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Audiovisual comprehension – Die Karls- und Bärenhöhle Posted by jan on Jun 24, 2011
At the weekend I had the chance to visit a flowstone cave in the south of Germany. It´s name is Karls- und Bärenhöhle, because it consists of two sections. This is what it looks like: And here´s the text. It´s maybe too difficult for beginners, but this way advanced learnes also have something to practice…
Vocabulary about music Posted by jan on Jun 22, 2011
hi everybody, today I want to indroduce some general vocabulary about music to you. So, when we talk about music, we first have to seperate the different styles of music: Klassik – Classical music Pop – Popular music Reggae – Reggae music Rock – Rock music Folk – Folk music Hip Hop – Hip Hop…
Audiovisual comprehension – Toms Fahrrad Posted by jan on May 29, 2011
Today I got a new audiovisual comprehension for you. I hope you´ll understand it. To help you a little bit, here´s the spoken text: Das ist Tom. Er hat ein neues Fahrrad bekommen. Die Reifen sind viel größer als die von seinem letzten Fahrrad. Und der Sattel ist viel höher. Das ist die Vorderbremse. Diese…
German music: Herbert Grönemeyer Posted by jan on May 14, 2011
Hi everybody! First of all: Sorry for not blogging for a while! I was involved in another project where I had to shoot several videos for Transparent. Today I want to introduce a very famous singer and Liedermacher (songwriter) to you. His name is Herbert Grönemeyer. Maybe he is the most famous Musiker (musician) in…
Vegetables and fruits – Gemüse und Früchte Posted by jan on Apr 16, 2011
Hi everybody! Today I want to play a little with vitamines. Not only Vegetarier (vegetarians) might be interested in vocabulary about fruits and vegetables. No matter if you go to a restaurant or have to buy some things to prepare a meal at home, it would be useful to know some of the following words…
Internet terms – in German Posted by jan on Mar 27, 2011
Hi everybody! When Sandra Rösner asked for some new ideas and needs in her blog post „Think Tank“ a couple of days ago, some of you wanted to learn about „internet terms in German“. When I first read about this, I thought that this would be hard to answer. Because nearly everything that has to…
Nuclear power – the counterculture is growing again Posted by jan on Mar 13, 2011
Since a couple of months, in Stuttgart a demonstration against nuclear power has been planned for 12th March 2011. Due to the actual events in Japan the demonstration became even more important by coincodence. A chain of people was build from the nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim to Stuttgart. 60.000 people were engaged and the…