Author: phb

Educator and coach of English and German and American Studies, retired since AUG 2015. Teacher at the DHPS Windhoek, Namibia, from 1988-2004. Living in North Germany near LG and at the Gold Coast in QLD Australia. German Language Adviser of the Goethe-Institut Sydney from 1998 - 2005, based in Brisbane, Education QUEENSLAND. Coordinator and Director of Studies at Fritz Reuter Gymnasium, Dannenberg (Elbe) from 2005 - 2012. An active blogger and active citizen plus digital nomad - at least from time to time ... Author of Business German Podcast on Podbean.com Twitter @peblogger and #Gymnasiumblogger Author on Medium.com

July 4, 2015

Originally posted on German Online:
My course “Master your German” is now ready to be published / must be approved. Promotion video is on Vimeo and Youtube.

Uwe Johnson “Jahrestage”

March 18, 2015

Message to the teachers of German in Australia: Here you can improve your German by following this wonderful project: 4 Volumes “Jahrestage” by Uwe Johnson / 365 chapters starting August 1967. LINK or copy into browser http://rostock-liest.de/category/ohne-datum/ One chapter per day / 10 min per day / replaid twice = 20 minutes per day. How much … More Uwe Johnson “Jahrestage”

Cynthia Dodd / MLTAQ / on Language Learning in Australia

April 8, 2014

This interview with Steve Austin was broadcast via ABC Brisbane: “Should students learn another language at school?” 07 April 2014 , 11:05 AM by Gabrielle Burke (copy from the ABC BLOG)   “If you have ever learned a foreign language then you’ll know that there are no short cuts. Exposure at an early age is … More Cynthia Dodd / MLTAQ / on Language Learning in Australia