Max, the half British, half German streamer from London

Hello Everyone! I cannot wait to meet you all in my streams.

We have been preparing for months, and I am fully excited for you to see my back catalogue, talking about everything and anything, as well as have you all watch me do my thing live! I see myself as a bit of a halfway house between German and British (and I like to think I take the best elements from both! :stuck_out_tongue: ). This means I love comparing the two languages and cultures, and this is a topic that will come up a lot in my streams. Trust me, I know why German is hard for English speakers and vice versa!

I am a Londoner at heart, but I now call Berlin my home: donā€™t make me choose, both are incredible places, both are worth a visit or ten, and both feel like home (and youā€™ll get some good insider tips about both in my streams).


After having visited every year since I was 17, I finally moved to Berlin in 2020ā€¦ Mid pandemic!

I was born in London, with a German mother and grew up going to a language school (having a bilingual education). I was surrounded by kids from all over and I think this has made me into someone who is very interested in other cultures and languages. I love travel, talking to people about their home countries, and I would love to be one of those people who can dabble in lots of languages. On top of English and German, I am not too bad at French and am trying my hand at Spanish and Japanese.

In my streams you can expect me to talk about travel a lot, as well as culture (especially German and British). Growing up as a half-German, half-Brit, I always felt like I was able to see what was quirky and special about both cultures, and I love having the chance to share these thoughts with you. On top of this I enjoy talking about cinema, history, pop culture, video games, music etc, anything culture related reallyā€¦ and I am especially partial to singing the odd song here and there.

This brings me on to my background. I am still heavily involved in the theatre scene. I have worked on West End shows, international tours, large scale musicals etc, and these days I mostly work as a theatre director, so you might get a little showbiz insider knowledge in my streams from time to time.

The most important thing for me is that the streams are fun. They arenā€™t really language ā€˜lessonsā€™ for me per se. More of an opportunity to have a laugh, talk about interesting topics, play some games and introduce everyone to two amazing cultures and their nuances, and you get to absorb a new language in the process, and maybe get to know me along the way! (Doesnā€™t sound bad at all when I put it like that! :wink:

And trust me, from a guy who managed to trip and destroy the companyā€™s beautiful brand new studio on my first week of studio streams, I guarantee you will never know what to expect with me!

Catch you all soon,
Max


Living that Berlin-Brandenburg lifeā€¦ complete with the Berlin uniform!

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Welcome @MaxBex!! I watched your early Streams, they were great fun! :raised_hands:

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Hi @MaxBex :blush: It has been fun to learn with you, not only German but also about new topics. About the studio :face_with_hand_over_mouth:, it may be a good idea for a Stream. Iā€™m really clumsy, so I think more than one person could relate with your story :sweat_smile:.

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Thanks Amandine! Fun is always the goal for me! :slight_smile:

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Aaaah! Thanks so much. Weirdly I am kind of proud of that fall! :rofl:
If I did a stream about my clumsiness it would be a very long stream indeed! Hahaha.
Thanks for watching so far. :+1: :slight_smile:

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Hey Max. Hier ist der Link zu einem der ersten 3D-HƤuser in Deutschland: https://www.focus.de/panorama/neues-bauverfahren-erstes-wohnhaus-aus-dem-3d-drucker-eroeffnet-pilotprojekt-mit-vorbildfunktion_id_13532422.html
(Stream ā€œdie ferne Zukunftā€ von heute)

Hi @MaxBex! :sunglasses:

Thanks so much for your awesome streams! Not only have they added to my vocabulary, but I now also have a better idea of which beauty products to buy from DM :joy:, as well as which German music to ā€œrockā€ out to (Schlager) :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

I was wondering whether you would be able to do a stream that focusses on punctuation when writing in German. I know this is a bit of a serious topic, but I am hoping you could maybe find a way to spice it up? :snail:

The second topic that could be of great help, would be one all about ā€œwoā€ (dativ) and ā€œwohinā€ (akkusativ) in relation to going to various places (bakery, post office, bahnhof etc.)
When to use zum/zur/zu vs in die/dem/den etc. :dromedary_camel:

Have a great day! :crazy_face:

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Hi ChereeKr! Thanks so much for your message. I am glad you are enjoying the streams, and thank you for your commitment. I often see your name pop up as I am streaming! :slight_smile:

These are great ideas, thanks so much. The ā€œwohin vs woā€ thing is a stream I would love to do actually! And leave the punctuation thing to meā€¦ Iā€™m sure weā€™ll find a way to make it fun!
Iā€™ll forward these ideas to the team and see if we can cook something up! :slight_smile:

Thanks again, and look forward to catching you in a stream soon!

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Thanks for suggesting a punctuation Stream, @ChereeKr, I would definitely be interested in that too!

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@MaxBex Perfect! I am looking forward to these streams! :sunglasses:

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Youā€™re welcome @Maddy11. I am still feeling very weak in my (German) writing, so need every little bit of help :see_no_evil:

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Make more use of the journal correctionsā€¦ :wink:

@SKrausser Oh dear, something tells me youā€™ve been the tutor checking them! :rofl:
Haha, Iā€™m trying! :crazy_face:Iā€™m trying! :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Hi Max! I really enjoy your streams! :blush::heart:
Maybe you could do a stream someday about
ā€œlay, lie, lied, lainā€¦and when do we use whichā€?
Itā€™s a little confusing. :grimacing:

By the way, when I watch your streams I always thinkā€¦Oh Iā€™m good, I understand pretty everything :+1:ā€¦
and then I try to watch an English series and realize I donā€™t understand almost nothing! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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