Hurrah for the Internet

A few days ago I had a notification that “October 29 is Internet Day, a day to celebrate the internet and the impact this technology has on our world today”. I immediately thought about language learning and was reminded back to when I was a teenager in Germany learning English – in the 1970s, way … Read more

German football wins again :)

EDIT a day after Germany got kicked out of the 2018 Word Cup: YES, the title is still correct. Read on to find out why! I’m not really interested in football, although I do watch some international games, especially if Germany plays England. One of my online students told me about his experience watching such … Read more

German dialects – a game

EDIT 2020: Sadly, the game has gone from their site and it looks like it won’t return, sorry. During the last nine months I wrote blog posts about 9 different German dialects. I hope you enjoyed them, because now it’s your turn. I found this wonderful German, Austrian and Swiss dialect card on Expedia.de which I was … Read more

Practise your German with help from your local library

Have you ever had the feeling that somebody gave you a secret tip which actually wasn’t a secret? That’s how I felt the other day when I received an email which started with “You probably already know this, but in case you don’t …”. Well, I didn’t! And it isn’t a secret anyway, but in … Read more

Germany for Beginners – a review

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. When I started teaching German many years ago and I needed a good grammar explanation I always turned to  Hyde Flippo’s pages, because I liked the way he explained things. … 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

Deutsch am Donnerstag – Wiltshire von A bis Z

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. I hope you enjoyed the last 10 weeks of Deutsch am Donnerstag. My book Wiltshire von A bis Z has a lot more chapters than I used here but they … Read more

Deutsch am Donnerstag – a reading comprehension about Wiltshire’s White Horses

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 10 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll find out out a little bit about the White Horses. In … Read more

Deutsch am Donnerstag – a reading comprehension about Swindon

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 9 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll find out out a little bit about Swindon. Wenn Sie … Read more

Deutsch am Donnerstag – a reading comprehension about Salisbury

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 8 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll find out out a little bit about Salisbury. Salisbury darf … Read more

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