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In a German class about 15 years ago a student said he started German to meet new people because he never met new people. I sure was glad he started the class, because he had a stressful job and, as we later discovered, a terrible roommate. Class gave him some new connections and a really wholesome activity to enjoy.
People who talk about the loneliness epidemic (it's real!) never make suggestions like "Take a German class!" If you're lonely, take a German class! Clients in my German classes have begun to relate to one another in a really beautiful way: they remember things about one another from week to week and ask how things went. They ask about each others' weekends and how projects are going. There is a real sense of holding the other German learners in positive regard.
One of my students in an in-person class I teach here in Milwaukee is putting in an order at his local bakery for the most traditional German baked good they can bake because he wants to celebrate the end of our class together. Das ist so lieb!
Last week in the online Kurs A1 several people asked about a client who stopped attending due to scheduling reasons; I saw this client at GermanFest and I told her, so we took a photo together for me to share with the clients in the Kurs A1. Das ist so süß!
Those are only a few examples of how everyone feels connected to one another. Here are 7 ways a German class (really does) help you connect with other people, and by doing so, it helps stave off loneliness.
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Falling in love with a German is wunderbar, and ideally the focus of your relationship is, well, the relationship and the activities you enjoy together, not language learning. I'll say it over and over again: Do not make your German spouse your German teacher.
I said it again in class last week, and one man, who is dating a German woman said, “Yeah, we figured that out. She doesn’t teach me any more.” “Good call!” I exclaimed. He grinned. Really, it was a relief, because he’s sweet on her, and I’ve seen the kind of friction which often arises when people make their German spouse their German teacher, and that’s one of the negative reasons why people end up in my classroom. Instead of that, let’s make it a positive reason. First, here are the 5 reasons why you (say it with me now!) shouldn’t make your German spouse your German teacher! And after that, we’ll turn it into something positive.
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Auf Deutsch: Leider musste ich in meinem Leben sehr oft umziehen und bald ziehe ich schon wieder um. Das macht mich richtig sauer, aber die neue Situation wird, glaube ich, viel besser sein.
Und da wir hier sehr praktisch Deutsch lernen, ist es passend, wenn Sie diese Vokabeln lernen.
Hier können Sie sieben Vokabeln über einen Umzug lesen.
Auf Englisch: Unfortunately I've had to move often in my life and soon I'm going to move yet again. I'm really peeved about it, but the new situation, I believe, will be a lot better.
And since German learning here is very practical, it's fitting that you'd learn these vocabulary words.
Here you can read seven vocabulary words about moving (house).
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Gestern Abend im Kurs B1+ sind wir auf sehr interessante Vokabeln gestoßen. Was für Sie besonders interessant ist, ist, dass diese Vokabeln in Lehrbüchern nur sehr selten vorkommen. Also diese Vokabeln sind ganz normale Wörter, die man im Alltag lernt.
der Zuckerersatz = artificial sugar
das Süßungsmittel = sweetener
der Meinungsmacher = an opinion-maker, e.g. a certain newspaper in Germany is a Meinungsmacher because it has a lot of influence on its readers
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