Category: English

Sometime, I will be able to write an essay about the different methods for learning foreign languages. Honestly, I like doing it. Today, I encountered again a new method, only new for me, of course. I found a video, naturally … Lies weiter

Let’s talk about listening, exactly about intensive listening and extensive listening. With some differences, these forms of listening have similarities with conscious and unconscious learning. The last ones are more general concepts. The first ones are special techniques for practicing … Lies weiter

I am in a dire need to find out how big  my active vocabulary treasure is and how much it differs it from my passive vocabulary. Is there any method to determine these sizes? In any case, there is no … Lies weiter

How to use podcasts for learning English, especially at an advanced level?

First, look for interesting podcasts. You have to be curious about the podcast; otherwise, you’ll lose your motivation and diligence to follow it.

Second, listen without any distractions. … Lies weiter

A short, informal notice of the day. Again, we had a stroll of our standard distance of 3 km. I cannot claim it was comfortable for me, it was without stopping and relaxing. In short, it was not great, but … Lies weiter

• Just back from a stroll, I like writing down the weird but positive experience from it. I  started with problems in the hip, pausing every 100 meters about to relax my hip muscles, but at the end, after 1.5 km,

Sometimes talk shows on TV can be surprising, especially if you come across a new format. In this case, it was a talk show hosted by Thaddeus, called “Lang und Breit.” It lasts one hour and is indeed quite thorough, … Lies weiter

Dealing with technical hobbies like building up flashcard sets – more or less automatically – prevents me from intensifying English learning. This is the danger; this is my impression. Late in the evening, I realized I hadn’t written down a … Lies weiter

Suddenly, I decided to abate my accidently learning vocables and grammar rules and to augment my vocabulary deliberately as even to strengthen my grammar knowledge.

I’m using the flashcard APP Quizlet now and am playing cards obsessively.

Today a total … Lies weiter

My stroll wasn’t satisfying today. It was strenuous. Possibly my cold, along with the interruption of my additional training (ergo-bike, gymnastics), caused this weakness. About every 100m, I had to stop briefly due to pain in my hip — surely … Lies weiter

Yesterday was a break day. What does it mean? Simply stopping every activity related to English: no reading, no listening, no writing, no speaking. Ulrike came up with this. She meant that all learning processes should be interrupted to allow … Lies weiter

Cold, cough, sniffles, hoarseness that’s all what I can report from today. It’s not true. I studied 21 verbs which should be a good basis for speaking and comprehension fluently. Here are two texts with first 2 groups of each … Lies weiter

I want to talk a bit about my day and about my cooking today. At noon, I headed to my hair appointment and had another nice talk with my lovely hairdresser Vanessa. She nudged me not to delay my birthday … Lies weiter

At the moment, I’m facing the danger of catching a cold as Ulrike already has gotten one. Did I infecte myself? Maybe? I hope my resilience is strong enough to fight  it off quickly. All this is  totally ridiculous just … Lies weiter

Basically, it’s not so simple to find the right expressions for reporting from two different online English talks. One of them was not bad—a young man from Pakistan who spoke relatively good English. Unfortunately, the internet connection wasn’t the best … Lies weiter

I’m worried about my English. I have the impression it declines. I have problems not only with comprehension, but also with speaking. I’m searching for words, can’t find the right phrases. It’s like I’m stumbling when I speak. I have … Lies weiter

Cooking is  fun, cooking together can be a greater joy or a greater stress. Today it was fine cooking cooperatively with Ulrike. She steamed pak choi in a frying pan with oil, salt, pepper, soja sauce, onions. It’s a pity … Lies weiter

I’m not sure if I should figure that my English is getting worse. The meeting was not satisfying, from my point of view, it was miserable. When I spoke I had the impression I’m stumbling through the language with a … Lies weiter

At the end of the way, I’ve found a good solution for my parking problem. Some days ago, I lost my place in one of the deep garages in our  residential area. I quickly found  a place, but the position … Lies weiter

Indeed, it is my intention to write an German article about the mysterious Mr Witkoff. Mr Witkoff is the envoy of President Trump for the Near East and is now  responsibil for negotiating with Vladimir Putin about peace, about ceasefire … Lies weiter

This text was created by ChatGPT.

Pollution is one of the most serious environmental challenges facing our world today. It affects the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we live on. There are several major types … Lies weiter

.Just back from visiting Schaefer’s, not knowing what the hell to tell you. Therefore, basically, I have to look forward to tomorrow to expect more exciting and new inspiration. Certainly, the political discussions with Sch. went to the basis—the … Lies weiter

Instead of a new article a mail which I wrote today.

Really, Peter, you’ve used Windows 7 up to yesterday. But I don’t want to pull your legs. I hope you are happy with your new notepad, and it gives … Lies weiter

Well, let’s start with a kind of text creation that uses a lot of such words. I mean, you know them, but you don’t really use them. It’s like lifting very heavy weights for a second-language speaker because, in your … Lies weiter

To write down a short article containing fundamentally political issues expressed in a highly idiomatic style is not a piece of cake. Looking for suitable idioms which can be connected with scrutinizing(that can be used to scrutinize) political subjects can … Lies weiter

In a report on a soccer match, I read the following nice phrase: ‘A player has been injured because he was on the wrong end of a collision, and he hobbled off the pitch.’ Such an injury isn’t a piece … Lies weiter

Whenever I meet my friend A, it takes a while before he gets the ball rolling. He wastes a lot of time beating around the bush, to the point where I sometimes think he’s lost for words. However, once the … Lies weiter

A beautiful day with a long amazing stroll, but at the end I was exhausted.

The first time we have climbed the very high mountain

Let’s talk about the Russian-American relationships.

Lately, almost everyone has gotten the impression that Russians and Americans are growing closer and closer. But it’s not really about “Russians” and “Americans” as a whole—it’s more about Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, … Lies weiter

Honestly, am I being a bit lazy? Once again a surprisingly short article. But it remains a small amount of time for writing, the other language activities – reading, listening, writing down heard texts to assure my  understanding, taking part … Lies weiter

You see, what a wonderful tour! I admit that I need some stops and also two sit downs. If I can do  a comparable walk Saturday, l would say I will manage my healthy recovering with respect tho my hip. … Lies weiter

4 km walk without cane, without pain and  an really good talk with ChatGPT. Such talk runs much better than with Languatalk. It’s quick, understands everything and I can talk with it all subjects I like, also actual events.