by Erin "ebe" Porter | Aug 8, 2022 | Daily life, Expat issues, German language, German vocabulary, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
I was a little embarrassed to tell people I was taking German courses. Not because I think language courses are embarrassing. Quite the opposite. I think they are incredibly valuable. I was embarrassed because it has taken me so long to get there. After over a decade...
by AlieC | Jul 8, 2019 | Daily life, German language, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
Learning German whilst living in Germany must be easy. Well, no. Not necessarily. Many foreigners working in Germany are here because of their native language; they speak it at home, at work and with friends, sometimes going days without speaking German at all. As...
by Laura V | Aug 20, 2018 | Daily life, German language, German vocabulary, History and culture, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
Trying not to sound excessively formal in a foreign language requires practice and attention. It can happen that in your aim to sound colloquial you will pick up words and phrases that you think are everyday material you can use with your colleagues at work, in a...
by Laura V | Jul 23, 2018 | Daily life, German language, German vocabulary, History and culture, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
As every other responsible expat that moves to Germany with the intention of making of Goethe’s land their new home I briefly attended formal German lessons at my arrival. The teacher was nice, some of the people I met there were overly nice (if you know what I mean)...
by Jay | May 5, 2016 | Tips, advice, suggestions
A few months ago, a list published by former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims started making the rounds on social media. In it, she expounds on her list of the basic skills everyone should have by age 18. Reading it, I realized that it wasn’t until I started...
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