Yesterday I was looking for a message which I had saved on twitter and while I was searching for it I found some funny pictures about learning German or languages in general. I don’t know who posted them initially, but I’m sharing them here to give you a giggle too: The last one is my favourite, just in time … Read more
I came across BookBox this weekend. Although they seem to have been around for a while, it was the first time that I saw one of their videos. Based in India, they make short videos of children’s stories in various languages, including German. Each story has subtitles, so you can read along with it, or … Read more
A few days ago I read a brilliant blog post “How German Are You?” (Edit 2016, no link as website gone) In it Christiane Hayes tells about her 25 years in the UK and how many German things she misses and what she prefers in England. She also puts a link to a test to … Read more
I have not managed to watch the new Paddington film yet, but watching the trailer the other day I thought: If you are a Paddington fan, why not practice your German with him? Here is the German trailer to the film: There is a great German website with lots of information about Paddington. EDIT 2020: … Read more
Edit: sadly, the band ALFORNA has split up, and one of the songs that I originally posted, has been removed from Youtube. The other song is still there, so I leave this post. Many students complain that when they visit a foreign country, they can’t understand a word, even if they have learned the language.That’s normal, … Read more
Are you looking for different ways of learning German because it gets boring reading and re-reading your text book? Do you like playing games? Then you may like to try out games for languages, a site with lots of quick games to practise your German (other languages are also available). You can subscribe to … Read more
What sort of presents are you expecting this Christmas? Anything that can help you learn German? At our German Carol singing event I asked my students to sing one final song – just for me and just for fun – and after I promised they didn’t have to do any homework over Christmas, they … Read more
The Germans like to collect words of the year. There is the most used word of the year “Wort des Jahres”, the worst word “Unwort des Jahres” and since 2008 there is also the youth word of the year, “Jugendwort des Jahres”. Youngsters can submit their favourite word of the year and from mid year until the … Read more
Here we are again, it’s the first of December – time for an Advent Calendar! Did you buy one for yourself? With chocolate? I have ☺ But how about an Advent calendar for learning German? I found a few which are designed for German learners: Der literarische Adventskalender Hueber Adventskalender here you can even win useful prizes, as … Read more
Last Saturday I went shopping in Swindon, or to be more precise, I tried to do some shopping until I saw a shop sign: “du” “A German word – how exciting!” And that was it, I was hunting for German words! I found: Schuh (shoe) klein (small, little) in Calvin Klein two words in Austin Reed: aus … Read more
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