
The Oktoberfest has become an important part of local culture and has been copied in several places around the globeincluding London, Canberra, Argentina and Palestine. Many of the cities in which these festivals take place have large communities of German descent, so if you have the opportunity to attend one of them, you will doubtless get the chance to practise some of the language skills acquired in your private German lessons. Using what you’ve learned in an informal setting such as this is great fun and can help you expand your vocabulary, provided you engage in conversation with people before they become Bierleichen, the word for those who over-indulge which literally means “beer corpse”.