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Showing posts with label German. Show all posts
Showing posts with label German. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Changing Language, Part 2

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Language changes. This is nothing new. If you doubt me, have a go at reading Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English ...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Changing Language, Part 1

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I’ve been teaching German for 22 years (since 1999), and although I have also taught English (American Literature in the US, informal conver...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Benefits of Learning German

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The answer to the question "Why should I learn German?" may seem obvious when the person asking is living in a German-speaking cou...
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Saturday, April 21, 2018

Book Review: The Awful English Grammar

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"If I looked like Mr. Bean, I would cry myself to sleep every night." "Too true." "This is an example of the se...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Tipps zum Deutschlernen

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One of the American exchange students I taught recently asked if I could share some tips for learning German so he could improve his languag...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Dad's Visit

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Goodness gracious, it's been nearly three weeks since I last published a blog post. It's a good thing I don't have self-imposed ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Sometimes it's the Little Things

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It's fitting that my first blog post in a while is about teaching, since teaching is what has kept me from blogging. I'm not complai...
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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Activities for Integration Classes

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During my Mittagsschlaf this afternoon I dreamt the idea for this blog post. It won't become as famous as that other work of art which ...
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