How to Get People to Speak to You in German

Have you had the experience where you speak German and you get a reply in English…

Really Learning German — An Unscientific Review of 7 Approaches

Ideally when I’m learning something new I want a clear roadmap. In the absence of a roadmap, I’m relying on somebody else that they know what they’re doing and they’re going to take me where I want to go efficiently.

How to Structure a Language Tandem

The German verb ‘austauschen’ really sums it up. ‘Tauschen’ is an exchange where I get what you had…

A practical guide to free online tools that support learning a new language

So you want to speak German? I taught myself and I like these tools

Forget Google

How to use creative writing to learn a new language

If you are learning a new language, then there is nothing better than writing stories in that language. True, you may not be able to do this as an absolute beginner, but once you know something — you can write.

Using Personal Narrative to Kickstart Learning a New Language

Note: the examples given here are from English to German but the source and target languages…

Use Storytelling to Speak a New Language (personal narrative)

How Children Learn German

A bit of background just so we’re talking about the same thing…

Learning is cool, school is shit

When you see little kids going to kindergarten it is obvious that learning stuff is cool. Then they…

Tangohölle

I went around to 30 odd people at the Taboo Tango camp and asked ‘if you died and went to Tango Hell, what would it be like?’ I wrote down what people said and made this performance story. I performed it later that year at Phantastango near Halle in Germany. Here’s a link to the original performance (auf…