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
It’s great fun hiding and finding those lovely big chocolate Easter eggs on Easter Sunday, but in Germany we have the tradition of decorating hard boiled eggs. When I was a child my dad used to hide loads of decorated hard boiled eggs and a few chocolate eggs in the garden which we children … Read more
If you have been following my blog posts you will have noticed that I like using music and singing in my lessons, and one of my favourite songs is ‘Das Fliegerlied’ Actually, I like it so much, I have plans with it: If you happen to be in Wiltshire on the 2nd of July and … Read more
Do I really need one? Yes, no, maybe! If you are selling your products or services to the English market, then you do not need to have your website translated. Anybody who does not speak English but comes across your website, can use google translate and if they really wanted your services, they’ll be in … Read more
Following crisis talks last week about the lack of British translators who cannot translate into more than one language, the European Union decided that foreign language learning has to be made compulsory for all British nationals. To make it as easy as possible, it has been agreed to start with just one language and with labelling items. So from today, 1st April … Read more
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! … Read more
As part of of a blogging challenge 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 … Read more
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