Teaching English in Germany
I was teaching a group of engineers in Düsseldorf—my first group class—and there is nothing more German...
For the Love of Amber (Bernstein)
In the north of Germany, along the shores of the Baltic and North seas, it is still...
Lustige Wörter
For me, one of the highlights of learning German with SmarterGerman is getting to know some of...
The Villa Hügel & Krupp Stahl
Just outside Essen, and right alongside the railway tracks (appropriately) lies a stately manor house called The...
Big Trouble in Lower Saxony
In genereal the train network in Germany is very good. It will get you to most places...
Die Langen Kerls
As far as Prussian King Frederick Wilhelm the First was concerned, size mattered. For his army, that...
Is Learning German in Germany the Smartest Approach?
Fleeing the ‘tyranny’ of a heavily monolingual culture in pursuit of an additional language is not a...
Der Hoff
Germany is certainly a land of cultural surprises; you learn to expect strange connections and differences and...
Is it hard to learn German as an English Speaker?
Many learners wonder whether it is hard to learn German as an English speaker. Let me say...
Childish German
Being a German-learner in Germany, you want German immersion; you want to be in the thick of...