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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6391 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 9 of 13 01 December 2012 at 12:00am | IP Logged | ||
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Using tons of resources can be a waste of money, but if it's the right level (and the quality is decent), it won't be a waste of time.
As you're about halfway done with Assimil, you're supposed to be able to translate the basic lessons. Are you? If you are, there's no problem, no reason to do what you don't want to do. That's the whole point of Assimil. You may also want to read the explanations of the cases in the various books you have, and then to do the exercises. Many people aren't where you are after 4 YEARS, especially if they have to study German at school and lack the motivation. Don't worry about that! Have you heard of Deutsche Welle? Their resources are fantastic. More modern and more enjoyable than most stuff on your list. And free:) Also, techniques are more important than the resources you use. See this: http://learnanylanguage.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Techniques especially shadowing and scriptorium. If the grammar is your main problem, there's no need to wait before you start using native materials. Give them a try! At the very least, listen to music in German (discover it here http://lyricstraining.com - a very addictive resource). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Rout Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5506 days ago 326 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish Studies: Hindi | Message 10 of 13 01 December 2012 at 12:30am | IP Logged | ||
I can't find it now, but I read a list somewhere (containing many of the materials, I used) that rated Deutsche Welle the best learning resource for any language on the internet (if I remember correctly). And they're free. I've never actually used it myself (I don't think). If I were you I'd stick with what you have (the Assimils) and you could allow yourself to sample the forbidden fruits one day every other week (at the library and never at the expense of your mainstays). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bobb328 Groupie Canada Joined 4379 days ago 52 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 11 of 13 01 December 2012 at 12:31am | IP Logged | ||
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I've listened to the first, maybe, 25 lessons so many times I have them memorized so I'm not really TRYING to
translate the English, I just know what the next word is because I can practically recite it. Not sure if this is good or bad. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bobb328 Groupie Canada Joined 4379 days ago 52 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 12 of 13 01 December 2012 at 12:32am | IP Logged | ||
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I've look at Deutsche Welle and it looks great! But there are so many courses I don't know which one to use...
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| reineke Senior Member United States https://learnalangua Joined 6241 days ago 851 posts - 1008 votes Studies: German | Message 13 of 13 03 December 2012 at 12:09am | IP Logged | ||
What the lady said. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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