Practise your German with Google Now and Google Maps

If you have Google maps installed on your phone  you can use your satnav for practising your directions. First you need to change the language. On your phone, go to ‘Settings’, then ‘Language’ and change the language to ‘Deutsch’. Now Google thinks you are German ☺ Chose a car journey where you wouldn’t need satnav … Read more

Great tips from the Creative Language Learning Podcast

Last month I have been interviewed by fellow native German speaker and teacher Kerstin Hammes at Fluent Language. If you like languages and listening to podcasts about learning languages I would recommend you have a listen to her great “Creative Language Learning Podcast”, well one in particular 😉 For the interview with me you only need to … Read more

Alforna – a Tyrolean Thrash Metal Band

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

Why Language Learning is important

I came across this beautiful infographic about why language learning is important. It says everything I’ve ever said about learning German and it looks pretty. What do you think? Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics BTW Check out eLearning Infographics, there are some very interesting ones!

How to compare learning German with a visit to Brownsea Island

It was my birthday yesterday and I spent it on Brownsea Island. As I enjoyed my visit and took photos, I was wondering how those pictures could be used for learning German. This post is the answer  😉 So you’ve been meaning to learn German and have finally taken the plunge, booked a course, arrived … Read more

Gareth’s language learning journey – part 2

Did you read Friday’s blog post  ? It was a guest post by Gareth Evans of FlashSticks and it was so long, I turned it into two parts. If you haven’t read it yet, read it first before carrying on. So here is part 2: When things started to go wrong I have to be … Read more

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