Angelika Davey's Blog, page 29
February 16, 2020
Top 10 reasons to learn a foreign language
I came across these top 10 reasons to learn a foreign language and totally agree with them – especially if that foreign language for you is German Consider these benefits of learning a new language: 1. You can meet an entirely new group of people. You may live in an area with a large Polish-speaking population, maybe even German. Or maybe you’d like to have pen pals on the [...]
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February 9, 2020
10 February 1898 – Birthday of Bertolt Brecht
“Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.” (Wikipedia) As it would have been his birthday today I thought you might like to look at the titles of some of his plays … and notice how similar the English titles are. Have a look at the titles and see if you [...]
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February 2, 2020
Boost your German learning in February
Welcome to February of the GermanAction for HappinessCalendars. As before, you canif you wish, also print out aPDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it herein English, where you can also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and act on them (if you wish) or turn them [...]
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January 26, 2020
27 January 1756 – Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Today’s blog post is not about a famous German composer, but he was a German speaking composer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (full nameJohannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) was born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. His birthplace (Geburtshaus) is now a museum. If you’d like to find out more about it, the museum has a website in German and also in English. I also [...]
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January 19, 2020
Test your German grammar with some Denglisch words
Denglisch! You all know about the Germans’ love to Germanise English word! Over the last few months I have collected sentences with Denglisch words in German health podcasts and magazines, but instead of just posting them here for you, I have turned them into a grammar exercise. (I hope, you’re shouting YAY!) So, get pen and paper ready or download the ‘Denglisch questions’ PDF with the questions [...]
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January 12, 2020
Outdoor fitness equipment you might find in Germany
Last year when we were in Germany during those really hot days in July (over40C) we went for a walk in a forest because it was pleasantly cool. As we came out of the forest we came across an outdoor gym. We would have loved to try them out, but as it was midday and extremely hot we didn’t think it would have been a good idea. “Mad dogs and [...]
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January 5, 2020
6 strategies that help you keep the promises you make to yourself
Can you trust yourself? How many times have you promised yourself you were going to save money, lose weight, or become fluent in German? You’ve likely made thousands of promises to yourself and broken the majority of them. Oh, and not just you, me too (except the learning German bit ). So when I came across the following strategies I had to turn them into a post, not just for [...]
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December 29, 2019
Boost your German learning in January
Welcome to a new year of the GermanAction for Happiness Calendars. As before, you canif you wish, also print out aPDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it herein English, where you can also find further foreign languages. Überlege dir drei gute Dinge, auf die du dich dieses Jahr freust.What three German learning things are you [...]
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December 22, 2019
Bear with me, it’s nearly Christmas
Regular readers may remember my post about my visit to Moonraker Bears a few years ago:Im Bärenkrankenhaus – at the bear hospital Well, the other day I walked past and noticed fünf Teddybären (5 teddy bears) playing im Schnee (in the snow) but not suitably dressed. None of them wore a Mantel (coat) or even a Jacke (jacket), eine Hose (trousers) or Schuhe (shoes). [...]
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Bear with me, it’s nearly Christmas
Regular readers may remember my post about my visit to Moonraker Bears a few years ago:Im Bärenkrankenhaus – at the bear hospital Well, the other day I walked past and noticed fünf Teddybären (5 teddy bears) playing im Schnee (in the snow) but not suitably dressed. None of them wore a Mantel (coat) or even a Jacke (jacket), eine Hose (trousers) or Schuhe (shoes). [...]
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