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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.
4 comments:
Hi Laura. Congratulations on your move- are you there already or currently packing to go? I'm also moving soon- to Vienna in our case- but it means I'm going to have to knuckle down and really get to grips with German.
Cheers
Caroline
Hi Caroline,
I moved at the beginning of March, and the first two weeks were stress hell, as I didn't know how anything worked or where anything was, but I've settled in now.
Good luck with your move to Vienna. Living in the country will make learning German so much easier - although I still recommend taking lessons while there, as lessons taken while living in the country have a disproportionate impact compared to lessons elsewhere or just living there with no lessons at all.
Laura
This is so useful! Am an a level student looking for alternative methods of revision and this is just perfect. I shall definitely be checking out the other podcasts.
Many thanks!
Reflexive pronouns are used when the object of the verb (the person or thing the action is done to) is the same as the subject of the verb (the person or thing doing the action). An example in English is I hurt myself. This podcast explains the German reflexive pronouns and where they come in a sentence.
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