German Facts
German uses the Latin alphabet. As well as the 26 standard letters, German has three vowels with an Umlaut, namely ä, ö and ü, as well as the 'Eszett' or 'sharp s', ß.
German is able to heap words upon one another to create long compound words: whereas in English compounds are formed 'openly' (with spaces)
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
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Die Ameisen
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Ameisen gehören zu den Insekten. Auf der Erde gibt es 6.000 verschiedene Ameisenarten. 200 Arten leben in Europa.
Ameisen leben in einer sehr gut organisierten Gemeinschaft in der jedes Tier eine ganz bestimmte Aufgabe hat. Es gibt Ameisensoldaten, die das Nest verteidigen. Die Ameisenkönigin legt Eier. Aus diesen entstehen kleine Larven. Die Arbeiterinnen kümmern sich um die Larven. Sie tragen sie in dem Ameisenhügel hin und her.
Die Haustiere der Ameisen sind die Blattläuse, so wie der Bauer Kühe im Stall stehen hat. Die Ameisen beschützen die Läuse vor ihren Feinden und bekommen im Gegenzug einen süßen Saft, den die Ameisen gerne essen.
Die Ameisen sind für die Natur sehr wichtig, weil sie den Waldboden auflockern und alles aufräumen. Bei Gefahr spritzt die Ameise eine Flüssigkeit aus ihrem Hinterleib. Diese ist giftig. Mit ihr können sich die Ameisen verteidigen oder Feinde angreifen.
Hat eine Ameisen einen Platz gefunden, an dem es Nahrung gibt, bildet sie mit anderen Ameisen eine Ameisenstrasse, damit alle den Weg zur Nahrung finden können.
Meistens sind Ameisen sehr nützlich, doch sie könne auch zur Bedrohung werden. In Australien gibt es zum Beispiel ein Ameisenvolk, das riesige Kolonien bildet. Bis zu tausend Tiere pro Quadratmeter leben in diesen Superkolonien. Diese Ameisen fressen alle Pflanzen weg und verdrängen andere Tierarten.
German Courses in Leicester
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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The largest city in the East Midlands, Leicester is the traditional county town of Leicestershire and has a population of around 290,000. Its major industries include food processing, footwear, knitwear, engineering, electronics, printing and plastics. Leicester also has a large ethnic minority population, primarily from the Indian subcontinent. Home to many parks, theatres and other historic buildings, many shopping facilities, and two universities, Leicester is a fascinating mix of the old and the new. It is also sometimes regarded (by its inhabitants, at least) as the sporting capital of the UK, with many local teams having recently won many top sporting titles.
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