German Facts
32% of citizens in the EU-15 countries claim to be able to converse in German, either as a mother tongue or a second language
Until circa 1800, standard German was pretty much only a written language, due to the variety of regional dialects
Germany is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland, as well as in some border villages of Denmark - though German-speaking communities have survived in places such as Hungary, Russia and Kazakhstan
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Felix hat einen großen Kopf und kurze Haare. Auf dem Kopf trägt er einen Hut und im Winter manchmal eine Mütze.
Seine Freundin Anna hat ihm zum Geburtstag eine Halskette geschenkt, die er immer um den Hals trägt.
Felix hat blaue Augen, eine große Nase und er muss sich jeden Tag rasieren, damit er keinen Bart bekommt. Die Länge seiner Arme und Beine ist genauso wie bei anderen Menschen.
Felix macht viel Sport und deshalb hat er Muskeln, vor allem am Bauch und am Rücken. Am liebsten zieht er T-Shirts und Hosen an. Wenn es kalt ist, trägt er seine Lieblingsjacke. Im Winter hat er oft kalte Hände und Finger. Auch seine Füße und Zehen sind dann kalt. Da helfen nur warme Handschuhe und dicke Socken.
Felix liebt Schuhe. Seine Freunde machen sich deshalb oft über ihn lustig, aber das ist Felix egal. Er hat 25 Paar Turnschuhe.
Gestern hat Felix für Anna ein Kleid gekauft. Hoffentlich gefällt es ihr.
Anna ist kleiner als Felix und auch ein bißchen dicker. Sie hat lange Haare und grüne Augen. Anna liebt Ohrringe. Überhaupt mag sie Schmuck sehr gerne. Aber sie freut sich auch über ein Kleid.
German Courses in Edinburgh
Our native-speaking qualified German teachers can guide you and your group at your work or at home, at a time convenient to you. Classes can take place on any day of the week - even weekends - morning, afternoon or evening. If needs be, if meeting at your office or home is not suitable, you can take your lessons at the trainer's office. Study materials are supplied for you.
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These courses in German are meant for those that feel that learning German would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone German and e-mail German skills for communicating, as well as survival German if a short visit to the country is needed.
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This set of German tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning German. Even though all novice students will cover survival German: enough German to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these courses have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in German culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in German.
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If there are 2 or more of you with the same level of German, the same targets within the language, and be able to study at the same time and location, then you'll be happy to know that these German courses can also be made available for Two-to-One German Courses or Small Group In-Company German Courses. Listen & Learn do not generally recommend classes of more than 6-8 people, although Taster courses in German can run with up to 12 people. Bookings must be made for all participants at the same time.
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Edinburgh
The capital of Scotland and its second largest city, Edinburgh has a population of around 450,000, making it the 7th largest city in the UK. Famous for the annual Edinburgh Festival (a series of separate independent events, running from late July until early September every year), Edinburgh is one of Europe's major tourist destinations, second in the UK only to London. Edinburgh has important historical roots: there are over 4,500 listed buildings within its limits, including around 22,000 listed properties - the most of any British city. It is also an important transport hub, with road and rail routes that connect the city to the rest of Scotland and to England. Edinburgh's primary industries are those of education and health, finance and business services, and retailing and tourism.
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