Leader Barbara Hydes

Organiser Joe McDonald.

New members are welcome when space permits.

2nd and 4th Tuesday monthly 2.30pm until 4.00pm (may change with the seasons)

Venue St Michael’s Church Hall, Linchmere Road, Haslemere GU27 3QW  from January 2025

Attendance Fee on average £12 payable at the beginning of each term

Deutsch Unterhaltung

Hallo alle die sich für die deutsche Sprache interessieren!

Es freut mich sehr Mitglied dieser Gruppe zu sein und ich bin seit ein paar Jahren Leiterin

Unser Hauptziel ist es, Selbstvertrauen im Deutschsprechen aufzubauen aber wenn jemand Grammatikpunkte besser verstehen möchte,gibt es Mitglieder die gerne helfen können.

Bei jedem Treffen kann sich das Gespräch sowohl auf persönliche Ereignisse als auch auf lokale und globale Ereignisse beziehen. Manchmal wählen wir einfach ein Thema aus, worüber wir reden möchten.

Hauptsache ist, Deutsch zu sprechen und Spass zu haben.

Alles Gute

Barbara Hydes

The German Conversation group currently has over a dozen members. The aim of the group is to keep German alive in Haslemere. The town has a flourishing annual twinning arrangement with the beautiful town of Horb am Neckar and some members of the Conversation Group are also members of the Twinning Association. The things that bind us together are an interest in Germany, its language, history and culture, often based on a close familiarity with the country and its people.

There is a range of abilities in the group, but those of us who are less good are nurtured and encouraged by the better ones. No one is 'out of sight', either by too small or too large a level of understanding.

The name of the group is self-explanatory: we talk. For that reason there is no formal tuition in German grammar and those who want to acquire more grammar do so on their own. . We also have reference books containing points of grammar and vocabulary, and these are used in the group as and when needed.

The normal format of the fortnightly sessions is that we talk about events which have occurred in our own lives as well as local and global events. Sometimes we choose a topic and everyone considers their take on it before the meeting. Contributions can be extremely brief or extend to 10 minutes or so, but are designed to prompt conversation as all will approach the topic differently. As a member of the group commented," It's remarkable how far from the original topic the follow-up can stray"

We aim to have fun as we learn German and new ideas are always welcome