Topic talk:German

German topic page created
Hi guys, I decided to just go ahead and create the German front pages as per other languages... I'm going to do as much as I can this week, hopefully make it obviously how and where to add lessons.

Thanks, Aaron AaronRichard 11:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Interlingual Beta Club
Hurray Aaron! Thanks for your involvement here at the German Language Division! We are in the process of advancing Multilingual Studies from a social standpoint. Please see our page here at the English version of Wikiversity, and follow the links around the planet. The Interlingual Beta Club and the Translation TaskForce have started a new Transwiki-versity project and we intend to spread the word, quickly. Please join the fun! CQ 00:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Why don't you go to the German Wikiversity!?
Hi, why don't you work at your project "Topic:German" in the German Wikiversity, where native speakers could correct your German? In Germany, there exists "Deutsch als Fremdsprache", so you could learn the language there much better and (!) you would help to improve the connections between the German and the English Wikiversity.

Falls Interesse besteht, könnten wir entsprechende Kurse für English speaker in der deutschen Wikiversity anbieten. An den deutschen Hochschulen nimmt der Bereich "Deutsch als Fremdsprache" (DaF) in der Tat breiten Raum ein, wäre sicher für beide Seiten ganz fruchtbar... --Michael Reschke 21:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

If you are interested, we could soon offer courses for English speakers at the German Wikiversity. At the German universities "German as a foreign language" is securely established, indeed. It could be fruitful for both sides... --Michael Reschke 21:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I just might go over there and try things out. Would the community be welcoming of such users? I wouldn't know how to do anything other than write things like "Ich möchte mein Deutsch verbessern". By the way, is it "mein" or " meine "? Another good idea might be to create a "German-English Wikiversity exchange program" of some sort, where it's a common space for people to read and write in both languages, and share their experiences on the Wikiversities.


 * das Deutsch > mein Deutsch


 * der Hund > mein Hund - the dog > my dog
 * die Katze > mein e (!) Katze - the cat > my cat
 * das Haus > mein Haus - the house > my house


 * As for your edit summary, it seems like you are already quite fluent in English. I have some stylistic recommendations for you :-)
 * The construction "why don't you..." can come across as being mildly bossy. The negation constrains the way in which an answer can be given. A more neutral approach might begin with "have you considered/thought of/ doing...". The important part of the sentence is how you frame the infinitive "to do".
 * "...improve the connections between the German and the English Wikiversity" - I have a strong tendency to feel that the second article is unnecessary. Even the first feels unnecessary, since speakers both know which specific Wikiversities we are thinking about.
 * "At the German universities..." --> "In German universities..."
 * "securely established" -> "well established" - the word well is shorter, has less syllables, and (of just minor importance, if at all important) invokes more positive connotations than the word "security".
 * "...we could soon offer" --> "...we will soon offer". Changing the verb tense makes it sound like it's more probable that it will happen. Cheers, --HappyCamper 12:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I had English in school some years ago... Thank you very much for correcting my English, I will try to improve my English... I'm reading much in English but this is not the same like writing in English. In German now, excuse me: Wenn ihr Deutsch lernen wollt, ist dafür die deutsche Wikiversity der richtige Ort! Drüben ist alles Deutsch, so wie hierhin kommen sollte, um mein Englisch zu verbessern. Durch Korrekturen lernt man und ihr wärt drüben herzlich willkommen... Momentan wenig Zeit, aber das ändert sich bald wieder... --Michael Reschke 00:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * You can sign up here. Cheers, --Michael Reschke 11:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Aim of this side?
Hi, wanting to do something for Wiki I thought of using my native German knowledge to make it possible to other people learning my language. When I first hit this page I was confused about the sentence "Hier wird Deutsch gesprochen!" (="Here's German spoken") what in fact should not be part of a language learning side. So I checked and found the problem: In the language and literature school are two topics with both containing a subtopic German linked to this page. I think this is just disappointing to newcomres and was not planned. I'd say splitting this page in the two different topics and letting this page have a link at both of them would be a possible solution - or are there other ideas? --Edmond Dantes AUT 14:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Division of Foreign Languages
 * 2) Foreign language learning


 * Don't worry, feel free to just jump in and make the changes as you see fit. --HappyCamper 17:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * After nearly two days of work I finished what I think has a better order than the previous one. Hope nobody's angry with me ;) - So if you think something can be better, be bold. (Added also an Introduction to the German course - mainly to see how the courses would possibly look like in the end) --Edmond Dantes AUT 13:51, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

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