Today I saw several people tweeting an article on Twitter about the advantages of being bilingual. It was an interesting article, which also mentioned that people who are bilingual can cope better with Alzheimers if they were to get it. Very interesting, but I’ve read this so many times, I almost clicked to get away … Read more
When people find out that I teach German, they often ask me questions about it. As the same questions keep on appearing, here are the top 5 questions and my answers: How long does it take to learn German? I’ve got some ‘teach yourself’ books in the attic? Should I get them down? I wouldn’t … Read more
Following crisis talks last week about the lack of British translators who cannot translate into more than one language, the European Union decided that foreign language learning has to be made compulsory for all British nationals. To make it as easy as possible, it has been agreed to start with just one language and with labelling items. So from today, 1st April … Read more
“I want to learn German, but how do I start?” I quite often hear this question, so here are a few ideas: A great way is to join an evening class. It is far more fun to learn German (or any other language) in a group. It is easier to revise as the group can … Read more
Did you hear about the Englishman and his French dog? Apparently, the dog will only react to French commands spoken with a French accent, so his owner had to learn French. So, just in case you ever get a German dog who doesn’t know his woof woofs from his wau waus, here is a list … Read more
Those who have learnt German at an English secondary school may remember the BBC programme ‘Hallo aus Berlin’ – short videos from 1996 with some children from Berlin and, of course, the songs by Rita and Rolli. Who still remembers Rita and Rolli? When I taught at a secondary school we sometimes watched the videos and … 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. When Germans like a songs so much that they can’t get it out of their head they call it ‘Ohrwurm’ which means ‘earworm’.So when I was followed by somebody … Read more
Surely not, you may think! I’m not so sure, so let me explain: I love walking. For the last ten or so years I have been walking as much as possible. I try to do 10,000 steps a day (don’t always achieve that) and at weekends we go for long walks. Twice I have managed to … Read more
This question came to my mind this morning while I cleaned out the chicken house ( Don’t ask why THIS question, no idea!). So I decided to compare those two – Losing weight:Imagine, you decide to lose some weight because you either just feel you’d like to lose a few pounds or because your doctor … Read more
I came across this article the other day, where German bestseller writer Bastian Sick was asked to give 10 reasons for learning German. I liked his reasons so much that I reprint them here on my blog, but if you want to red the whole article you can find it here These are his ten reasons: … Read more
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