Insults make up an important part of everyday conversation. Familiarizing yourself with German insults is a useful way to help you understand either the seriousness of a situation, or more likely to understand German humour. Better yet, you can use them to try and be…

German is a useful language to know. Around 130 million people consider German their native or second language and in 2015, it was estimated that 14.5 million people were learning German worldwide. Of all EU languages, German has the most native speakers. German universities are free…

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?

Making mistakes when learning German isn’t a bad thing, and certainly nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it should be encouraged, because it helps you learn. To best illustrate a few mistakes that all German-learners make at some point, let’s go through a little…

Learning songs in your target language is a great way to discover new words. But did you know that music can help you with more than just vocabulary?

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…

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…

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…

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…

So you’re thinking about learning German, or maybe you’ve even already started learning it, and you can’t wait to be able to say that you speak it without having that nagging feeling that you are an impostor. When are you going to be able to…