Meine Lieblingswörter und Redewendungen Thanks to Hitler's ranting speeches and Hollywood WWII movies, the German language has a less than ideal reputation as a foreign language. Among most people who do not speak it (and even among some who do), German is regarded as...
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Mobile Apps for Watching German-Language TV and Movies
Why Mobile Video Apps? Whether you're living in German-speaking Europe or somewhere else in the world where it's not that easy to watch German-language television, these apps allow you to watch TV and movies that the locals watch. Even if you're in Germany, there are...
Guten Tag, Frau Schmidt
In the office the other day my colleague was in a quandary. “But I don’t know whether to write ‘Du’ or ‘Sie’”, she said, brow furrowed, “I’ll have to text my friend and find out what she says to her.” The "Du" / "Sie" under discussion was a cleaner, recommended by a...
Who am I, really? Talking Identity with German Freshmen
I've been living in Germany for 4 years now, three of which I'm spent teaching first year students at a private university in Cologne. More than anything else, this experience has taught me humility; I realize now just how thankful I should be that I'm not 19 anymore....
The Expat Trap
As I write this, I've been living in Germany for about two years. From time to time I meet up with other English-speakers in cafes or restaurants just to get that "fix" of speaking my native tongue at full speed complete with cultural references and a chance to drop...
The downside of English as the universal language
Why is it that many Anglophones seriously consider going to Germany to work when they have zero German skills? A German would never for an instant think that he/she could go to Britain or the United States to work without knowing English well. So why would it be OK...
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