The links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you decide to subscribe and click through those links, I will earn a little bit of money. It won’t affect the cost of your subscription and it won’t allow me to stop working – so we’re both safe 😉 The internet has made it easy … Read more
When you want to teach yourself German and start looking for resources, you can find lots of things for reading, writing and listening. What you don’t find so much are resources for speaking. There is a good reason for that as you should practise your German speaking with another person, either with somebody, who is … Read more
I wrote this blog post in 2011 for another website, which sadly doesn’t exist anymore. The post is still just as relevant today as it was then, so I am posting it here again: „So you’re German? They are always so rude!“ I’ve heard this comment a few times now and for a long time … Read more
Have you experienced this? You’ve been learning German for a while and decide to go to Germany to try out your new knowledge. You arrive and proudly say something in German ……… ….. and they answer in English! If you are a beginner you may appreciate it, but if your German is actually quite good, … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 22 Today’s post has been written by Egle. Thank you, Egle! Why I am learning German?! I am a 23 year old part – time student/employee. I am living in England for almost 3 years now and I like it! This is probably the most multi – cultural country in Europe and … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 19 Today you’ll get two posts. the first one comes from 6 year old Jasmine. The second one from her friend Lea. Thank you, Jasmine and Lea! “My name is Jasmine and I’m 6 years old. I’m learning to speak German because my mum is German and I want to be able … Read more
Advent Calendar Day 18 Today’s post comes from Richard H. Thank you, Richard! I started to learn German at School in 1970 and initially enjoyed it because the language seemed much easier than French, with many German words the same as English. However after a couple of years I started to struggle with the more complex … 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 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 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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