EDIT: The Post-it notes have sadly been discontinued. Maybe you can still find some secondhand. 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. Last weekend I went to the Language Show to attend some seminars, meet other language teachers … Read more
In one of this week’s lessons, I let my students listen to a story about two frogs in a milk jug (from a lovely book of fables which I bought in Vienna two years ago and which came with a CD). Today I found the text online so that you can have a read: … Read more
The other day I came across a blog post about 25 German Loanwords. It’s a good list, but I felt, out of the 25 words only five or six are used frequently. And yet, there are many German words in everyday English, especially food items. How about – Bratwurst (a sausage) Frankfurter (another sausage) Hamburger … Read more
2011 A few weeks ago some friends wrote blog posts about 51 things they learned this year. I liked the idea, so here are mine: Having the best son and daughter living abroad is not always fun. Skype lets me keep in contact with them but also allows me to teach students as far as … Read more
I love listening to BBC Wiltshire and I frequently send in text messages or phone in. I have also been interviewed a few times. So when I was asked whether I would like to participate in ‘You do what for a living?’ I immediately said yes. Every Friday afternoon, Sue Davies and her … Read more
Ich helfe meinem Papa beim Korrigieren von Hausaufgaben! I’m helping my dad mark homework! As a child I always wanted to be a teacher – just like my dad – or an air stewardess, an actress or a dancer. Things didn’t quite work out as planned, I suffer terribly from travel sickness, have two left … Read more
Last week I did an exercise with a student about daily routine. She asked me (in German, of course) what time my working day started and finished. I told her that I left the house at 7.55am for my first job and came home at 9.55pm from my last job. “A long day”, she said! … Read more
EDIT 2017: Sadly, the Wise Guys have split up, but their website is still available (although won’t be updated) and their music is still around, just search for them on YouTube. Although yesterday I mentioned Tokio Hotel as a German band whose music results in lots of fans wanting to learn German, The Wise Guys … Read more
My adult students sometimes lend each other German DVDs or books and sometimes they bring gifts. Today one of my students brought a bag of surplus goods from his allotment and he handed out carrots and flowers. For me, he said, he had a special surprise. With that he handed me this: Aptly labelled Die gedrehten … Read more
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