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| spongbob_77 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3500 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: German | Message 1 of 4 26 April 2015 at 7:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have been studying German casually for almost a year and my current ability lies around
A1/A2. However my listening comprehension is very poor. I am starting ASSiMiL: German With Ease (for English speakers). after listening to the first 5 lessons, I can understand everything that is said, including all the vocabulary. This is expected as I am not a complete beginner. What would you recommend is the best approach for someone of my existing German abilities? Currently I have been listening to each track, then listening a second time while transcribing the audio. I am planning on using the technique outlined in the following link, which is from ASSiMiL's Dutch With Ease course: http://languagegeek.net/2010/05/12/how-to-use-an-assimil-cou rse/ Perhaps I should move on to the active wave for these lessons until I reach a lesson that I find difficult, then start those using the passive phase instructions. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4907 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 2 of 4 27 April 2015 at 2:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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First of all, welcome to the forums, SpongeBob!
I am in a similar situation with Assimil Hindi: I'm probably a strong A2 and started using the course a few months ago (but I'm not spending as much time with it as with other learning material). I began by listening through all the audio twice, which was a good exercise to test how much I knew. I found that from lessons 1-20 or so I had no trouble understanding most of what was going on, besides the occasional vocabulary item I didn't know. From that point it began to get more and more difficult, and the last CD of the course was quite difficult for me. I buzzed through the first 12 lessons or so without needed to check the translation, without doing all of the steps described in your link, and only checking the notes out of interest. But now I'm working through it more carefully, and I'm thinking that once I get to lesson 15 or so I'll start incorporating more of the steps described in that link. One more thing I do is to review the audio from recent lessons quite a bit. I will often put a single track on a loop in my car and listen to it 4-5 times. The exact method you use isn't important, what's important is that you enjoy what you're doing enough to keep doing it, and that you feel like you're learning something. I guess like me the course will be more at your level soon, at which point the full method will be more relevant and useful. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5563 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 4 27 April 2015 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you are on cusp A1-A2 I would say that you fit the category of 'false beginner' and
so I would just use the course as it is designed. If you want to follow the old Dutch directions that wouldn't hurt. My personal experience with Assimil is that I do not get the maximum out of it until I have reached the A1/A2 cusp, so, if you are like me, you are at the right point to use it - even if the first few lessons are easy. Edited by Elexi on 27 April 2015 at 2:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| spongbob_77 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3500 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: German | Message 4 of 4 27 April 2015 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes I think having a grasp of the basic grammar rules such as verb conjugation, cases, genders, declension is a big plus as ASSiMiL's focus is vocabulary rather than grammar. Is there a new Dutch method, or new method in general for studying ASSiMiL? e.g. Shadowing, transcribing. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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