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About Me
- Laura
- I learnt German at school and hated it - no one wanted to explain the structures to me. Back then I thought that there couldn't be any structures in German, otherwise people would explain how they work to me to save me a lot of time and effort. So I gave up German. Fortunately, I ended up doing my gap year in Germany, learning German in classes for foreigners, and then studying German at university. And finally, people wanted to teach me grammar. I was lucky, I get grammar, it stuck in my head, and I graduated with a first class degree with distinction in the spoken and written language. Since then, I've worked as a translation checker and a financial analyst with a focus on German-speaking regions, and I'm now a financial translator. I also had a brief go at teacher training, but quit, partly because 30 11-year-olds in a room really give me stage fright, but partly because teaching theory dictated that teachers focus on speaking and avoid teaching the interesting bit: the grammar. So now, I'm making German GrammarPod, to try and pass on the love and understanding of grammar, but without the bit where I need to stand up in front of 30 11-year-olds to deliver it.
7 comments:
I just wanted to send you a message, saying thanks for the help in german, i am taking it in university, and this is helping a lot in my down time to understand everything much better. Thank you so much for doing this. Aaron, Alberta, Canada
Great podcast. I have informally been teaching myself the language for 5 years now and you have brought me back up to speed on many concepts. Mike
These podcasts are really helpful for self-learners such as myself! I just found them today, and went back to the first podcast to start there.
One request, could you go back to numbering the podcasts like you did in the beginning? For people like me who are coming in later, it makes it helpful to know what I've downloaded and what I've missed.
Hi Jeff,
I've compiled a list of the order the podcasts come in. I tried to go back to numbering with my latest one, but unfortunately I've now discovered I miscounted and my new one should hav been 19, not 18. Anyhow, here's what I hope is the correct list:
1 Gender
2 Cases: The Nominative
3 Cases: The Accusative
4 The Dative
5 The Genitive
6 The Present tense
7 The Future
8 Past Tenses: How to Use the Perfect Tense
9 When to Use The Perfect Tense
10 The Simple Past
11 The Pluperfect
12 Word Order in a Standard Main Clause
13 Word Order – Exceptions to the Standard Main Clause
14 Word Order – Multi-Clause Sentences
15 The Conditional and Umlauts
16 The Conditional – Part 2
17 The Conditional 3
18 Relative Pronouns
19 Relative Pronouns 2
I'd also like to say thanks. I'm learning German in Germany in German so it's very helpful to have certain things explained in my mother tongue. With examples I can relate to.
Thanks again
Relative pronouns link a noun or clause to a relative clause, like the relative pronoun which in I saw a film which made me laugh links the noun film to the relative clause which made me laugh. This podcast tells you the basics of how to use relative pronouns and relative clauses in German.
Great podcast. I have informally been teaching myself the language for 5 years now and you have brought me back up to speed on many concepts. Mike
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