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| Logie100 Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 5316 days ago 35 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 33 of 39 20 June 2011 at 10:42am | IP Logged |
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sorry for the poster of this post that it turned into a post arguing about my learning method.
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| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5874 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 34 of 39 21 June 2011 at 9:03am | IP Logged |
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Here is my opinion, and I am only referring to the first post from the originator. I would pick up about one to two
systems at the beginning like Teach Yourself German and say Colloquial German. Then i would get a lonely planet phrasebook. I would start going through one of the courses for starters say the first 5 chapters, and then learn as much basic vocabulary I can out of the phrasebook and that course. After say a few days of going through this I would then, at the same time, submit writings on lang-8, a lot of these, and then get to chatrooms and start speaking with people as soon as I can. I have found in the past that if I get too many courses and try and go through them all, I just end up "studying" the language rather than trying to learn what I actually need for starters and using it! I just learn the necessary vocabulary as I go along. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| HMS Senior Member England Joined 5106 days ago 143 posts - 256 votes Speaks: English* | Message 35 of 39 22 June 2011 at 1:10am | IP Logged |
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I myself am trying to teach myself German. I would say that one of the greatest helps, and also the biggest hindrance is..this website!
There's a wealth of experience and knowledge to draw upon here but I find that fuels the procrastination in me. I end up learning about how other people are learning / have learned what I am trying to achieve, instead of doing it myself. I wish I could find a way of overcoming this :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Silenz Newbie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4913 days ago 23 posts - 33 votes Studies: French, German, Russian | Message 36 of 39 22 June 2011 at 1:30pm | IP Logged |
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Haha, HMS, I'm finding this too, over the last couple of days. Spent more time reading
about other people's stories than actually studying :P (Mostly because I lost my iPod and I don't want to carry my laptop around everywhere at work. Tomorrow I get to sit down all day, so German all day for me :D) Delta: At the moment, I'm becoming quite fond of MT (though the female enrages me constantly), so I'll be sticking to that, my LP phrase book, and any other methods I can find for learning vocab (: Also, any chance you can link me to some chat rooms? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5874 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 37 of 39 22 June 2011 at 8:40pm | IP Logged |
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One chat room that I use a lot is www.sharedtalk.com. I would say that if you want to really chat with Germans
you'll have to be up at the time that most of them will be up. I find, since there is a seven hour time change for me, that I have to be up early to talk to them and get my practice in with them. It's a nice chat room. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Silenz Newbie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4913 days ago 23 posts - 33 votes Studies: French, German, Russian | Message 38 of 39 25 June 2011 at 3:03pm | IP Logged |
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What time is the room active? I'm using it now, but there is only 1 girl in there at the
moment. She seems nice enough, though. Hopefully everyone is like that lol. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5874 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 39 of 39 25 June 2011 at 5:36pm | IP Logged |
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Well, anytime really. Just pay attention to what the time is over there and get on during the day..sometimes when it
is in the afternoon in Germany, or any German speaking nation, it would be best. At least that is what i have seen. Most people are very nice. I haven't had any problems at all. Good luck. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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