csidler Diglot Pro Member Australia chadsidler.com Joined 4765 days ago 51 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Italian, French Personal Language Map
| Message 9 of 11 07 March 2014 at 4:27am | IP Logged |
Have a look around and see if you can get your hands on "Michel Thomas German Foundation Course". It
will give you the confidence and structure to begin speaking with some confidence.
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yantai_scot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4744 days ago 157 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 10 of 11 16 March 2014 at 9:23pm | IP Logged |
How is your studying going Kim?
I'm only just at the perfect present tense myself now.
How long does your adult education class last? Mine finishes a week tomorrow after 20
weeks. I'll really miss the group as it was an unusually close class- only 9 of us and we
had a lot of fun. I'll be signing up for the continuing class this September.
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kimb1 Newbie United States Joined 3864 days ago 12 posts - 17 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 11 of 11 17 March 2014 at 6:32pm | IP Logged |
yantai_scot wrote:
How is your studying going Kim?
I'm only just at the perfect present tense myself now.
How long does your adult education class last? Mine finishes a week tomorrow after 20
weeks. I'll really miss the group as it was an unusually close class- only 9 of us and we
had a lot of fun. I'll be signing up for the continuing class this September. |
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My studying has been going OK. The perfect present tense is no fun - too many exceptions! But, I think I could probably recognize it if I saw it in writing. I'm happy about that.
My class was only 7 weeks long, and it's already done. They are offering a German 2 class that starts in mid-April, which I'm planning to take.
I miss my class, too! Even though it was meant as a class for beginners, about half of the students already knew some German for various reasons. That really motivated me to study and learn as much as possible!
I'm switching gears a little bit and using Teach Yourself Complete German. The book I was using for my class, German Conversation Demystified, was good as a supplement for my class. I don't think it's comprehensive enough for learning on my own, though. Teach Yourself seems to have a lot of listening drills. I like that, because I really struggle with listening comprehension.
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