Hoppla-Daisy asks the right question : What happened to your English when you left school? Well, I am not German but French (but we are all Europeans, right ?). In France we have exactly the same problem with English, probably worse in fact. Some of us are lucky to have spent time in the US or UK (or Japan like Kackbratze). But what about the rest of us ? I was fortunate to grow up in Australia but studied medicine in France. So I studied and worked with colleagues who forgot most of the English they learnt at school (and regretted it). A few years ago, together with some English medics/language teachers we put together a system called TALKING MEDICINE, based on regular listening practice of authentic, intellectually stimulating material. This was recently posted on the internet at http://www.talkingmedicine.com
I’d be interested to know what German medics think of it. Perhaps someone might post this information in a « German-speaking » part of the forum for colleagues who are too shy about coming to « in English Please »
Danke schön