Working in Germany: What do you need?
The day has arrived. You’ve landed in Germany! You step off that plane with a pocket full of dreams (and if you’re non-EU, a bank balance full of change, as per your visa requirements). Your backpack is heavy with books on German grammar. Your heart…
Intensive German courses – do they work?
With the promise of a fast track to fluency for a low price, taking an intensive language course can sound appealing. But do they actually work?
How did the Berlin Wall Fall?
In the autumn of 1989, Berlin was about to be the setting of yet some more historic images that would be broadcast live around the world and become, like a few others during the 20th century, part of a whole generation’s collective memory and have…
How to overcome your foreign language anxiety
Does this sound familiar? Learning a foreign language is often exciting. With each expertly executed email, understood dubbed episode of FRIENDS without subtitles or new emoji of encouragement from your language-learning app, you can find your confidence well and truly boosted. Until… You’re on holiday…
9 Movies to Learn German
A great way to improve your German skills in terms of both the language itself and in getting a cultural insight if you’re not in a German speaking country is to be exposed to media input. This can be done in many different ways such…
Reasons to learn a second language now
For many of us, the memories of language classes at school are enough to make us stick with our native one for good. But learning a second language doesn’t mean you must obsessively memorise directions to the town hall (did that ever come in useful?),…
20 Funny German Idioms You Should Know
It’s very easy to develop a taste for the beauty of languages, and comparing a foreign language to your own often makes you appreciate both even more. Whether it’s the language of business, the language of love, the language of passion, the language of food…
Watching TV to Help You Learn German
Learning a language is all about getting enough input in that language so that you are eventually able to produce some output of your own – just like children do! When you are a child you are surrounded by constant inputs and that’s why you…
The Spaced Repetition System for Language Learning
When it comes to talking about language learning, many people think that unless you acquire a language as a young child, or maybe as a teenager at the latest, you will never be able to have mastery over it. But while you might not be…
Language Gymnastics: German Tongue Twisters
A Different Kind of Drill: German Tongue Twisters Whenever you are learning a new language, whatever language that may be, you have to put some work in. As you probably have noticed, there’s simply no way around that. If you’re trying to learn German it…