My students often ask me how they can improve their German listening skills at home without having to listen to the same exercises from the lessons. One fantastic way – especially, if you like music – is lyrics training. The site has mainly English songs, but the amount of German songs is also growing. I … Read more
This German idiom ‘wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen’ has been written especially for Vicky, who said, she lived there 😉 Wo sich fuchs und hase gute nacht sagen from Angelika Davey EDIT: If you don’t want to click the slides, you can now also watch it as a video:
On my last trip to Germany I noticed a few things which I thought I would share with you – three things I miss in England, one thing I don’t miss and one surprise ❗ ➡ In place 5: I sometimes miss Woolworth, so I’m really pleased to see there are still some shops … Read more
………. what would they tell us? Two of my students kindly let me interview their gorgeous rabbit to find out 😀 Wie heißt du? Ich heiße Chester. Wie alt bist du? Ich bin fünf Monate alt. Wann hast du Geburtstag? Mein Geburtstag ist am 24. Januar. Hast du Haustiere, z.B. ein Kaninchen? Nein, ich HABE kein … Read more
This morning my friend Pia Parry came across an unusual website, where you can generate a love letter in German. What a great and fun way to practise some German, I thought. So, this is what you do: You give the name and gender of the person you want to send the letter. Add your own … Read more
Last week I read a wonderful blog post from Suzan St Maur, called ’50 ways to win at blogging'(sadly, her website has gone) I automatically thought : Everything she can do I can do better …. or at least just as well 😉 So here it is! If Paul Simon had had German lessons when … Read more
Do you know that feeling? You listen to a song on the radio. You find it absolutely terrible …. and yet, you can’t get the tune out of your head for the rest of the day!!! Yes? Well, this happened to me this morning. Somebody posted a video in a facebook group, I listened to … Read more
Once upon a time there was a speech, held by the then minister president for Bavaria, Edmund Stoiber. His speech made not a lot of sense to the Germans, which made it famous – sort of. There are many videos on Youtube about it but I found one where somebody made a pretty good … Read more
How is your German learning coming along? Good?! I’m glad to hear it! You are having your lessons, you’re enjoying them and would like some extra work, just not boring homework. I don’t blame you, homework is not always the most interesting thing to do (although sometimes it is). So, how about some German children’s … Read more
My students all know by now that in the last lessons before Christmas I go on and on about ‘Dinner for One’! Why?Because it’s a German New Year’s tradition. It started in 1963 when a German TV station recorded a short English theatre performance in Hamburg. They only gave a short German introduction and then … Read more
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