Angelika Davey's Blog, page 37
September 30, 2018
15 quirky ideas to learn German in October
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Are you always on the lookout for some quirky German learning ideas? How about 15 ideas for October? According to Kleiner Kalender (English version: Cute Calendar) each day of the month is also a special – and sometimes worth celebrating – day. I’ve picked 15 of those days to give you some fun ideas for practising your German – [...]
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September 23, 2018
Practise your German with drawings
On Twitter I get followed by many German learners and I follow quite a few of them back. One of those that follows me is IchAmy. I am so impressed with her efforts to learn German, that I asked her a few questions. How long have you been learning German, Amy? I’ve been learning German for about 10 months. Why did you want to learn German? I [...]
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September 16, 2018
Famous Germans – Käthe Kruse
“Käthe Kruse, who was born 17 September 1883 in Breslau and died 19 July 1968 in Murnau am Staffelsee, was a notable pioneer of German doll-making and went on to establish manufacturing principles which persist to this day.” (Wikipedia) Her career started when her first daughter [...]
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September 9, 2018
Learning a Language
The other day a teacher posted a beautiful poem about language learning on Facebook. It was called ‘Learning a Language’ and was by somebody called Olivia McMahon. I instantly googled her but could not find out much, except that she is a poet from Scotland, who also writes text books for English as a foreign language. Her poem has been posted on various blog posts and teachers seem to have used [...]
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September 2, 2018
Learning German Language Expressions and Manners in the Work Environment
Today’s post is another guest post, this time by Sean Patrick Hopwood of Day Translations, Inc.. Thank you, Sean, and over to you: Cars, classical music, beer and sausages – these are just some of the things Germany is famous for. The country’s current population is 82.67 million and only 5% of the residents do not speak German as their mother tongue. Around the world, German is spoken in 28 countries [...]
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August 26, 2018
17 quirky ideas to learn German in September
Are you always on the lookout for some quirky German learning ideas? How about 17 ideas for September? According to Kleiner Kalender (English version: Cute Calendar) each day of the month is also a special – and sometimes worth celebrating – day. I’ve picked 17 of those days to give you some fun ideas for practising your German – enjoy! 1 September World Letter Writing Day [...]
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August 19, 2018
7 benefits of mobile learning – an infographic
Regular readers will know that I sometimes re-post infographics from eLearning Infographics when I come across some which are useful to German learners. Today’s infographic is aimed at those, who have heard about mobile learning but haven’t thought whether it might be useful to them. “Mobile learning has brought learning to people so effectively that they have access to courses and information at their fingertips. This has enhanced the [...]
August 12, 2018
Waldeinsamkeit & Waldbaden – two untranslatable German words
Come to the forest for some Waldeinsamkeit and Waldbaden Subscribe to my YouTube Channel A while ago we went for a walk to Belvedere Woods, a lovely area near Devizes, where we live. I took some pictures which I posted on Facebook, to which a friend (Ulrike Rettich of Games for Language) commented with the word ‘Waldbaden’. It reminded me of another word [...]
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August 5, 2018
Time for tea in Germany
Imagine you’re in Germany on holiday or for work and you’ve enjoyed some lovely cups of German coffee but now you fancy a cup of tea. So off you go to the supermarket ….. and find a whole shelf with different types of teas. Which one should you buy? There are so many to choose from, but what are they all? Most of them luckily have appropriate images [...]
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July 29, 2018
18 quirky ideas to learn German in August
Are you always on the lookout for some quirky German learning ideas? How about 18 ideas for August? According to Kleiner Kalender (English version: Cute Calendar) each day of the month is also a special – and sometimes worth celebrating – day. I’ve picked 18 of those days to give you some fun ideas for practising your German – enjoy! 1 August Swiss National [...]
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