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| TheSeaWolf Newbie United States Joined 4605 days ago 14 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 1 of 8 31 December 2012 at 2:28pm | IP Logged |
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Schnitzel Language: German Introduction and Goals: I am currently an exchange student in Austria right now and am staying here till summer. My German is currently around an A2 level. I am better at listening and reading than at speaking. My goal is to be around a solid B2 level before leaving and getting to a C1 level at the end of the year. Plan: I am going to add at least 10 anki cards to my deck, read at least 10 pages, and listen to a couple podcasts or youtube videos everyday. On top of this, I will be going to school which is all in German. I am living with a host family and we talk everyday in German and watch TV. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4504 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishB2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech | Message 2 of 8 31 December 2012 at 2:51pm | IP Logged |
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Hi, team mate! I wish the best with your studies. Achieving a C1 level on the basis of an A2 within just a year period is hard. However, I think the conditions you have right now are the best in order to success. Also, your future routine of study seems very reasonable and healthy.
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| TheSeaWolf Newbie United States Joined 4605 days ago 14 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 3 of 8 31 December 2012 at 4:36pm | IP Logged |
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Danke schön. It will be hard, but since I am in full immersion for 6 months, I should
hopefully be successful. I just took a test on BBC's website that I found on Elsinore's blog. Here are the results for the Intermediate test: Overall: 80% Reading 100% Writing 57% Listening 79% Speaking 84% 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| TheSeaWolf Newbie United States Joined 4605 days ago 14 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 4 of 8 06 January 2013 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
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Diese Woche habe ich 45 Seiten von "Der kleine Hobbit" gelesen und habe Battleship und
The Cabin in the Woods auf Deutsch angeschaut. Ich habe zu 51 minuten von verschieden Podcasts zugehört. Ich bin auf Seite 390 in "Der Kleine Hobbit" und habe ungefähr 70 Seiten übrig. Hoffentlich werde ich fertig in einer Woche mit dem Buch. Ich hoffe, dass ich den Film im Kino anschauen kann. Vielleicht am Samstag. Mein nächstes Buch wirt "Der Vorleser". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5219 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 5 of 8 06 January 2013 at 11:27pm | IP Logged |
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Hi! I was about to give you a wake up call and now you're going ahead of me, immersion aside - good, keep it up!
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| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4615 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 6 of 8 14 January 2013 at 1:09am | IP Logged |
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Hi SeaWolf. Lucky you to be doing in-country immersion! I just read a book for older children (10+) that had a glossary in the back with Austrian words and their standard German equivalent. It was funny and not too difficult (and not too childish). The author was Christine Nöstlinger and apparently she's a pretty prolific Austrian writer of children's books. Might be of interest to you if you have the time to spare and the desire to do some light reading. I am about a B1 level, so a book like that would probably work for you if you're ever finding normal adult books too overwhelming.
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| TheSeaWolf Newbie United States Joined 4605 days ago 14 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 7 of 8 05 February 2013 at 10:49pm | IP Logged |
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@BAnna Thanks for the suggestion. I will look for those books at the library. I
think those would be quite helpful. Summary of January: I finished reading Der Hobbit. I could understand most of what was going on without translating and I only needed to translate a couple words a page to fully understand. I have started reading "Die Saat"(The Strain) by Guillermo del Toro. It is about a virus that infects New York City and turns people into vampires. It is a tad bit more difficult than Der Hobbit. I have given up on Anki and just reviewing vocab as it comes up. I have tried using anki a bunch of times, but it gets boring for me after a while and I give up. It is good at first, but it loses its effectiveness after a while. I have been listening to Schlaflos in München and Slow German podcasts. I have also started listening to STS and Hubert von Goisern. Both are really good Austrian bands. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| TheSeaWolf Newbie United States Joined 4605 days ago 14 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 8 of 8 31 July 2013 at 4:40am | IP Logged |
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I have been really bad at keeping up with this log. Es tut mir leid! I have been
recently learning vocab this last week using Iversen's word list method. I am writing down words that I don't know from "Wolfsblut" (White fang) as I read. The word lists work really well for me and can I memorize words with ease. Also, I have been watching a couple Let's Plays on youtube in German to help with listening. I am back in the U.S. now and will be going to university in the fall. I hope to enroll in a German class there to continue my studies. I have been dabbling with Russian and think it might be the next language I study. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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