For today’s blog post I’m pleased to introduce you to one of my newsletter subscribers, Kirsty Major of English with Kirsty, who describes how she turned learning German into working with German. Over to you, Kirsty: How my favourite subject at school became part of my job When I started High School, German wasn’t on my … Read more
One of the first thing you learn in your German lessons is that the English ‘you’ can be the formal ‘Sie’ (for singular and plural) and the informal ‘du’ (or ‘ihr’ for plural). You’ve learned to ask ‘Wie heißen Sie?’ if you need to ask somebody’s name formally or ‘Wie heißt du?’ if you ask … Read more
I’ve been using Linguee for quite a few years now and also have been recommending it to my students as I find it a great online dictionary for my computer and smartphone. So I was very excited when I received the following press release from them: Linguee.com: The World’s Fastest Dictionary Linguee.com: The World’s … Read more
I read an interesting blog post yesterday about a new product from Skype, Skype Translator, which they hope to have perfected by the end of the year. The writer of the blog post “Skype Translator Looks to put Human Translators Out of a Job!” wrote very enthusiastically about Skype Translator and how it would change doing … Read more
Last week I wrote about German business letters which lead to the question: Is there anything I need to watch out when writing a German email? Just like with the letters, you still use the formal salutation – Sehr geehrter Herr … (Dear Mr …) Sehr geehrte Frau … (Dear Mrs …) Sehr geehrte Damen und … Read more
Whether you are able to write fluently in German or just want to be able to at least address the person in German, or even just to understand what you can see on a German letter, this blog post should give you some ideas: As you can see, there aren’t too many differences, you have … Read more
Google Translate has been around for a long time now and over the years has improved immensely. For the internet surfer/ buyer this is extremely useful. You can now check out any website for information and/ or to buy something from foreign sites, even if you don’t understand the languages. Google Translate makes it possible … Read more
I just had to share this with you! The Telegraph posted a very interesting slide show today about the 10 best languages to study. Guess which is the best one? I show you the no 1 slide: Yes, it’s German! “Germany remains the largest single export market for British goods outside of the … Read more
As I am a German teacher people will (quite rightly J) say that I am biased, but I have always said that for businesses German is a far more important language than other foreign languages. Yesterday I read about the compulsory language lessons planned for primary schools and I wasn’t surprised when I read: ‘The plans to be … Read more
Actually, on this occasion, it isn’t – It’s in his handshake 😉 Germans 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 … Read more
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