Mark Twain - Heidelberg - German Language

Heidelberg (Photo credit: Mark Taggart)

Cover of Mark Twain

Many German teachers, including myself, enjoying referencing Twain in tandem with both the virtues and the difficulties of the German language.

GamesForLearning.com is a very interesting platform for learning languages (with a gazillion more positive aspects than Rosetta Stone, including the price!  For a sobering look at Rosetta Stone from a researcher who studies data and leaves out corporate spin, look here)  They've included Heidelberg and Mark Twain in their newest version of their level 1 course:

http://www.gamesforlanguage.com/blog/post/2013-02-heidelberg--mark-twain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC1sJBnKIJg&feature=youtu.be

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