The band started to play. The fishy lady rose with a contented growl and summoned the Hawaiian monk seal to dance. He lollopped for three quick steps and ended with a haphazard hop. “I’m allergic to the traditional polka,” he blubbered. What?!! The story needs … Continue reading One Too Many
That’s what the German name translates literally into English. But Glühbirnen will soon have a place only in museums.
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Well, there was another incident in my classroom today and I left. Some of you have been reading my blog but I don’t know if I find the nerve to blog about the situation soon. But, it was an incident.
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FOWC with Fandango: Build
I’ve been teaching German to illiterate students for the last ten years. Illiterate can mean they cannot write in any script or it can mean they cannot write in the Latin alphabet. When I started out, literacy was the basis of learning the language and … Continue reading Literacy – Will It Still Be Needed?
in language overarching sense.
Angle is Eck in German, angling is angeln. So this is an angling angle or something. Taken from a strange angle.
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When you move to Germany and are applying for permanent residency you are required to complete an integration course – consisting of 600 hours German language classes and a 100 hours orientation class (i.e. history, cultural norms, everyday living etc.). I am teaching such classes … Continue reading The Objective
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