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| Theodisce Octoglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5894 days ago 127 posts - 167 votes  Speaks: Polish*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Czech, French, English, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Portuguese | Message 1 of 8 04 January 2009 at 11:49am | IP Logged |
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Greetings,
I had some German lessons at school, which gave me very basic knowledge of grammar and very limited vocabulary. Now, after few months of self-study I can read most German Wikipedia articles with with comprehesnion rate about 65- 75% (maybe sometimes more), I can also read some German books on university topics I like, but it still takes me much more time than Wikipedia does. I'd like to do all levels of Michel Thomas German just to get some speaking knowledge and lear the grammar I don't know yet. Moreover, I work with a vocabulary trainer and have made a score of about 450 words from October. This is a good trainer, so I will continue with it. But what else could I do? Oh, I'm not planning to visit Germany this year. Edited by Theodisce on 04 January 2009 at 11:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5846 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 2 of 8 04 January 2009 at 1:30pm | IP Logged |
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Seems to me you need to do all of the things that got your English up to scratch.
You already know how to learn a language - you have mastered English! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6560 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 8 04 January 2009 at 3:43pm | IP Logged |
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Look into films, Deutsche Welle programs and podcasts... Lot's of good material out there.
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| teddo Diglot Newbie South Africa Joined 6418 days ago 22 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English, Polish Studies: French | Message 4 of 8 05 January 2009 at 3:36am | IP Logged |
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Try to practice your verbal skills with native German speakers on Skype, or start to watch German TV.
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| Theodisce Octoglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5894 days ago 127 posts - 167 votes Speaks: Polish*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Czech, French, English, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Portuguese | Message 5 of 8 06 January 2009 at 6:11am | IP Logged |
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Thank you all for your advices. I'm trying to work with podcast, however, my vocabulary seems to be too limited still. However, it is always much more harder to catch a flow of spoken language than just read. And yes, I have to act with German as I've done with English. It must give effects. Thank you agian.
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| Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5829 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic | Message 6 of 8 06 January 2009 at 7:26am | IP Logged |
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Here's a German Podcast I like; it's spoken very slowly, hence the name:
http://www.slowgerman.com/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Theodisce Octoglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5894 days ago 127 posts - 167 votes Speaks: Polish*, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Czech, French, English, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Portuguese | Message 7 of 8 06 January 2009 at 1:43pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks! I feel I like it, I really can undersatnd spoken German :).
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| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6560 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 8 of 8 06 January 2009 at 3:56pm | IP Logged |
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Search for "Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten" for other slowly spoken German podcasts.
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