If this is your first time reading my blog you’re probably wondering about the strange title, but if you’ve read some of my posts before you know I do make those comparisons. So, let me tell you about my crochet experience: Many years ago, in the 70s, I used to do a lot of crocheting. … Read more
A few weeks ago I entered a competition for writing a story in 26 sentences in the order of the alphabet. I enjoyed it so much that I thought this would be a great idea for a German competition. So – Can you write a story in 26 sentences in German, starting the first one … Read more
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. This is not a free resource but if you have a Kindle you might be interested in this book. It’s an interactive adventure book in German with some English help. … Read more
EDIT: The Post-it notes have sadly been discontinued. Maybe you can still find some secondhand. 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. Last weekend I went to the Language Show to attend some seminars, meet other language teachers … Read more
I came across this lovely website the other day, the Beethoven Haus für Kinder . It is originally aimed at German children who want to find out more about Beethoven, but actually it’s just as good for adults. I’ve just spent an hour looking around and clicking on various items on the screen and reading interesting snippets. … Read more
I used to do a lot of cross stitch but in the last few years had very little time. A while ago I thought to have a go again, especially as I was given a cross stitch kit. So I opened the pack and started. After a few hours I began to wonder … How … Read more
In autumn lots of people think they would like to do some evening classes, get fit again, join the gym or learn something new, maybe a new language, maybe German. So they look around to see what’s available and then find they can’t decide: What shall I do, keep fit or learn German? Why not … Read more
The Goethe-Institut has published a new free online resource for learning German, called Unsere Straße (Our street). EDIT 2026: It seems they have taken it down as the links now take you to a ‘page not found’ page. I’ll wait for a while before deleting this post just to see whether they have just moved the … Read more
Evernote is a lovely tool which you can have on your PC and/ or laptop as and also on your smartphone. It works like a word document but does do much more – and it’s free! So, how can Evernote help you learn German? When you learn German (or any other language), there are four skills … Read more
How is your German learning coming along? Good?! I’m glad to hear it! You are having your lessons, you’re enjoying them and would like some extra work, just not boring homework. I don’t blame you, homework is not always the most interesting thing to do (although sometimes it is). So, how about some German children’s … Read more
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