I have taught English in France and Germany, to both students and adults. As a native speaker of English who has lived in both the British West Indies and on the US' East Coast, I can help you decipher anything from Downton Abbey to Dave Chappelle. As for German, I became fluent in the language after an intense Masters Program in Schleswig-Holstein, where I lived for 5 years. Thus, I am very familiar with the simplification and adaptation of the language. A practical but fun approach to the language, using associations already present in French or English, is what I think is best.