Archive for 'Language'
Practice your listening skills with German radio program: hosts tell about a hilarious SOS Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 5, 2013
Understanding or listening to spoken language is one of the four major skills when it comes to successful foreign language acquisition. A couple of days ago, I came across the radio sequence below in which the hosts tell about the wireless communication between an American ship and Spaniards. I find the presenters speak rather distinctly…
Dasselbe and das Gleiche – Not the same at all Posted by jan on Jun 26, 2013
A colleague of mine posted this image on our German facebook last week. As it turned out, many people don´t know the difference between “dasselbe” and “das Gleiche”. So we want to give you a little help to understand the meaning of these two phrases. First of all you can see that “dasselbe” and…
Why applying for a job in Germany is no longer a pain in the neck Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jun 3, 2013
“Warum sind Sie die richtige Person für die Stelle?” “Why you are the right person for our vacant position?” Kürzlich habe ich mein Studium an der Universität beendet. (I have recently finished my university studies.) Jetzt studiere ich Stellenasuschreibungen und Ratschläge, wie man sich für diese Jobs bewirbt, um einen von ihnen ans Land…
Treasury of words – An easy exercise Posted by jan on Mar 27, 2013
I know, I know…learning vocabulary isn´t always fun and sometimes it surely costs some effort to do so. That´s why I don´t want to annoy you. But with this little exercise, you can check your status pretty good. Even if you don´t know all the words! In my opinion this one is relatively easy, so…
Practice your comprehension skills in German with jokes Posted by Sandra Rösner on Mar 20, 2013
Being able to form sentences in German is one part of linguistic competence. Understanding written and spoken content is also important for successful foreign language acquisition. Below, you find three jokes in German and their appropriate English translations. When you are a beginner of learning German as a foreign language, you should read the English…
Check your German comprehension skills with these three jokes Posted by Sandra Rösner on Mar 17, 2013
Telling jokes is usually nice as a pastime but it can also help you to practice your comprehension skills in German (or any other foreign languages). Following, I listed three jokes, each presented in German and English. When you are a beginner of learning German as a foreign language, read the English version first and…
Solution – cloze Posted by jan on Mar 15, 2013
Here´s the solution to the cloze I published some days ago. Compare it to yours… 1. neue, rote, dunkle, groß, kleinere 2. gelben, schöne, neuen, schönen 3. dunklen, braune, braune, modern 4. schwarzen, schön, teuer, echtem, teurer 5. elegante, hoch, billigeren 6. interessante, Junge, intelligente, netten, humorvollen, harmonisches 7. ungebildeten, gekühlten, gebackenem, unerhört 8. lautem…