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One more time! Babbel awarded at the CeBIT
This post in German Having developed numerous courses for the Polish language, we know that it isn’t an easy language to learn. Angela Merkel appeared to concur as she tried out the Polish Babbel App, with the word “cześć” (hello) proving a particular stumbling block for her. Despite the [...]
Excellent! We receive the German Educational Media Award
The Babbel team proudly announces to have been rewarded with the “digita 2013″ in the category “private learning age 16+”. Katja and Regine received this important trophy on occasion of the education and media fair didacta in Cologne on Wednesday. The jury praised the “innovate and motivating” approach of the Babbel learning system which, in [...]
Ausgezeichnet: Wir gewinnen Deutschen Bildungsmedien Preis
Der “digita 2013″ der Bildungsmesse didacta in der Kategorie Privates Lernen (über 16 Jahre) geht an Babbel! Katja und Regine haben den Preis am Mittwoch in Köln stellvertretend entgegen genommen. Hier ist die Begründung der Jury nachzulesen, die Babbel als “innovatives und motivierendes System” herausstellt, und hier ist die Übersicht über die diesjährigen Gewinner in allen Sparten. [...]
Discover the Netherlands with the Dutch beginners course!
Read this post in German (Deutsch), French (Français), Italian (Italiano), Spanish (Español) Karoline has been working at babbel.com since September 2012 where she likes to sit on this huge gym ball. Her focus is set on Scandinavian languages, but her thorough knowledge of Dutch led to her participating in the building of this course. Love [...]
Je t’aime… moi non plus – how to break up when you cannot make up
At this time of year, it’s really worth taking a closer look at what actually brings a couple together. It’s most likely a mixture of a number of things; physical attraction, personality, charm, interests, but successful communication is of utmost importance. To make a relationship work, its constituents must be able to understand one another. [...]
Dictation courses: Language learning with wit and charm…
Read this post in German (Deutsch), French (Français), Italian (Italiano),Spanish (Español) One day it became clear that Babbel users wanted to write more. But when someone suggested a dictation course, a murmur rippled through the editorial department. Everyone remembered their schooldays well—classrooms with an unreasonably stiff atmosphere, boring texts that had little resemblance to reality [...]
Französisch ist nicht gleich Französisch
Dieser Post auf: Englisch (English), Französisch (Français), Italienisch (Italiano), Spanish (Español) Wer sich als Reisender auf französischem Boden tummelt, begibt sich manchmal auf verbales Glatteis. Das erlernte Schulfranzösisch ist schnell ausgeschöpft, sobald ein Franzose munter umgangssprachlich losplappert. Stellt euch vor, ihr seid gerade in Paris gelandet und erforscht völlig euphorisch die Stadt. In Gedanken verloren [...]
French is not just French
Read this post in German (Deutsch), French (Français), Italian (Italiano), Spanish (Español) For whom is soon to set foot upon French soil, beware of verbal mud traps that may await. High school French abilities are quickly exhausted as soon as the French begin to jauntily jabber in their local lingo. Imagine you’ve just landed in [...]
Francés hay más que uno
Este post en:Inglés (English), Francés (Français), Aléman (Deutsch), Italienio (Italiano) Quien llega al país galo como turista a veces tiene la sensación de estar pisando tierras movedizas verbales. El francés aprendido en la escuela se agota rápidamente en cuanto un francés empieza a hablar alegremente en argot o verlan. Imaginaos que acabáis de llegar a París [...]
C’è francese e francese
Leggi questo articolo in: inglese (English), francese (Français), tedesco (Deutsch), spagnolo (Español) Chi si avventura nelle lande francesi come semplice turista è talvolta costretto ad arrampicarsi sugli specchi, per riuscire a comunicare. Il francese scolastico imparato ai tempi dei banchi di scuola, infatti, si esaurisce in poche battute, di fronte alla parlata vivace e colloquiale [...]