I can still do it. After a bit more than a year of learning Italian I’m now at a A2 level. Che bello!
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Achievement
Tag: language
Tagesausflug English Hike
A selfie is by definition egocentric even if is a not a planned one. And confusion? There is more than enough here in that one, besides the composition of the photo itself, the weird sign in two languages (both with not quite accurate grammar or at least a weird way of putting it). Even the time is weirdly worded, besides that 1-5 pm is not a full day.
Double dipping for FOWC with Fandango: Egocentric
and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Confusion
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Writing, Reading and Teaching
I should have a field day with that prompt. I have taught German in South Africa and in Germany, English in Germany and Saudi Arabia. I have a post-grad degree in translation. I’ve always been writing. However, sometimes there is just too much to pick from.
So I’m taking the easy way out and simply advertise my other blog: Refugees welcome, where I write about my joys and tribulations of teaching a language to newcomers to Germany. Many but not all are refugees. Their one unifying quality is that they cannot read or write Latin letters. Some are primary illiterates never having learned to write at all, others are able to write in different scripts. As an added bonus, if you are interested, the blog is written in English and German.
It’s not the Perplexee but the perplexer
When communicating in a foreign language it’s not only about vocabulary and grammar, it’s also about register. Germans tend to use English swearwords quite liberally without realising what they are doing.
Teaching German
“Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
This is Debbie’s quote for the week and basically, this is about my life, working as well as social. So instead of a photo, I will just link to my other blog:
https://eklastic.wordpress.com/
where I talk about my experiences of teaching German to migrants and refugees, particular illiterate learners (some couldn’t write in any script, some only couldn’t write our Latin based script. It started this almost four years ago (yikes! it’s been that long!!)
It’s written in English and German; I switch around with which language I start.
This is linked to Travel with Intent: another language.
Jüngling with Yuengling
Yuengling is an American beer. The founder of the brewery was of German descent and the name was originally Jüngling which means youngster in German. Obviously, the baby sees the humour of the situation.
For One Word Sunday: humour. More humourous photos are only a click away.
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