Angelika Davey's Blog, page 53
August 23, 2015
A week in Berlin
Over the years I’ve had comments from students who went to Berlin. Each time they said how much they enjoyed their stay and isn’t it lovely there. Then they got my surprise answer: “I think so, but I haven’t been there.” “What? You haven’t been to Berlin???”
It thendawned on me that lots of my students, my children and other members of my family have visited Berlin, but not me! So, at the beginning of the month I rectified it byspending a week in Berlin. … as a tourist!
And I fell in love wi...
August 16, 2015
Deutschbox – another way to learn more German!
I am always amazed on the variety of different ways to practise your German that can be found online. here is another one, Deutschbox. Deutschbox is for learners at A2, B1, B2 and C1 level, so not for absolute beginners (although if you are an absolute beginner, bookmark the page for later use)
According to the site “Deutschbox enables you to improve your German, the fun and easy way.
We provide you with videos, music, texts and dialogs to consume and practice. However, it is not like you wo...
August 9, 2015
Three white pigeons – a German listening exercise
I took a picture of this pretty white pigeon the other day and it reminded me of a German lesson I held a few years ago. It was a listening exercise with a song about three white pigeons. On my way home I wondered whether the band who sung this song were still around. So I did some googling, found the song on YouTube and found out that the band was still making music. Not only that, they gave permission for me to use their song for theexercise on this blog post.
So, first of all, who are the...
August 2, 2015
How to use a German text to improve your comprehension
As a regular blog reader you know that I often post about different ways to practise your German, so today I’d like to tell you about another way to improve your German grammar. Let’s assume you have just covered the dative case in your lessons, you’ve done all the exercises but would like some reinforcement on the matter. What can you do?
You may have some other textbooks which also cover the dative case You can look for onlineworksheets about the dative case You can look for online games...July 26, 2015
10 Facebook pages that can teach you German
Two weeks ago I told you about 10 German Facebook pages that help you read and understand more German, andtoday you can find out about 10 Facebook pages that can help you learn or improve your German because these pages teach German. They are all similar in so far, that they share things from other pages, so you may come across duplicate links. But they also all write their own posts that could be German lessons. If you already know (and hopefully liked) some of these pages then you know wha...
July 19, 2015
“I’m learning German. Please speak to me in German!”
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, you want to get the chance to use it and NOT speak English! But a lot of German faces light up when they hear your accent and are looking forward to practise their English. In touristy areas the requ...
July 12, 2015
10 German Facebook pages for practising your German reading and listening
If you are not on Facebook, you have my permission to leave this post … unless you are looking for a reason why Facebook might not be such a bad idea and maybe you should join after all 
July 5, 2015
13 German idioms featuring birds
Don’t you just love idioms? Like ‘the early bird catches the worm’ or ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’. I was always told that, if you know idioms in a foreign language, you’re fluent (or, alternatively, if you can swear in that language )
So, are there any ‘bird’ idioms or phrases in German? Yes is the answer and here they are:
June 28, 2015
Practise your German with Google Now and Google Maps
Last week I watched this wonderful video from German teacherHerr Antrim about using Google on your Android Phone for practising your German. I won’t repeat everything as his video says it all, so here it is:
Great stuff, isn’t it?
But I’d like to add something else you can do with Google. If you have Google maps installed you can use your satnav for practising your directions.
First you need to change the language. On your phone, go to ‘Settings’, then ‘Language’ and change the language to...
June 21, 2015
Practise your German with interesting quizzes
If you are a regular visitor to Facebook you have probably come across those “What type of … are you?”quizzes and you may have reacted like I usually do: You ignore them because they are rubbish, or you do one of them just for fun and then laugh at the result.
If you’re not on facebook you may not have even seen these tests, but they can be accessed by anybody. It’s just that they would like you to share on facebook, which, of course, you can ignore, like I usually do.
Anyway, what does thi...
