In previous posts you learned how to introduce yourself in German and also when to use du or Sie? When to be formal or informal in Germany! And what you have read still applies. When you don’t know somebody, especially in the business world, you still use the formal ‘Sie’ unless the German tells you … Read more
Are you on Twitter? If yes, do you use it for learning German? I read the other day that 51% of all tweets are in English, the rest in other languages, including many German tweets. So, how could you use Twitter to learn or improve your German? Depending on how much German you already know you … Read more
Yesterday I was looking for a message which I had saved on twitter and while I was searching for it I found some funny pictures about learning German or languages in general. I don’t know who posted them initially, but I’m sharing them here to give you a giggle too: The last one is my favourite, just in time … Read more
I often get asked by my students how they can extend their vocabulary. One way is via Twitter. If you are new to Twitter or haven’t used it much it, it’s a great way to learn new German words. I have found ten people, who offer a German word, sentence or activity of the day. … Read more
About two years ago I posted an A to Z of long German compound nouns on twitter – one every day, the German words took up a lot of the 140 characters 🙂 For a while I had the whole list on my website, then moved it because I wanted something else. I even saved … Read more
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