A year plus into my self-study program and it’s still sticking. I’ve been working on a TESOL certification course and I’ve already learned a lot about how second languages are acquired. I don’t feel so thick now. ;-) I’ve gone back to that first textbook Neue Freunde to reinforce the parts of the language that are easily acquired through everyday examples. That’s what Neue Freunde was structured to do. It got me off the ground last year, so now it should give me another push.

Language acquisition is recursive. Helps to remember that when it seems like one’s brain is full.

Edit: I’m now punctuating English as if it were German. Nice. :-D