That’s a stupid question, I hear you say! Walking a marathon is a physical challenge, learning German isn’t! True, but they are both challenges. Imagine: You’re looking for a challenge and decide to walk a 26 miles marathon. You book your place and as it’s quite a while before the walking date, you’re not really … Read more
I had an interesting conversation with a friend earlier about keep fit classes and language classes (she is also a language teacher) and how much easier it seems to go to Pilates classes instead of German lessons. We started to compare them – attending keep fit classes is good for losing weight they are good … Read more
EDIT: Sadly, the Saturday School closed its doors due to lack of children. I will keep this post, though.EDIT 2025: There is an online Saturday School: the online DSS – worth checking out if you are looking for a Saturday school for your child. One more week and the German Saturday School Frome will close … Read more
I thought it would be nice to let somebody else tell you about learning German, so I’ve asked guitar tutor Al Summers a few questions. I have been teaching him and his wife Gill in his office in Warminster and he very kindly agreed to answer my questions. How long have you been learning German, … Read more
In part 1 and part 2 we looked at some of those lovely German words which are identical or almost identical to English words. Now, in part 3 we will look at those words which look identical but have a different meaning – our ‘false friends’. False friends alphabet: die Art type bald soon der Chef … Read more
In part 1 we looked at some of those German words which are identical to English words. Now let’s look at those that are almost identical but still instantly recognisable. Here is my ‘not bad’ alphabet: der Alkohol alcohol die Bluse blouse der Charakter character das Debüt debut der Elefant elephant der Fisch fish das Glas glass … Read more
When people decide to learn German, they often feel quite apprehensive about learning all those new words, phrases and grammar. If you feel the same, then let me show you some interesting German words.I am talking about the good, the not bad, and the ugly German words. Part 1 – the Good: You will be … Read more
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
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