Looking for tips for learning German? From recommendations for German language music or films, here are some of my best tips and tricks for learning German. From one German learner to another!
Radio is great for practicing your listening skills and training your ear to German, or any language. It’s also perfect for putting on in the background while you clean the house or are working. I’ve put together a collection of just some of the German language radio stations that are available for free streaming online: […]
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Sometimes it is hard to believe what you can access on the internet. I consider sometimes how much more difficult my quest to learn German could have been if I’d taken it seriously back in high school. If I wanted to watch films or television, it was all but impossible to get access to
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Rock-n-roll autobiographies seem to be especially popular right now. But due to the nature of the beast, they’re relatively one-sided. You get the author’s point of view than you have to wait for their bandmates to write books to get their side of the story! But in 2005, authors Max Dax and Robert Defcon wrote
German Book Review: Nur was nicht ist, ist möglich Read More »
I’m no German language expert — far, far from it — but I have been seeing a large response to my posts sharing my experiences learning German. So I’ve decided to start a new “feature” reviewing the German language books I read, which are as much for pleasure as they are for language practice. This
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My previous post sharing some of my favorite spots for subtitled German videos online generated enough interest that I thought I’d do a second part with some more links. In the two or so years that I’ve been seriously, actively trying to learn the language, I’ve spent a lot of time trawling the internet looking
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The main road that cuts through Valley Forge Park is one I travel very frequently. And I knew there was a monument just off to the one side but I’d never taken a close look. When I pulled into the parking lot during my recent trip to the park, I noticed the statue overlooking the
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben: Valley Forge, Part 2 Read More »
For me personally, listening and speaking German are definitely my biggest weaknesses. So I’ve spent a lot of time online searching and searching. I’ve found that the videos with German subtitles to be the most helpful — although I do get stuck in the trap of merely reading instead of listening sometimes. I’ve come across
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I’m the first to admit I am no expert on the German language. But I’ve been working hard on learning the language. I thought this blog would be the perfect place, from time to time, to share some of my lessons learned — as I do with the baking and cooking — on language learning.
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