Archive for 'Culture'
Das Meer – the sea Posted by jan on Feb 9, 2012
Here´s an audiovisual comprehension about the sea. Watch the video and answer the questions afterwards. Attentions: This one might be for advanced learners! Here are the questions: 1. How many percent of the oxygen is produced by plants living in the sea? 2. What is the alternative word for „Ebbe und Flut“? 3. The sea…
Deutsch lernen mit Liedern – Learn German with songs Posted by anja on Feb 8, 2012
Songs are a great way to learn a language. By listening to native speakers, you get a feel for the sound of the language. By listening to the same text repeatedly, you get a feel for the structure of the language, for its word order; and you’ll be remembering phrases, words, and articles. Just listen…
Die Sendung mit der Maus – The Program with the Mouse Posted by anja on Jan 31, 2012
When searching for German language learning resources online, I discovered this wonderful website: Sachgeschichten aus der Sendung mit der Maus. Sachgeschichten means “non-fictional stories”, and Die Sendung mit der Maus is, I’d say, Germany’s most famous TV program after the crime television series Tatort (english title: Crime Scene), so I am dedicating a whole article…
Getting from A to B in Germany: part 2 of 2 Posted by anja on Jan 21, 2012
In my last post I talked about traveling Germany by train, and I promised to tell you about other ways of getting around. So here we go! A cheaper alternative to train travel is carpooling. There are several websites dedicated to aranging long-distance carpools, the one with the largest community being mitfahrgelegenheit.de. Usually the person…
German characters: Wilhelm Busch Posted by jan on Jan 15, 2012
Today I want to introduce another German character to you. This one is for sure not as bekannt (famous) as Albert Einstein for example. But anyway he made his contribution to German poetry, humor and language. Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch was born on April 15th 1832 in Widensahl. He was one of the most influentual…
Wohnen in Deutschland – Housing in Germany Posted by anja on Jan 11, 2012
I grew up in a Einfamilienhaus (one family house). And the one I grew up in was surrounded mostly by one family homes. My grandparents had their own Haus (house), and so did the families of my friends in the neighbourhood. As of 2008, one third of households in Germany is living in one family homes…
Religionen in Deutschland – Religions in Germany Posted by jan on Jan 9, 2012
At the end of the year 2011, I posted an article called „Some simple fatcs about Germany“. While doing the research for this article, I discovered some other interesting facts about Germany that I didn´t know before though I´m living here since I was born. One of them was about religions. For not being very…