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| Avid Learner Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4653 days ago 100 posts - 156 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 33 of 34 02 January 2014 at 7:57am | IP Logged |
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I started incorporating native material after perhaps 4 to 5 months of study. I first went with comics I had read as a child. I'm the kind of person who has no problem reading multiple times books I've read in the past, as long as I've *really* liked them. I do it in my native language too; to me it's not about finding out what will happen next, but rather to immerse myself back in an "environment" I've enjoyed.
Those comics were a perfect start for me, because the sentences are usually rather short and I could follow despite my limitations since I knew the stories well enough. My ability to read German was suddenly bumped from the moment I learned how past participles worked. Prior to that, reading was rather difficult. I then moved on to a manga translated into German that I had never read before, so it was a little more challenging, but not discouraging. At the same time, I used the Top Thema on the Deutsche Welle website to add variety and vocabulary. Then I started watching TV. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5234 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 34 of 34 05 January 2014 at 1:49pm | IP Logged |
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In terms of original German shows, one of the SOKOs (SOKO Leipzig is the one I've watched the most) are easier than Tatort - they also have the same characters in most episodes, so it's good for getting used to the characters voices. Getting DVDs is a bit of a pain, as they seem to have released the first season of SOKO Leipzig and then years later started from series 9.
Der letzte Zeuge is also pretty good - about a medical examiner. I think this is a bit more difficult that SOKO. Türkisch für Anfänger is a good series for lots of slang and different ways of speaking. (Apparently there's also a film version, but I've not seen it and the reviews on imdb say it's really bad...) The series is apparently used in German lessons is Swedish schools! 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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