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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.
3 comments:
Thanks for another great show! I need to listen to it again to make sure I got everything straight in my head, but I just wanted to thank you for your methodical approach and dedication to the task of explaining German grammar in audio format. As a more advanced learner, I have found listening to news podcasts to be the best way to learn to recognise (and even produce) Konjunktiv I, but your English explanation helped strengthen my conceptual understanding and deepened my appreciation of some of the nuances of meaning that exist.
Thanks a lot for this beneficial podcast blog, Laura.
Thanks, Laura!
I've just been listening and reading "Nominative". They way you convey the grammar rules is very succinct and I believe will help me with long-term grasping of German grammar.
Thanks so much for your work and do please continue!
Mike
Germany
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