SmarterGerman

04/04/2025

Why do native Germans feel impossible to understand? From strange sounds to fast speech, we explore why understanding spoken German is so tricky, and what you can do to get better. Michael sits down with Alessio to explore how to improve your German listening skills. With concrete techniques, real-l...

14/02/2025

Der, Die, Das. What are genders and how to learn them? How to choose the right article when we speak German? In this Episode, Michael and Alessio discuss different techniques to remember the gender of German nouns and how choose the right article every time. They introduce mnemonic techniques and ev...

31/01/2025

Alessio and I discuss how to prepare for and pass German language exams such as Goethe, TELC, TestDaF, DTZ, DSH, and ÖSD. We have learned multiple languages ourselves and taken many language exams, but most importantly, we have prepared hundreds of students for German language exams. In this third ...

17/01/2025

In the second episode of our German Learning Lab podcast, Alessio and I are discussing whether it makes sense to move to Germany in order to learn German faster or whether it is wiser to get to a certain level of German before moving here. What is your experience? Did you move here unprepared or to....

06/01/2025

What is the best method to learn German? The two professional German tutors Michael and Alessio try to answer this question in this first episode of the German Learning Lab podcast.

02/01/2025

What is the best method to learn German? The two professional German tutors Michael and Alessio try to answer this question in this first episode of the German Learning Lab podcast.

01/04/2024

Everybody's distracted by the legalization of Cannabis so nobody noticed a much greater change in Germany: Bavaria's fight for independence - Bairisch dialect now official language in administration, educational institutions and churches. Read more here:

In a surprising move Bavaria has announced to abolish Hochdeutsch (standard German) as its official language (Amtssprache).

14/02/2024

If you ask me, AI is massively overrated with one exception: Suno AI. See for yourself.
The music and the vocals are 100% AI generated. I just put several pieces together a bit. And the lyrics stem from my brain. An AI doesn't know what's a useful phrase for the purpose of learning German just yet. Give it another 10 years ;)

The idea is to get everyday phrases stuck in your memory with a catchy melody and boy, did the AI go to town on this one.
This is the first of 25 songs I'll release over time. Making the videos takes up the most time. Such a song only takes 2-30mins and costs 30 EUR/month. I used to pay a lot more for my music and was limited to the artist's style.
Now I can create as many of these songs as necessary.
If you have suggestions for useful phrases share them with me in the comments. And behave. AI tools can't even handle words like A***h or Scheiße yet. They are still in their infancy ;)

24/10/2023

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You'll save hundreds if not thousands of dollars when compared to the market leaders while getting the same or even better quality and support.

No risk because you can try every course first and after your purchase you have 30 days to ask for a refund. No questions asked. Only 1% of students ask for a refund due to not liking my courses. And if they had reached out to me before I'd have helped them onboard personally.

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16/09/2022

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Are you struggling to stick with learning German? Motivation is one of the most common obstacles when learning a language. On October 1st I will host a free Webinar on How to Stick with Learning German. This event will last about 45 mins with a 15 mins Q&A at the end. It is free of charge and open for everybody who wants to join.

Learn what are the common obstacles in language learning and how to overcome them, what makes you stick to your plan to learn German even in difficult time and how to enjoy the learning process even though it’s a ton of work.

How to stick with learning German
October 1st. - 6PM CEST (Berlin)