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 überall 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…
Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser – The Reader, I Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 24, 2011
Als ich fünfzehn war, hatte ich Gelbsucht. Die Krankheit begann im Herbst und endete im Frühjahr. Je kälter und dunkler das alte Jahr wurde, desto schwächer wurde ich. Erst mit dem neuen Jahr ging es aufwärts. Der Januar war warm, und meine Mutter richtete mir das Bett auf dem Balkon. Ich sah den Himmel, die…
Drachenfest Posted by jan on Sep 13, 2011
Two weeks ago we had the chance to attend an event that is quite unusual. At least I didn´t see one like this before. It was called Drachenfest and it was all about Drachen (kites). The event took place on a big Wiese (hayfield) where hundreds of people met to fly their kites. Unfortunately…
9/11 – Zehn Jahre danach (Ten years after) Posted by jan on Sep 11, 2011
Exactly ten years ago, the Terroranschläge (terrorist attacks) on the World Trade Center happened in New York. But still, the whole subject is very present in Germany. Especially for the anniversary, there are unzählige (countless) documentaries and discussions on TV. Since weeks you can see them almost daily. And when you see the horrible pictures…