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Learning German

Use Your Native Language to Learn a Second
As German and English are both Germanic languages with large influences coming from Latin and Greek, a lot of similar words appear in their vocabularies.

der Garten - garden
das Haus - house
schwimmen - swim
singen - sing
braun - brown
ist - is

Having said that you will also have to watch out for words that appear to be something they're not. The German word ‘bald’ (soon) has nothing to do with hair!

Language interference
When you begin learning a second language, the natural tendency is for your brain to fall back into your native language, resulting in an incoherent mixture of the two. This can often slow down the learning process, whilst you separate the two different languages in your mind. However, as mentioned in the paragraph above, the link between German and English turns this interference into an advantage, meaning you can often use English vocabulary as a root to learning German.

Nouns and Their Genders: Der / Die / Das
Most languages, other than English, are dependant on gender. German is one of these gender languages and our German teachers encourage students to learn each noun with its appropriate gender (not separately) when practising new vocabulary. As an example: ‘das Haus’ instead of just ‘Haus’ (meaning house/building). This can make the crucial difference between being understood by German speakers or not and forms a strong basis for learning the German language.

Stop translating!
As your vocabulary grows our aim is to get you thinking in German. Like when you use your native language it is best to avoid translation. Our German tutors will help you to stop thinking in English and try and do things the ‘native way,’ remembering that German speakers don’t have to translate when they communicate.

Be Patient
Learning a new language takes time! So don’t be discouraged if you get off to a slow start. The more you expose yourself to German the more likely you are to recognise the language, key vocabulary and phrases. Try to surround yourself with German reference, such as books, films, music etc. and refer to them regularly. Perhaps watching a German film with English subtitles to familiarise yourself with pronunciation and accents. As mentioned you will find that German is relatively quick to pick up, being an English speaker, as the transition is not so steep when compared with other exclusive languages. Our German tutors will be there every step of the way, providing encouragement and confidence in your ability and our satisfied customers are testament to the progress you will make.

Further Reading

Areas we offer German Lessons in

Which Areas of London do you cover?

In which major cities are your teachers?

We have German teachers in all the major cities including: Bath Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Cambridge Canterbury Carlisle Chester Chichester Coventry Derby Durham Ely Exeter Gloucester Hereford Hull Lancaster Leeds Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Norwich Nottingham Oxford Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Ripon Salford Salisbury Sheffield Southampton St Albans Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Truro Wakefield Wells Westminster Winchester Wolverhampton Worcester York

Which Counties do we offer German Lessons:

We German Lessons German lessons in the following counties: Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Borders Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Clwyd Cornwall County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Dumfries Durham Dyfed East Sussex Essex Fife Gloucestershire Grampian Gwent Gwynedd County Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Lothian Merseyside Mid Glamorgan Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Powys Rutland Shropshire Somerset South Glamorgan South Yorkshire Staffordshire Strathclyde Suffolk Surrey Tayside Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Glamorgan West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire