German language and culture quiz

Because of our German theme this week, it seemed sensible to end the week with a German quiz. Don’t worry if you can’t speak German, though. All the questions are in English.

Brighten up your day by taking the learn2lingo German language and culture quiz and remember to have a great weekend!

Today’s image is by Rawkus.

Five fun German facts

1. German is the most widely-spoken native language in Europe. About 105 million people speak German as a first language!

2. German authors have won the Nobel Literature prize thirteen times. The most recent winner was Herta Müller in 2009.

3. Although many people associate the author Franz Kafka with German, he was, in fact, Czech. He [...]

Five great reasons to start learning German

German is one of the most widely-taught languages in Europe but what is it that makes it so popular? Here are our five great reasons to study German:

1. Work in Germany. Obviously you well need to be able to speak German if you want to work in Germany. There are lots of reasons why people [...]

Friday French Quiz!

As we’ve have a French theme at the learn2lingo blog this week, it seemed fitting to finish up with a French quiz.

Brian of Sonny8’s Weblog has very kindly volunteered to be our guest quiz master and provided us with a challenging quiz about Canadian French expressions.

Click here to take the quiz and see how broad [...]

Five fun places to study French

We’ve seen before on the learn2lingo blog that French is spoken in many counties all over the world. This means that there are lots of options for people to study French in a wide range of countries and cultures. Let’s look at five of the most popular places to study French.

1. France – The most [...]