Don’t you just love YouTube? You can spend hours researching certain topics and you can spend even more hours procrastinating! And every so often you come across a little gem and you have to write a blog post about it. Well, I do, anyway ☺ While doing some procrastinating I mean researching, I came across some … Read more
Do you like making lists? Do you constantly scribble ‘to do’ items on pieces of papers? Have you thought about using lists to practise a little German at the same time? How? For example, you could write your next Einkaufsliste (shopping list) in German? Or next time, when you are writing your to-do list, write … Read more
You’ve been learning German for a few years and you feel ready to watch the news in German. Where do you start? If you feel your German isn’t good enough to watch the news as they are shown on German TV, then try the news for Children. ZDF has daily news programmes lasting 10 minutes and … Read more
Actually, I have no idea how many American actors speak German! I also don’t know how many English actors speak German! As a young child in Germany I thought they all do. Then, as I got older, I found out they don’t. The films get dubbed. I never knew how John Wayne sounded for real, … Read more
Do you like dictionaries? Most people don’t. They are boring to read, but, of course, useful, when you need to look for a word. Have you ever had the urge to read a dictionary? Even, if your answer usually is ‘no’, you may like to look at this one, an online Bildwörterbuch, a picture dictionary. … Read more
EDIT 2019: The programme needs updating, so you cannot register at the moment. Have you ever come across an interesting article online which wasn’t in your native language but you really wanted to know what it was about? Or, have you read an article in a foreign language, understood most of it but would have … Read more
As a regular blog reader you know that I often post about different ways to practise your German, so today I’d like to tell you about another way to improve your German grammar. Let’s assume you have just covered the dative case in your lessons, you’ve done all the exercises but would like some reinforcement … Read more
EDIT 2019: Sadly, some of the pages aren’t active anymore. Two weeks ago I told you about 10 German Facebook pages that help you read and understand more German, and today you can find out about 10 Facebook pages that can help you learn or improve your German because these pages teach German or give you … Read more
I know this isn’t really a throne. It’s a chair in the meeting room which I hire for my Wednesday German class. The rest of the furniture are normal tables and chairs apart from this one chair, which, right from the start, had been dubbed the teacher’s throne. And that’s what it is: MY … Read more
Last week something funny happened. There was a press conference about Jürgen Klopp, the manager of Borussia Dortmund, who was about to announce that he was leaving the club. That’s not the funny bit! Ben Bloom, the Telegraph sports commentator had the task to comment live as the conference was broadcast. You can read the whole … Read more
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