Learning Strategies (Part 5) – Podcast
The Best Free Podcast to Learn German Studying vocabulary, writing summaries, among other things, is crucial when learning a foreign language, especially within the framework of a language course. However, you can also learn a foreign language outside the classroom or in addition to [...]
Common Challenges for German Learners (Part 2) – Compound Words
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. This was officially the longest German word. The English translation is: Cattle marking and beef labelling supervision duties delegation law. It was part of a legal text, but since the law was repealed in 2013, it disappeared from the dictionaries. Nevertheless, the German [...]
Common Challenges for German Learners (Part 1)
German orthography: “Widder”, “wieder” or “wider”? Imagine reading a German book or article, and all of the sudden you notice a word that occurs again and again, but each time with a slightly different spelling – as it is the case in the following [...]
Learning Strategies (Part 4)
What are the best ways to study vocabulary? Emma stands at the bus stop and watches a middle-aged woman tapping desperately on the touchscreen of the public transport ticket machine. Finally, the woman approaches Emma and asks her if she speaks French, and if [...]
Experience report: Tandem Language Learning
In the blog post Tandem Language Learning, a language-learning tandem partnership was described as a learning method that can complement language courses. More specifically, the following questions were answered: What exactly is a language-learning tandem partnership? How do I find a language-learning tandem partner? [...]
Learning Strategies (Part 3)
Tandem Language Learning In the blog post Make the most out of your language lessons with these learning methods we shared tips and tricks for effective learning methods before, during and after language course lessons. The blog post How to Write a Good Summary [...]
Learning Strategies (Part 2)
How to Write a Good Summary In the blog post Make the most out of your language lessons with these learning methods, we mentioned that writing summaries is a useful method for revising the topic discussed in class. However, in order that making a [...]
Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language (Part 2)
Labor Market The first part of this blog series was about how language skills not only make travelling easier, but also more interesting and enriching. This statement was also supported by the experience report Volunteering in Chile. Now, in this blog post we will [...]
Experience report: Volunteering in Chile (Nelly Müller)
In the blog series Reasons Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language we explained that knowing a foreign language does not only make travelling easier, but also more enriching. As an example, we mentioned volunteer travel, which allows us to get in touch with [...]