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| Tecktight Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member United States Joined 4980 days ago 227 posts - 327 votes  Speaks: English*, Serbian Studies: German, Russian, Estonian | Message 9 of 35 02 August 2011 at 4:12am | IP Logged | ||
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I'll be starting FSI German, as well.
I'm also doing written exercises out of a book I have called "Essentials of Grammar" and "Self-Taught German." The latter is basically memorization through written repetition. I've also started listening to "Deutsche Welle--Deutsch-warum nicht?" Also, my friend promised to hand-down to me his copy of "Treffpunkt Deutsch," a German textbook he had purchased for his now-dropped German class. We'll see how useful that proves, if at all. I'll probably use its workbook for exercises, as writing things over and over again helps me learn. I'm still crafting the details of my plan, so I'll update this post with what I plan to accomplish from day-to-day. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| booze007 Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5096 days ago 41 posts - 45 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 10 of 35 02 August 2011 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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does anybody have the anki word list for assimil German?
and also checkout pukkagerman.com 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5013 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 11 of 35 02 August 2011 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello all,
I have joined and started. I am beginning the Assimil course (now at lesson 2) and I am in no rush. For me, the challenge is more about frequency and every day study than about huge amounts of time (I have other things I need to put a lot of time into). And about this "study group" as well. My goals are rather small. I would like to progress as far as possible in the Assimil and perhaps, by the end of the challenge try some audiobook. But I have one question so far. Is the audio from Assimil spoken by native speakers? Perhaps it is, it just seem to me different than pronunciation of most Germans I've heard. And at some points the pronunciation at the tape reminds me a lot of French but it is possible that the languages are just closer to each other than I thought. And another one. Do you think FSI would help me more with the pronunciation? I am trying to repeat after Assimil but I feel a bit clumsy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dleewo Groupie United States Joined 5822 days ago 95 posts - 131 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 12 of 35 02 August 2011 at 4:34pm | IP Logged | ||
What I like about FSI is the amount of drills and you are constantly speaking. With the drills, you hear the recorded response right after you give yours so it's easy to ensure you have the pronunciation correct. I know many people don't like all the drills, but I actually like them. It makes me feel that I'm actually learning something when I can go through all the drills and not make any mistakes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| seldnar Senior Member United States Joined 7136 days ago 189 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, French, Greek | Message 13 of 35 02 August 2011 at 7:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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On day 2 of Assimil and Deutsche Welle. So far, so good. I do have one question though.
On the DW audio, the letter "R" before an "O" or a "U" sounds to me like a "T" sound. Is it my imagination or does the "R" change its sound slightly before certain vowels? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dleewo Groupie United States Joined 5822 days ago 95 posts - 131 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 14 of 35 02 August 2011 at 7:08pm | IP Logged | ||
Do you have an example of an actual word where you think the sound changes? For all the 'r' words I can think of, none sound like a 't'. The only place where I can think that you get a 't' sound would be when the next word starts with a 'z', for example: Ich habe zwei... The habe has a 't' sound at the end, whereas if the sentence was: Ich habe drei... there is no 't' sound. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| chrispon2007 Newbie India Joined 4868 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 15 of 35 03 August 2011 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have started learning German as well . Though i get to speak for like 3 hours of German
everyday , i am trying to improve my vocabulary , but i haven't any of those new words . FSI has been quite interesting as of now . Sometimes even understanding the meaning of a word from Leo.org and trying to use it in a statement is still difficult . 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5054 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 16 of 35 03 August 2011 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Okay, ya I know I am going to sound very lame, but what exactly is FSI, I am learning German, but I am just a bit curious about these courses you all are talking about, I consider myself a beginner, although I do know some. I am taking a German class this Fall, and plan to study there next year. I try to study German as much as I can, usually through music or watching movies, talking to native speakers erc, irl, but ya, sorry again, if I sound lame for asking.
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