Liebe Leserinnen, Liebe Leser,

seit Juli 2013 gibt es diese Website und bei mir private Deutschstunden. Ich freue mich sehr, dass wir (Sie und ich!) jetzt 4 Jahre feiern!

Hier sind vier Fakten über diese Website/meinen Job, die Sie vielleicht noch nicht kennen:

Secure browsing is becoming more and more important every day. Now you can browse securely here at GermanWithNicole.com!

This morning I had secure browsing added to my website so you can browse securely and privately. You shouldn't notice anything different while reading the site, but you will notice a difference in the URL bar. When you visit this site, you should see https:// show up in the URL bar. It should now look like this (highlighted for emphasis):

For blog readers, this means that your connection is secure and other people can't see what you're reading. For anyone who registers for a class through the website, your information is safer. For clients, that means your logins and passwords are secure and your browsing is secure.

Es geht sie nichts an.

jemanden nichts angehen means it's none of their business. So when I say "Es geht sie nichts an," I mean it's no one else's business what you read on this site. It's not of their concern. It's no one else's business what you write to me, what questions you ask, or what you'd like to know.

This year is the Reformationsjubiläum, the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg, which was a key event for the Reformation. This day now symbolizes the beginning of the Reformation and the far-reaching effects that have reached around the globe. All year long there are activities all over the world to celebrate this anniversary, most especially in Germany.

They're celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther: the man who lived secretly under the name "Junker Jörg," gave us the word Rotzlöffel, and translated the New Testament into German.

Rotzlöffel

This descriptive insult translates literally to "snot spoon," and correctly translated, it gives us "snotty-nosed brat." How Luther helped this word get into better circulation, I have no idea, but you can find out more in Mit Feuereifer und Herzenslust from DUDEN. You can also find it on Amazon here. (Affiliate link)

Back in November of 2015 you learned that I decided to make this German ad/venture officially official and I signed up for a course with the Goethe-Institut to become certified to teach German as a Foreign Language. I've just completed the third module and corresponding project, which means I'm officially halfway through the course. Three modules down, three modules to go!

die Zwischenbilanz

Zwischenbilanz literally means a "between balance," or "subtotal," so taking stock of where you are, assessing the past and the future. It's a time when you step back and see clearly where you've been and how that has changed where you're going.

Here's a Zwischenbilanz for you and a few infos on what it's been like to study teaching German.

Life doesn't wait for you to study.

Life most certainly didn't wait for me last year, when I had a several major life events happen all within a few months of one another. Despite my best efforts, it took forever for me to work through the first module. It was really disheartening. However, that all changed when I planned out the remaining modules and put it on my 2017 wall calendar.

Liebe Leute,

heute mache ich eine kleine Pause. Deswegen ist diese Blogpost wirklich kurz. Ich hätte auch sagen können, daß ich eine Pause einlege. Es ist egal wie man es sagt, so lange man ab und zu mal eine Pause macht.

Ihnen wünsche ich eine schöne Woche! Bis nächsten Montag!

Herzliche Grüße,

Ihre Nicole

Do you need help with your German homework? Does your child need extra practice for their German class?

You're in the right place!

Learn German Online with Nicole now provides professional tutoring for teens and adults who need some extra help making the progress they need in their German classes. We meet online in the online classroom, so you can be anywhere--at a friend's house, at home, at the library while you're studying. There's no need to drive anywhere, just jump on the internet and away we go!

German Tutoring with Nicole:

You bring your questions, I'll bring the answers! Tutoring is to help give German students a boost and to answer their questions along the way. So as long as you bring your questions (and your book, of course :) ) I'll answer your questions and get you back on track.

I also have a wealth of additional resources and exercises I can share with you, and these are included in tuition.