https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Does your personality really change when speaking another language? Are people more comfortable expressing emotions in certain languages and can understanding the emotional shift actually help with language learning? Language professors Mari Mar Boillos Pereira and Ana Blanco Canales explore the latest research. https://www.thelocal.de/20241206/opinion-your-personality-changes-when-you-speak-another-language-but-thats-not-always-a-bad-thing Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:38:45 +0100 opinion-your-personality-changes-when-you-speak-another-language-but-thats-not-always-a-bad-thing A new vote among German language learners revealed what foreigners find to be the most pleasant - and pragmatic - words auf Deutsch. https://www.thelocal.de/20191004/this-is-the-most-beautiful-german-word Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:11:14 +0200 this-is-the-most-beautiful-german-word With so many voters apparently still undecided about who to pick on Sunday, parties have taken to advertizing in several languages, desperate for every vote they can get. https://www.thelocal.de/20170922/why-german-parties-are-flyering-and-advertizing-in-languages-from-hebrew-to-english Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:20:00 +0200 why-german-parties-are-flyering-and-advertizing-in-languages-from-hebrew-to-english Jens Spahn from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has spoken out against the use of the English language in Germany yet again. But not everyone feels the same way as him. https://www.thelocal.de/20170824/speaking-english-is-not-cosmopolitan-politician-argues Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:19:20 +0200 speaking-english-is-not-cosmopolitan-politician-argues Development Minister Gerd Müller recently captivated crowds at the Global Citizen Earth Day in Washington, D.C. with his enthusiastic - if erratic - English. The speech has since gone viral. https://www.thelocal.de/20150427/development-minster-wows-crowds-with-denglish Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:45:01 +0200 development-minster-wows-crowds-with-denglish After 15 years of research and a 1,300 page book on the subject, sociolinguistics professor Dr. Ulrich Ammon found that German is surprisingly popular with language learners all over the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20150415/german-is-fourth-most-learnt-language-globally Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:18:53 +0200 german-is-fourth-most-learnt-language-globally Hundreds of schools in India are being signed up to teach their children German, in a concerted effort involving some of Germany's top technical universities and the Goethe language Institute. https://www.thelocal.de/20121102/45933 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:37:00 +0100 45933 A six-year-old German girl who said she wanted to learn Turkish with her school friends has been told the classes were “only for foreigners”, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120911/44899 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:03:00 +0200 44899 Ex-pats in Germany who are putting off language lessons have just been handed another reason to dive in and learn Deutsch - speaking a second language keeps dementia symptoms at bay, scientists say. https://www.thelocal.de/20120330/41661 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:00 +0200 41661 The street slang spoken by young people in Germany’s big cities is so distinct that one language expert is arguing for it to be recognised as a dialect. https://www.thelocal.de/20120129/40413 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0100 40413