SMC Modern Languages

Modern Languages at Stewart's Melville College @esmsedinburgh

[Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist]

If you lose German from the curriculum, you miss out on the benefits of family ties with English, the most spoken native language in the EU, a major language of engineering, business & science & a gateway to Dutch & Scandinavian languages. Don’t close the doors that German opens.

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Well done to the boys, and huge thanks to Mrs Tsirogianni and the staff and students of the University for supporting them! The full issue, including contributions from many other local schools, can be found here - https://t.co/5AAnscBwTP

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We were delighted to have two of our Advanced Higher German students featured in a recent issue of Babble, published by the University of Edinburgh. Ollie and Marcus, together with students from the University, wrote an article discussing the value of sport.

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We were delighted to host the 6 Schools' Immersion Day for Higher French this year with visiting pupils from @StrathallanSchl, @GlenalmondColl , @FettesLanguages , @MerchiNews , Loretto and Morrison’s enjoying a range of language immersion workshops 🇫🇷

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Higher German and Spanish linguists enjoyed a great day at @StrathallanSchl ‘s Immersion Conference, including escape rooms, taboo, Dragons’ Den and much more!

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Sightseeing and paddle boarding around Marseille for our S4 French Exchange pupils today 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[German Embassy London @GermanEmbassy]

33 years ago, on 3 October 1990, a divided Germany was united. Today we celebrate the Day of German Unity.

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Come along to Languages and Culture Club, on Thursday lunchtimes in room 97 with Miss Hunter - this week we’ll be celebrating European Day of Languages 🗣️

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Welcome back everyone! 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪

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Think you’ll never need to know another language? Think again!

Looking forward to following @HKane’s language journey! 🇩🇪

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@TranslationExch

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Absolutely delighted to have two of our entries to the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators be selected as Scottish winners, and to have a further commended entry. Well done to Thomas L-M (S4), Marcus S (S5) and Kyle K (S2) 🇪🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷

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Very proud of our 4 S5s who have just completed a week of work experience here in Germany. Well done to Marcus, Daniel, Ollie and Aira for their placements at the Mathematikum, Creative Arts, the Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung and the Gießen Marketing GmbH.

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A visit to the Mathematikum in Gießen this morning 🇩🇪

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A trip to Frankfurt and a visit to the Deutsches Filmmuseum today 🇩🇪

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A wander around the beautiful town of Wetzlar, learning a little about the story of Goethe’s time there, and a visit to Leica Welt 🇩🇪

[Get Germanized 🥨 @Vuko]

"Das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei" is a colorful German idiom that literally translates to "That is not the yolk of the egg". 🥚🍳

In English, the equivalent expression would be "It's not all it's cracked up to be" or "It's not the best".

In context, this idiom is used when something is not the best or not up to the expected standard.

Here are example sentences:

German: "Die neue Software ist ganz ok, aber das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei." English: "The new software is okay, but it's not all it's cracked up to be."

German: "Seine Präsentation war nicht das Gelbe vom Ei." English: "His presentation was not the best."

So the next time you find something not quite up to par, remember to say "Das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei"! 👌🇩🇪 #GermanIdioms #LearnGerman

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Ein toller Tag in Marburg heute! We visited the beautiful town of Marburg, learned about the history of the town and the stories written here by the brothers Grimm, then finished off with some ice cream and pedalos on the Lahn 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☀️

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We were welcomed very warmly at the Herderschule this morning, and are looking forward to the rest of our week here! 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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