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
Does this sound familiar? You’ve decided you want to learn German and then you can’t find a group to join and you can’t afford one-to-one lessons. So you think “I can do this by myself!” You go and buy a text book and look at it twice: once when you’ve bought it ………… and the … 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
Advent Calendar Day 24 I hope you have enjoyed our 24 reasons for learning German. I’m giving the last words to some of the girls at the German Saturday School who wrote their text in German and didn’t want to be named – once you’ve read the last two, you’ll know why 😉 I’ve copied … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 21 Today’s post comes from Rachel. Thank you, Rachel! I receive German lessons through work as we are a German owned company. I initially volunteered for lessons as I enjoy learning languages but I’m finding that it’s becoming more and more useful as my career progresses. I’ve been learning for about 18 … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 3 The post for day 3 has been written by Julia. Thank you, Julia! My name is Julia. I live in Devizes with my husband and 19 month old son. I spent five first years of my life in Germany because my father was stationed there in the army. When I started … Read more
This is an invitation for the students and friends of Angelika’s German Tuition & Translation to join our German Advent Café on Wednesday, 19th December, 7 – 9 pm at Southwick Village Hall, where will will sing German Christmas Carols. The event is free but if you enjoyed the evening, please consider making a donation towards the … Read more
Do you remember that song? “Video killed the radio star ………and you remember the jingles used to go ….’ But what does that have to do with learning German? We all know that the quickest way to learn German (or any other language) is to learn it in Germany (or the other countries, of course … Read more
How do you know whether ‘sie’ means she or they or You? Do you know the difference? Several students are struggling with this, so the last time I was asked, I promised I would make an infographic. So this one is for you, Lauren 😉 For more information about verb conjugation in the present tense, … Read more
Our little group of primary school children in Calne has been learning about the days of the week. For this we learned the song ‘Die Wochentage’ from Martina Schwarz’ book ‘Hey hey hallo, learn German with songs’ Then we got really brave, made our own version and recorded it. The song follows the same pattern. … Read more
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