Advent Calendar Day 14 Today’s post comes from Evie. Thank you, Evie! Hello, I am Evie Stougia and I am from Greece. I came to England two years ago to get my BA degree and now I am a junior buyer for Apetito Ltd, the food manufacturer. As Apetito is part of a German Group, … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 13 Today’s post has been written by Richard. Thank you, Richard! I am an engineer who conducts a large amount of work with colleagues from other nations, including Germany. However, I actually started learning German as a fun challenge. It is only in retrospect this proved to be extremely beneficial in my … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 12 Only another 12 days until Christmas! Today, Kamila wrote for us. Thank you, Kamila! My name it Kamila. I have been learning German for a few years now. I hope that I will speak fluently this language one day… I think that knowing and being able to speak a foreign language … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 11 Today’s post is from Neil. Thank you, Neil! I work for a local company. I started to learn German as an aide to some contacts with the German parent company. I have been tempted to give in but I am still persevering. I suppose we are into the third year though … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 10 Day 10 of our Advent Calendar and today’s post has been written by Roberta. Thank you, Roberta! I have resumed my study of German fairly recently, having been frustrated for many years by my ineptitude at something I should be quite good at. I am part German and spent my (very) … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 9 Happy 2nd Advent! Today’s post is from Lynda. Thank you, Lynda! Why learn German? Why not? I am an English housewife but I do the washing in a Miele washing machine, I drive an Audi car, and I love to eat German chocolate and drink German wine. At Christmas, … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 8 Today’s post has been written by Hannah. Thank you, Hannah! I had to do two years of German lessons at school but languages were not my strong point and I dropped the subject as soon as I could. Several years later I visited Germany for the first time. I spent a … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 7 Yesterday you heard from Gill, today you can read Al’s post, Gill’s husband. Thank you, Al! Part of my job is training tutors: I suggest they learn something new (as I do) regularly – to keep in touch with what it means to be a beginner. Not having a natural bent … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 6 The 6th of December already. have you been good? Did St Nicholas bring you anything? Today’s post is from Gill. Thank you, Gill! Hello My name is Gill & I started having lessons in German after going on holiday to Austria. I decided that I would like to converse in … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 5 Day 5 of our Advent Calendar has been written by Pam. Thank you, Pam! Hi my name is Pam Jones and I work at Apetito. I have always wanted to learn German and was fortunate enough to do a one year crash course to “O” level standard many years ago. Since … Read more
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