German Language/Expert Profile

Cornelia Neumann

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returns 08/31/2012
Expertise

I can answer questions regarding grammar and style, as well as many questions about German culture, history, and literature.

Experience in the area

I am native speaker with a German degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and German. I lived and worked in the USA for seven years (taught high school and all college levels) and spent three years as a high school teacher of German and EFL at an international school in Mexico. In 2006 I returned to Germany, where I am currently working as a teacher in Hamburg.

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Recent Answers from Cornelia Neumann

2011-04-29 Hi:

Hi Jerika,    in my experience it's always easier to learn a language when you use it to communicate, either in the natural setting or in a classroom, but that doesn't mean that you can't learn it on your

2011-04-23 learning german?:

Hi Rob,    I'd say focus your energy on the classes you're taking right now and start taking German when a class is offered. In my experience, 100-level classes really do not require any previous knowledge

2011-04-19 German Languge Problem-vowel long/short a:

Hi Daniel,    I'd try leo.org, which has German examples you can listen to. I've found a few that were computer-generated and therefore totally wrong, but most are perfectly fine.  You click on the loudspeaker

2011-04-17 German Umlaut and vowel pronunciation:

Hi Daniel,    yes, the greeting was perfect. :-)    I've spent a good 15 mins trying to find something with examples for you but my computer keeps crashing whenever I try to play the sound files - it's

2011-03-22 simple phrases - going up and downstairs:

Hi Sally,    firstly, "hinab" means "down", while "hinauf" means "up". You could also say "Ich gehe nach oben"/"Ich gehe rauf" and "Ich gehe nach unten"/"Ich gehe runter". In each case, the second sentence

 

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