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Frustration can run pretty high when you take a German class but you just can’t seem to speak it correctly. The baker in Germany doesn’t understand you so you have to point and the person you ask for directions switches to English.

So why is it that you have taken class after class or lesson after lesson, but you still can’t speak German?

There might be more than one reason, and here are five which are common themes amongst German learners.

Which one stops you from speaking German?

N.B. Wh…

These are the three skills you need as a beginner, as a novice learner, as an intermediate German learner and beyond.

These are perhaps the most important skills I could help you acquire, no matter if you learn German for travel, as a hobby, or for work.

Without these skills, you won't make as much progress as you could make, given the time and energy you have, and you might find yourself increasingly frustrated.

Learning these skills might help you make more progress over time, and you may f…

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There are a whole host of reasons for learning German, however when I asked my readers, they responded with new and different reasons.

Here are 5 different reasons people learn German (out of the many reasons featured in this episode), in no particular order:

• Ich liebe deutsche Musik. (I love German music.)

• Die Deutschen sind praktisch und das finde ich gut. (Germans are practical and I think that's good.)

• Sprache ist für mich eine große Herausforderung. (German is a big challeng…

Nine Years of GermanWithNicole.com!

Although I've taught German since 2010, I've only taught privately and online since 2013. (Wellllll, it may have actually been 2012, but this was a chance development in my life that turned into a business, so if you won't tell anybody, I won't.)

Today you'll hear

• two short numbers exercises in German,

• a thank you in German followed by the same text in English,

• and then five fantastic German words I've come across in the past few years.

S…

This one's about authenticity and integrity.

Part 3:

8. You only have to follow two rules in my classroom.

9. You will encounter authentic elements of Germanic culture, not terrible clichés.

10. You'll learn real German.

11. You won't ever have to put up with me becoming a poser making myself into a social media influencer.

German National Athem (sung by yours truly): https://www.germanwithnicole.com/blog/what-is-the-german-national-anthem

N.B. While the GermanWithNicole.com Podcast no …

Yep, still more differences between me and other German teachers.

Ganz genau.

Part 2:

5. Not everyone learns German the same way, people need to receive the information in different ways, thus I will utilize every tool, resource, perspective, and analogy I can possibly think of to assist you in understanding German and learning how to speak it.

6. I won't shame you for not getting your homework done.

7. I'll give you permission to learn German. (Including all the permission you ever wanted!…

This three-part series is great for you if you are still trying to figure out just how I (Frau Warner) am different from other German teachers.

Part 1:

1. I'm not a native German speaker, I'm a German learner who became a German teacher.

2. I'm a Third Culture Adult. (If you've spent any significant amount of time in a German-speaking country or have (a) German-speaking parent(s), I get you.)

3. I won't give you unrealistic expectations and I'll be patient with you.

4. I'm most interest…

(Note: There are no swear words in this post.)

Are you surprised that you should learn German swear words? You shouldn’t be.

What German language lover or German learner doesn't want to learn German swear words?!

German, like every language, has its own profanity.

It's plain offensive.

So why would I teach you swear words in German? Why would I enable you to potentially offend someone?!

There are two reasons why it's actually a good idea to learn German swear words, and they're going to ma…

There are so many funny words in German and sometimes their meanings are straight-forward, sometimes they are words we might wish we had as English speakers!

Here are 7 funny German words, including two funny German words for animals (real or imagined?!), with slow pronunciation and the meanings of the words.

This episode is great for learners at the A1, A2, and B1 levels.

N.B. While the GermanWithNicole.com Podcast no longer exists, you can still hear all of the audios here on the blog. Th…