A while ago I posted about a website which lets you read a lot about Beethoven. Here is a similar website giving you lots of reading and listening practice about Germany’s history. Aimed at German children, the site covers 100 years of history, from the Imperial Era to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Again … Read more
EDIT 2025: Sadly, it seems the website has gone. I get a lot of email newsletters every day, most get a quick scan and then deleted, but every so often there is a gem in one of them. One of those I spotted a few days ago: phraseum Phraseum doesn’t teach you a language. Instead … Read more
EDIT 2019: Although the points made in this blog are still relevant, Duolingo keeps on changing the way you work your way along the tree. So some of the images might not be accurate anymore. For example, this is something new Duolingo informed me about in 2019: And in 2022 they changed the path Original … Read more
A while ago I heard about this free Android app from DeutschAkademie. I’ve been trying it out for some time now and I’m impressed! It’s a perfect chance to practise your grammar. Whatever grammar you have learnt in your German lesson, there is bound to be an exercise for you to practice. EDIT 2016, there … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. While planning for a lesson today I found this lovely old children’s cookery book, which I was once given together with a cooking set. I couldn’t remember how old I … Read more
I came across this lovely website the other day, the Beethoven Haus für Kinder . It is originally aimed at German children who want to find out more about Beethoven, but actually it’s just as good for adults. I’ve just spent an hour looking around and clicking on various items on the screen and reading interesting snippets. … Read more
In autumn lots of people think they would like to do some evening classes, get fit again, join the gym or learn something new, maybe a new language, maybe German. So they look around to see what’s available and then find they can’t decide: What shall I do, keep fit or learn German? Why not … Read more
The Goethe-Institut has published a new free online resource for learning German, called Unsere Straße (Our street). EDIT 2026: It seems they have taken it down as the links now take you to a ‘page not found’ page. I’ll wait for a while before deleting this post just to see whether they have just moved the … Read more
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to attend a German church service? I found a website where you can do just that, without having to leave your house. The service is not from the church in the picture, that is the St. Steven’s Cathedral in Passau, but from a small church in … Read more
Evernote is a lovely tool which you can have on your PC and/ or laptop as and also on your smartphone. It works like a word document but does do much more – and it’s free! So, how can Evernote help you learn German? When you learn German (or any other language), there are four skills … Read more
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