“Don’t be afraid to ask dumb questions. They are easier to handle than dumb mistakes.” (unknown) A dumb question – hmm – how often do you think you may have one? I read this quote this morning and instantly was transferred back to my childhood: at the end of a lesson, the teacher would ask if … Read more
So, you’ve started learning German and it’s going well. You even understand that there are three words for ‘the’, der, die and das. No problem you think, and you have learnt that the German word for cookie is ‘der Keks’. And then you find this video on youtube and you hear ‘Ich esse den Keks’. … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I might get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. As I said in my last blog, there are 3 ways of saying ‘the’ (actually, there are lots more, but we ignore that for the time being!). Whether you need … Read more
This is a question I hear a lot from children when I teach at schools. But often adults don’t know either. They know how to spell words and how to pronounce things, but when asked what these words are they don’t know, which led me to understand that they would not understand grammar either. When … Read more
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