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| akeed Newbie Sri Lanka Joined 3708 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 6 23 September 2014 at 7:35pm | IP Logged |
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This is my study plan for learning German from scratch to B2 in nine months, please
tell me how I can improve it so that it is close to perfect.
Later on I will start watching German TV shows/movies, listening to German radio/podcasts and reading German books/newspapers. I also don't want to keep changing my routine and would rather stick with it upto a considerable period in time so if you think I should change my above plan please tell me now! I know that there are obviously so many resources for learning German and so many ways that I can go about it but I don't want to spend my entire nine months cycling through all the different routes and ways and that is why I am thinking of sticking to the above plan. So if you think I can improve it in any way please tell me! ###I plan to do my A1 exam at the Goethe center in 14 days.### **I know that most people on this forum would probably prefer Assimil over Michel Thomas but I have already started using MT and I really like it. I would consider using Assimil instead, if any of you have any solid reason for me to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4039 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 2 of 6 24 September 2014 at 12:26pm | IP Logged |
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Hi, I can bring you my modest two cents. And keep in mind that everyone learns
differently. Assimil brings much further (up to B2, but at least A2, while with Michel Thomas you're around A1) and with Michel Thomas you don't learn how to read and write. Also, Assimil gives you much better understanding of the language as it's used by natives. Both are not enough as a standalone resource, but I see that you plan to use the Deutsche Welle so should be ok. From my past experience studying vocabulary only through SRS is not very helpful. You can maybe, to quickly bootstrap one language, take a list of the 200 highest frequency words and learn them in one day, before to start studying the language. But it's maybe too late for this. Also, it's useful to boostrap a context based vocabulary (for example, you like cars and you want to learn all the car related vocabulary in one day). In any case, after two-four weeks you have words that you pick always right and words that you can't remember. Remove all the familiar words and study only the ones that are really difficult for you to remember. Start to read as soon as possible. If you have some passion with a topic with whom you're familiar with, you will get a lot out of it because you can get the meaning of many words that you don't know yet. Oh, and start to have skype conversations as soon as you're able to talk about even the most basic topics, like the weather and where do you want to go for holydays. Those are my two cents. Good luck with your German journey! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4525 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 3 of 6 24 September 2014 at 2:21pm | IP Logged |
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Looking forward to seeing your progress.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4901 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 4 of 6 27 September 2014 at 9:30pm | IP Logged |
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I've seen your thread asking for advice, and now that I've found you log I'll be following to see how it goes. Good luck, and work hard!
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| CheChe Groupie United States Joined 3958 days ago 41 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 5 of 6 28 September 2014 at 5:23am | IP Logged |
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As we are working towards the same goal; I thought I would stop by and say Good Luck :) Edited by CheChe on 28 September 2014 at 5:28am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| guiguixx1 Octoglot Senior Member Belgium guillaumelp.wordpres Joined 4084 days ago 163 posts - 207 votes Speaks: French*, English, Dutch, Portuguese, Esperanto, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 6 of 6 29 September 2014 at 12:32am | IP Logged |
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I have recently begun working on German as well, and have found the videos on
http://www.slowgerman.com/ quite useful. I suggest you try it ;) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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