Archive for the year 2011
Discussion: Occupy Wall Street Posted by jan on Oct 21, 2011
I know we had this just two days before… But it happened that Sandra and I prepared an article with the same topic at exactly the same time. She was a bit faster in publishing it 🙂 I just thought about deleting mine, but as I research more and more, the topic really seems to…
Wie man Deutsch lernt!? – How to learn German!? (Part II) Posted by Sandra Rösner on Oct 18, 2011
In my second last post I began to write about language learning tips, which I will now carry on. 4. Be realistic Learning a second language takes time. So, don’t put yourself under pressure to become a fluent speaker of German within a couple of weeks. Fast second language learning is just not possible…
German movies: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint Posted by jan on Oct 17, 2011
Welcome back to another German movie that I want to introduce to you. This one might be not as bekannt (famous) as „Das Boot“, but nevertheless it is one of my favourite ones from Germany. It is called „23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint“ and it could be translated as „23 – Nothing…
Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? – Why? Posted by Sandra Rösner on Oct 14, 2011
Wer? Wie? Was?Der! Die! Das!Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? Wer nicht fragt bleibt dumm! Tausend tolle Sachen, die gibt es ĂĽberall zu sehen. Manchmal muss man fragen, um sie zu verstehen! Who? How? What?This! That! This!Why? Why? Why? Who doesn’t ask, remains dumb! Thousands of great things can be seen everywhere. Sometime you have to ask…
Der Lebenslauf – curriculum vitae Posted by jan on Oct 8, 2011
Maybe some of you might be in the situation to make an application for a job in Germany. Therefore I thought on helping you a little. So what does an application look like in Germany? Well, the answer is not that simple. It totally depends on the branch of trade you´re working for and, of…
Wie man Deutsch lernt!? – How to learn German!? (Part I) Posted by Sandra Rösner on Oct 7, 2011
Very often people ask how they can learn or improve their German. Thus, I decided to tell you something about language and language learning, hoping that it will help you to overcome all the obstacles you could face. First of all, you learn German like most languages, too. 1. Accumulation of vocabulary The first step…
Jugendsprache – Teenage Slang Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 30, 2011
People define themselves via the language they use. When young people reach puberty they try to distance themselves linguistically from their parents and other adults. This results in Jugendsprache (teenage slang). Jugendsprache develops fast because when the words have established within a linguistic system and even adults use the new created words in their speech…