Last week I read Teddy Nee’s blog post about watching TV on YouTube I was a post for a variety of languages and it also included a link to a German news channel on YouTube. It made me think. I have written about watching German TV before: Improve your German with German TV but it requires finding … Read more
In previous posts you learned how to introduce yourself in German and also when to use du or Sie? When to be formal or informal in Germany! And what you have read still applies. When you don’t know somebody, especially in the business world, you still use the formal ‘Sie’ unless the German tells you … Read more
When you go to Germany you might see some of those round things, like the one in the picture, with advertising posters plastered all over them. As a child I always wondered what was inside, especially as I couldn’t find a door or a window. And then I found out there’s nothing inside. These columns … Read more
Are you always on the lookout for German textbooks? Do you sometimes find some in charity shops, secondhand shops or car boot sales? Do you then wonder whether it’s a good idea to buy them to learn German? The answer is yes and no! It’s a bit like reading Shakespeare when you’ve just learned how … Read more
Learn some German Christmas vocabulary and practise your German reading skills with this text. Then try the quiz to see how much you understood. Weihnachten in Deutschland Am 1. Dezember beginnt die Adventszeit. Die Kinder bekommen einen Adventskalender und öffnen vom 1. bis zum 24. Dezember jeden Tag ein Türchen. Vielleicht sehen sie ein schönes … Read more
If you had asked that question when I was a little girl, the answer might have been a NO. Growing up I only knew of ‘Haferflocken’ (oats) and then Müsli and Conflakes. The word ‘Cerealien’ for cereal wasn’t even used because the only cereal was Conflakes. Thinks have changed over the years as the following … Read more
Today’s post is another guest post, this time by Sean Patrick Hopwood of Day Translations, Inc.. Thank you, Sean, and over to you: Cars, classical music, beer and sausages – these are just some of the things Germany is famous for. The country’s current population is 82.67 million and only 5% of the residents do not speak … Read more
Come to the forest for some Waldeinsamkeit and Waldbaden A while ago we went for a walk to Belvedere Woods, a lovely area near Devizes, where we live. I took some pictures which I posted on Facebook, to which a friend (Ulrike Rettich of Games for Language) commented with the word ‘Waldbaden’. It reminded me … Read more
Imagine you’re in Germany on holiday or for work and you’ve enjoyed some lovely cups of German coffee but now you fancy a cup of tea. So off you go to the supermarket ….. and find a whole shelf with different types of teas. Which one should you buy? There are so many to choose … Read more
EDIT a day after Germany got kicked out of the 2018 Word Cup: YES, the title is still correct. Read on to find out why! I’m not really interested in football, although I do watch some international games, especially if Germany plays England. One of my online students told me about his experience watching such … Read more
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