German Language

"You Speak German Well... for an American"

Morgan Rotondi | Posted 04.20.2012

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Morgan Rotondi

The U.S. needs to re-assess its values in education. We cannot simply assume English is the "world language," or that English will indefinitely remain vital in global discourse.

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Colorado Congress Of Foreign Teachers Awards Innovation Grant To Boulder Waldorf Teacher

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rudolf Steiner, Denver Impact, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Foreign Language, Waldorf School, Dying Languages, Boulder, German, Denver North High School, Paula Blum, Boulder Waldorf School, Chinese, Fairview High School, German Language, Foreign Language Teachers, Denver News

The dearth of emphasis on foreign languages in American schools is no secret. The American education system's seeming lack of interest in teaching se...

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Schlechtes Englisch Goes Viral in Germany

David Dagan | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Dagan

The architecture of a German sentence is complicated and beautiful, but it doesn't always translate well. To a German-trained tongue, English pronunciation can be almost as challenging as the syntax.

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Germans Campaign To Safeguard Language

The Independent | Tony Paterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hollywood and Hitler made it the language of on-screen baddies. Before that Mark Twain had already famously dismissed it as "awful". Now American come...

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