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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4531 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes  Studies: German | Message 17 of 35 20 June 2015 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Have you thought about using iTalki for Skype tutoring?
I haven't used it personally, but I have heard good things about it from people I trust. It has the advantage that you can talk to people living in Germany and potentially talk to multiple tutors if you want to work on different aspects of the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rtickner Diglot Groupie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3516 days ago 61 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2 Studies: French, Spanish | Message 18 of 35 20 June 2015 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Patrick, I'll check it out.
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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4531 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 19 of 35 20 June 2015 at 3:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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One advantage with iTalki is that most of the tutors offer free/discounted "Probe" lessons so you can get a sense of how they are before committing. I think most people try out a few different tutors before settling on one person.
You can also do language exchanges for free, but it's probably easier/more-efficient if just pay for a tutor. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rtickner Diglot Groupie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3516 days ago 61 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2 Studies: French, Spanish | Message 20 of 35 23 June 2015 at 1:27am | IP Logged | ||
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Joined a local German film club here in Newcastle last night. Half hour Stammtisch followed by Das Wunder von Bern. Conversation flowed well, 95% comprehension, we discussed our trips to Germany, our
occupations, and our gardening escapades. Turns out I'm not the only one who's had trouble growing carrots, which is a nice bonus. The film was great, ~80% comprehension. Der Ball ist rund und das Spiel dauert 90 minuten. Found a tutor in the local area, native German. Never had a tutor before, but I figure I'll head along and see if she can help to sure up a few weak areas. On average I have ~2 hours of exposure to German each day in terms of podcasts / news, which is mostly commute time. If I had a bit more time, I would put it into vocab work (Anki), no question about it. Whenever I am able to learn a few new words in Anki, they seem to immediately pop up in the podcasts out of nowhere, and I get a feeling of achievement and advancement. I rarely (if ever) learn words straight from the podcasts without looking them up, though they are invaluable for reinforcing the words and usage that I already know. They do prompt me to learn new vocabulary as well (e.g. Klimmzüge = pullups). If you are learning German and are into fitness, I highly recommend the Fitness mit M.A.R.K podcast, which you can find here: http://www.marathonfitness.de/podcast/ The language is fairly simple, it would be comprehensible to a B1 listener, quite comfortable for a B2 listener. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rtickner Diglot Groupie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3516 days ago 61 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2 Studies: French, Spanish | Message 21 of 35 24 June 2015 at 3:30am | IP Logged | ||
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First week of intensive German completed. Stats updated on front post. Given it was a
fairly busy week with work, quite happy with 38 hours. There are two exams slots approaching in Sydney for the C1 exam - 23rd September and 16th December. December would give me more time, but my son/daughter is arriving in late November, so it's most likely out of the question. So it's either September or early next year at this stage. Going to meet a tutor this evening for an hour. Native German, lives 3km from my house in Newcastle. Small world. She will be able to tell my if September is too ambitious. If it's not, then that means I have 14 weeks until the exam. At my current level of exposure, is 14 weeks enough time to move from a fairly solid B2 to an acceptable C1? (I would be happy with +80% in the exam). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4531 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 22 of 35 24 June 2015 at 10:59am | IP Logged | ||
Good luck. I'm very curious if you can make C1 in this amount of time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rtickner Diglot Groupie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3516 days ago 61 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2 Studies: French, Spanish | Message 23 of 35 25 June 2015 at 5:02am | IP Logged | ||
Me too. There is a lot of work to be done between now and then. Had my first hour of tutoring last night with the new tutor. We conversed a lot and spoke about preparation for the C1 exam. She confirmed what I had already suspected - reading and listening are cool beans, writing and speaking need some attention. Speech is flowing well, but I need to pay more attention to declensions and unknown genders. I've gotten about as far as I can get by just "winging it" when I don't know the correct ending to use. It was fun while it lasted! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rtickner Diglot Groupie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3516 days ago 61 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2 Studies: French, Spanish | Message 24 of 35 29 June 2015 at 1:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Podcasts are my main form of exposure to German at the moment. I installed an app
called "Podcast Addict" on my Android phone, set the language to German, and then selected around 10 podcasts from a list of popular podcasts in the "Podcast Empfehlungen" section. The app is configured so that it will automatically download new episodes when connected to a WiFi network and store them on my phone. When I have finished listening to an episode, it is marked as "read" and the mp3 file is deleted from the phone, to ensure sufficient space is available for new episodes. I then update the stats in the first post of this log with the items marked as "read", and then mark those podcast entries as "Favourites", which to me indicates that I have included these in my HTLAL log stats and should not add them again. So far I have made my way through the Fitness mit M.A.R.K series, and the DW Alltagsdeutsch series. I'm making my way through Slow German mit Annik Rubens at the moment. This is aimed more at A2/B1 listeners, but she has a nice voice, and talks about interesting topics, so I'm sticking around. All of these came from the Podcast Empfehlungen section, which makes for a very convenient way to enjoy German. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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