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AlexKastani
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Message 17 of 21

19 May 2014 at 3:19am | IP Logged

soclydeza85 wrote:

Willkommen! Es gefällt mir immer, ein neues Mitglied zu sehen, daß deutsch
lernt!

I second the Hugo suggestion (Gemuse is the one that got me into it). It will give you plenty of useful
vocab to work with and good grammar explanations. It does get a bit tougher maybe around the 9th or
10th chapter but it's not that bad, you just have to spend more time absorbing the information.

I would suggest setting yourself up with a vocab program (Anki, Quizlet, or good ol fashioned note
cards), quickly perusing each chapter beforehand, look for all unknown vocab and put the words into the
program and master them before studying the chapter. This applies to any grammar source really, not
just Hugo.

You should be fine with just Hugo and Assimil. I juggle three programs and have no problem working
with them on most days.

I'll keep an eye on your journal, viel Glück!

I appreciate the suggestion. I'll certainly look into adding Hugo soon.. It seems to be available really
cheaply online! :) I do already use Anki and couldn't agree more. It's a wonderful program/app! I just need
to make myself be a little bit more consistent with doing it every day instead of every two or three days!
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AlexKastani
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19 May 2014 at 3:20am | IP Logged

patrickwilken wrote:

soclydeza85 wrote:

I would suggest setting yourself up with a vocab program (Anki, Quizlet, or good ol fashioned note
cards), quickly perusing each chapter beforehand, look for all unknown vocab and put the words into the
program and master them before studying the chapter. This applies to any grammar source really, not
just Hugo.

I would second the idea of getting a flash card program.

I found Anki extremely helpful I inputted all the sentences and word lists from my textbooks as I went
along. Never forget a chapter again! It was very helpful in giving me a ground from which I could then
tackle native materials.

That's a great suggestion. I already do use Anki, but I hadn't thought of skipping ahead and adding the
vocab from upcoming chapters. Do you think it helps much? I'll give it a try!
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patrickwilken
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Message 19 of 21

19 May 2014 at 8:30am | IP Logged

AlexKastani wrote:

That's a great suggestion. I already do use Anki, but I hadn't thought of skipping ahead and adding the
vocab from upcoming chapters. Do you think it helps much? I'll give it a try!

I found knowing the vocab before learning the chapters extremely helpful. I would also (if you have time) just add any of the sentences from the lessons - perhaps after you have done them - so you can reinforce the grammar you are learning (also words are much easier to remember if you see them in sentences).
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AlexKastani
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Message 20 of 21

19 May 2014 at 6:23pm | IP Logged

patrickwilken wrote:

AlexKastani wrote:

That's a great suggestion. I already do use Anki, but I hadn't thought of skipping ahead
and adding the
vocab from upcoming chapters. Do you think it helps much? I'll give it a try!

I found knowing the vocab before learning the chapters extremely helpful. I would also
(if you have time) just add any of the sentences from the lessons - perhaps after you
have done them - so you can reinforce the grammar you are learning (also words are much
easier to remember if you see them in sentences).

I do tend to insert words as sentences. I agree, it makes it much easier to remember
them. Thanks again for the tips!
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JamesS
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Message 21 of 21

06 July 2014 at 5:02am | IP Logged

Hi Alex,

Just wondering how you've been going applying Luca's method to Assimil? I'm considering trying it - I've
done a whole passive wave but I've found the active wave to just get far too difficult at around about lesson
40.

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