Author Archive | Michael Cristiano

How to Learn German with Alexa: Top 5 Amazon Echo Programs to Help You Practice

Alexa has some surprising abilities. A generation ago, who would’ve thought that a digital personal assistant (read: practically a robot…

There are certain words and phrases that every language uses on the daily. If you can learn these cool German …

Streaming services like Netflix provide us with access to movies and shows from all over the world. This means we …

What comes to mind when I say “German language”? Is it castles, Biergärten (beer gardens) and pretzels? Or is it …

Knowing some animal vocabulary in German is infinitely useful for talking about nature, the world at large and even for …

The best way to learn German is by practicing efficiently and intelligently—not just studying a lot. That’s exactly what …

Many German expressions have layers of meaning beyond the literal definitions of their words. “Tomatoes on the eyes”? What’s that …

Dative pronouns are everywhere in German—you need them to talk about a lot of everyday topics, like asking for …

GermanPod101 has carved a name for itself in the German language learning community with its combination of audio and video …

Do you have Tomaten auf dem Augen (tomatoes on your eyes) when it comes to your German food vocabulary?…