for Easter. How about a lovely Easter tree? You’ll want to decorate the eggs as described yesterday except, this time you don’t need hard boiled eggs. They need to be hollow. To get the egg white and yolk out of the eggs, keep them at room … Read more
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