Did I just take a bunch of NASA tank tops from the boys section & put them in the girls section? Yes. Yes I did.

Please RT and spread the word about our new essay prize competition: ‘A German Classic’!! ogn.ox.ac.uk/content/german…

Jeremy Cliffe does his bit to mend UK's isolationist reputation: excellent German on TV / radio - shows Brits can still be multilingual x.com/JeremyCliffe/s…

Number of Brits taking up German citizenship increased by 360% last year deutschlandfunk.de/dlf24-nachrich… via Die Nachrichten

Of course - this does not apply to all students! #French #mfltwitterati

'I love German more than anything, but English is magnificent': Susie Dent at British Council English Language Teaching awards #ELTons

A guide to German ticket machines for all students heading abroad this summer

'Alone in Berlin': Strange tale of Fallada's anti-Nazi bestseller, the Stasi spies and the missing Gestapo files theguardian.com/books/2017/jun…

Word of the day: "fjellvant" - accustomed to being in the mountains; at ease among peaks; happy in high country (Norwegian). Ty Tim Lomas

Eid Mubarak! How to wish someone a Happy Eid in 11 different languages metro.co.uk/2017/06/25/eid… via Metro

Quiz: Can you match this foreign word to the correct English translation? joe.ie/life-style/qui…

Word of the day: 'Balkonien' (= 'staycation', the balcony at home where you spend your holiday instead of travelling abroad)

26 June 1976: 'Jugendtanzabend' in East Berlin's Palast der Republik (via Bundesarchiv)

Modern languages: four reforms to reclaim the future of our discipline timeshighereducation.com/blog/modern-la… via Times Higher Education

Brunsbüttel, where you can make any old Scrabble letters into a street name

Brtions would vote Remain if Brexit referendum was held tomorrow, poll finds standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

'Architect of German unity': world leaders pay tribute to Helmut Kohl theguardian.com/world/2017/jul… via The Guardian

'Why we should learn German' by John le Carré theguardian.com/education/2017… via Guardian Education

Teachers in Wales 'worried' about future of foreign languages bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-… via BBC News (UK)