elcheung feeling happy and sane.
Aschenputtel
4 weeks ago
Read Aschenputtel online… english on one side, german on the other
Aschenputtel
How to speak German fluently
It made me
Feel German! 
"German is a difficult language, but it's beautiful, and has become a part of me."
How I did it: I started teaching myself German when I was 8 years old. At 13 I finally got formal training, and just never stopped. I loved German and I read whatever I could, I listened to whatever I could find, I talked whenever I suspected someone might be German.
Lessons & tips: Listen to German music. Popular stuff: it's not all Oompa bands, Beep Techno, and Rammstein. It's great for vocabulary, and grammar. Not to mention slang! Try Peter Fox, Seeed, or Wir Sind Helden. Even Die Prizen, while sort of dumb, are extremely useful, and fun to listen to!
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elcheung feeling happy and sane.
Untitled
1 month ago
read one Grimm’s fairy tale side by side German/English… not too bad. German, oddly, is the easiest language to pronounce. It’s so similar to English in sound… very guttural. Ich liebe Deutsch!
Zoe has lots of work to do!
IWLP classes at university
2 months ago
I decided that I might want to go to Germany for a year of my degree so thought it would be a good idea to learn more German before going, so I just applied for IWLP German classes with my University. Just gotta wait now to see if they accept.
Ach!
5 months ago
This language seems to have some sort of similarity with Hindi, and maybe a few with english as well. WHY did I not take it up earlier!!
It’s soooo beautiful and I love it!
Little bit of progress?
7 months ago
Today I asked my friend Ingrid (who lives in Germany) if she would help me with my German. Right now it is very poor. I’m still using English grammar to write my German sentences and my vocab is EXTREMELY limited.
I’m looking at a few websites on how to teach yourself too and want to start working on them at least once a day for an hour. :)
Untitled
7 months ago
Speaking German would be helpful in going back to Germany. I want to started teaching myself and getting help from friends who know how to speak German. Hopefully getting out of undergrad will give me time to do this. fingers crossed
mysticmage321 wondering if he will ever do any of these.
Plan
8 months ago
I can speak german at a beginners level to maybe intermediate but that might be pushing it. I want to learn the rest of it, and be able to speak it fluently.
runningchica86 is unpacking and visiting with friends.
The classes I have taken...
10 months ago
I am a German minor. So far I have taken:
Germ 103: Introductory German (4 credits)
Germ 203: Intermediate German (4 credits)
Germ 204: Grammar (3 credits)
A month of study abroad in Germany (6 credits)
and Germ 301: Conversation (3 credits)
Next semester, I am signed up for two more courses.
Germ 302: Advanced conversation (3 credits)
Germ 399: Cultural Studies (3 credits)
and I may take one more course depending on my schedule.
I am also trying to teach English in Germany. I think it will be a great chance to gain more experience in teaching, to really experience the culture more fully (it is my biggest passion!), and to learn the language fluently!! We shall see what happens…! I hope, I hope, I hope :D
