Oh, really?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's great news.

And he was teaching himself.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

How funny.

How funny.

Yeah.

OK.

Oh, OK.

You've got an F-Pro.

So I did study it a little bit, and then eventually...

OK.

So as an English expert...

No, no.

No, we're kidding.

No.

Why is that?

I don't know.

It's the real deal.

It's the real deal.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's really probably...

Yeah.

I like it much better than American English.

If someone is trying to learn English, what tips or hints or secrets would you...

Watch movies in English.

Tool Finder.

Really simple.

Super catchy lyrics.

And you will get to learn a lot.

I like British TV as well.

Oh, really?

Yes.

OK.

Because it's more easy to understand.

Very friendly and very welcoming.

And I always enjoy going to London, yeah.

Does that mean Americans are unpolite and unfriendly?

I didn't say that, no.

Hiya.

Welcome to Easy English.

So today, as you can probably hear, we're on the busy streets of Berlin.

And whilst walking those streets, we heard plenty of English voices.

So this made us wonder, can all Germans speak English?

And how often are they speaking English in Germany?

It's time to find out.

Here we go.

Can you speak English?

Just a little bit, yeah.

Just a little bit.

OK.

Sounds good.

Can you speak English?

Just a little bit.

Can you speak English?

Yes, I can.

Can you speak English?

I can.

Can you speak English?

Yes.

That's good.

Do you speak English?

Yes, I do.

You do speak English.

Yes.

Very good.

And how did you learn English?

I learned English at school, but I don't practice English very often.

So I don't have to work in English, and that's why.

How did you learn English?

Or are you still learning English?

I'm always still learning English.

I learned it at school, and then I learned it because I was in England.

And how did you learn English?

Well, I started in school, and then I picked a lot of that up in my work, actually.

So I worked in a lot of companies where English was the spoken language.

And after school, were you interested in learning more English?

Yes, kind of.

And why is that?

Because of more opportunities, I think.

If someone is trying to learn English, what tips or hints or secrets would you give them?

Or watch movies in English.

Listen to a lot of music and understand what they're saying.

Right.

And what music were you listening to?

Everything.

Rock and roll, rap.

I guess the best way to learn a language is to live in the country where you speak that language or to have friends or a boyfriend or a girlfriend that talks in that language.

So another source where I have another way I learned English is I started watching lots of movies and TV shows in English.

What tips, then, would you give to someone if they want to improve their English after school?

Well, dive into the experience.

I mean, whether it's watching movies or just getting out of your comfort zone and then being confrontational about it and then not really feeling uncomfortable about the accent or whatever it is.

Because in the end, the accent is something that shows you that you're willing to go for it and learn something.

So I think it's really good to have an accent.

And then, you know, that shows that you're interested in different languages and different cultures.

So I think just going for it and not really being don't really caring about like not really caring about making mistakes or whatever it is.

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And how did you learn English?

My father is from America, my mother from Germany, but I don't know him.

And so do you think you speak British English or American English?

Sometimes like this, sometimes like that.

Would you say you speak American or British English?

More American for sure.

Yeah, because of the band you're listening to?

Yeah.

So do you speak American English or British English?

It's a mix of both, I guess.

And how did you learn English?

I grew up in the States for a while, and then that's when I picked it up.

Really?

So you would say, because I've been asking most people what English do you speak, British or American English, and they don't really know.

Well, with me it would probably be American English.

And maybe this is an obvious question now because of where you are staying, but were you learning British English or American English?

Euro-English.

What is Euro-English?

It's a bit of everything.

It's a bit of everything.

Do you speak American English or British English?

Do you know?

I think I speak like German accent English.

I speak English with a German accent.

I don't know.

In school we learn British English, I think.

Do you need to use your English ever when you're in Germany?

No, not for my work.

To talk to friends, of course, that live abroad.

For example, I have lots of friends in Denmark, so we talk in English, but not for work purposes.

Do you use English in Germany?

A lot.

A lot?

More than German?

Partly, yes, because I work a lot in English.

How much would you say you speak German as to how much do you speak English daily?

At the moment I speak English every day because the girlfriend of my roommate is from Costa Rica and she only speaks English and Spanish, so in the last weeks, every day.

And it was okay for you?

You wanted to learn more English for your job?

Absolutely.

I like English.

And also I work in a field where most of the literature was English, and I had to learn a lot from the Internet, reading on the Internet, and also the materials were in English, so it came quite naturally to me.

I have a lot of different kinds of friends, a lot of different friends from different nationalities with a different background of language, and the way we communicate with each other is in English.

Do you, in your time in Berlin do you speak, or in Germany, do you speak much English?

Not really.

I mean, I do have a lot of friends that are bilingual, but in the end I would say I speak mostly German.

And of course you have to be a bit cautious because everybody uses that language, you know, bends it in a way, but I think English is exactly the language where everyone does it with.

I mean, it's not so easy to do that with German.

Thanks for watching this week's episode.

Please let us know in the comments below how much English you're speaking in your home country, and as always, we'll see you next week.

Ta-ra!

One movie that I loved a lot was Hobgoblin, back in the day.

Nice.

And you probably pick up lots of good swear words from watching Tarantino movies, too.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Some of them you might not say.

I hope not.