Recently, I’ve heard from some readers that they were getting lost in the mazes of Genowrin and Shanima. For those who don’t know these books, they are part of an interactive German learning adventure, where the reader has to choose one’s path through the story by jumping in between pages, selecting dialogue options and navigating through forests, dungeons…
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7 Strange German Superstitions And Slightly Crazy Cultural Beliefs
A Badly Timed “Happy Birthday” in Germany Brings Bad Luck No Eye-Contact While Clinking Glasses = 7 Years Of Bad Lovemaking Lighting Your Cigarette With a Candle Causes a Sailor to Die Crossing Your Fingers Means You’re Lying Cover Your Mouth While Yawning, Lest Demons Enter Your Soul Leaving Without Goodbye Is Something That Bad…
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7 German TV Series To Make You Laugh And Learn The Language In No Time
Tired of struggling with irregular verbs and breaking your head over declension rules? Why not put your textbook aside for a while and watch some German TV series? Even if you don’t understand everything at first, you’ll be surprised how much you can glean just from body-language, mimicry and context. In this post, I’d like to…
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Add a German-English Dictionary To Your Android Kindle App
After writing a tutorial on how to enable a German-English dictionary on the Kindle app for iPad and iPhone, today I’d like to share with you how to enable the same functionality on your Android Kindle app. On your iPhone or iPad Kindle app, you can just purchase a dictionary from the Kindle store and…
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10 Tumblr Blogs For German Learners
After giving you a quick list of great Twitter feeds for German learners, let’s have a look today how you can boost your German-Fu while traversing the Tumblrverse. Whether you’d like to discover more German songs, learn new words with shiny photos or just want to feast your eyes on quaint city centers, there’s something for everyone. Note:…
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How German Detective Series Can Spice Up Your Language Learning Journey
Germans just love their Krimis (crime fiction), whether in paperback format or on the silver screen. One of the most famous German detective series on TV is probably Tatort which has been serving fresh murder mysteries since 1970 and still captivates millions of viewers each Sunday evening. Today, I’d like to talk a bit about how detective…
Discover Dino lernt Deutsch: the German story series for beginners that will help you learn German in no time.
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Café in Berlin Review for German Learners by Herr Antrim: “Really Easy to Read!”
A few weeks ago we offered language bloggers and YouTubers around the world to choose any book from our library and we’d send it to them, free of charge. Today, I was pleasantly surprised to see that German teacher Levi Antrim (perhaps better known as Herr Antrim) put together a little book video review for the “Café in Berlin” book…
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14 Twitter Feeds For German Learners
Twitter is infamous for being a procrastination device, but it’s actually a great tool for learning languages. No, really! Learning German with ancient grammar tomes is all fine and dandy, but there’s nothing like getting daily mini-doses of vocabulary, idioms and other learning materials sent right onto your smartphone or tablet. Here are a few twitter feeds…
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Free German Children’s Books For Language Learners Young and Old
German Textbooks & Worksheets for Children First German: At Home My first picture dictionary: German-English German for Children: Fun, Activity-Based Language Learning Worksheets For Early German Reading Proficiency Free Classic German Children’s Books From The Public Domain Der Struwwelpeter Max und Moritz My Very First Little German Book Free Contemporary German Language Books For Children…
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9 Things You Should Know About Cologne’s Carnival
Cologne’s Carnival, also known as the Fifth Season, is one of the more strange and colorful events in Germany, attracting tourists from all over the world. From extravagant costumes, biting political satire that doesn’t shy away from even the most controversial topics, to non-stop music, mandatory drunkenness and dancing, the festival is a feast for…
