Comments on: What is the practical way of learning German language? http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language learning languages online.... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: IamYashasfan http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language/comment-page-1#comment-199 IamYashasfan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:11:59 +0000 http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language#comment-199 1.keep reading and listening german 2.swiss and germany arent so far away. when u have holidays, why dont u just visit here? u will be pushed to speak it here because no people will like to speak english or other with u 3.for the books, berliner platz 1-3 (standard here as i am learning for integration course) or themen neu 1-3 both with CD so u will hear and write so much 4.sometime if u find a german newspaper there, just cut an interesting news for u and try to see the vocabs that u didnt know so far. it works for me<!<br><b>References : </b><br> 1.keep reading and listening german
2.swiss and germany arent so far away. when u have holidays, why dont u just visit here? u will be pushed to speak it here because no people will like to speak english or other with u
3.for the books, berliner platz 1-3 (standard here as i am learning for integration course) or themen neu 1-3
both with CD so u will hear and write so much
4.sometime if u find a german newspaper there, just cut an interesting news for u and try to see the vocabs that u didnt know so far. it works for me<!
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]]> By: Liz http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language/comment-page-1#comment-197 Liz Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:59 +0000 http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language#comment-197 Sounds like your school's method is immersion / the Berlitz method. The idea is that you'll learn through context as babies do. It is frustrating at first but give it some time if you can -- it really is a great way to learn. Of course I am sure you are allowed to study on your own as well :-) and it is good you're taking the initiative. If you'd like another way of supporting your learning, buy an easy book or a magazine in a subject you like a lot along with a dictionary German -> your native language, and go for it. Comic strips can be fun, or fashion magazines (stick to the descriptions of the models at first ... you are female?). When I was in Germany as a teenager, the book "Wir Kinder von Bahnhof Zoo" by Christiana F. had just come out. It is a haunting autobiography of a girl who became addicted to heroin when she was 12. I started reading it when I was able to understand people around me a bit (mostly teenagers), so because the book is written in "teenager language", I was able to understand it and read it quite quickly. I think it helped my German a lot, I got a better feel for the language, improved my vocabulary, moved a lot of terms from "passive" to "active knowledge" ... Don't be afraid to browse the other sections of the bookstore, the children's and teenager's books, if you can understand the gist of the back cover and it sounds interesting, take it 'home' and try reading it. You may surprise yourself how well it will go. Otherwise -- IMHO, learning a language is fast and easy only if you are very talented or you already know a language that is very similar, like Dutch. Hang in there ... if you're in Switzerland in an immersion course, the start will be slow but soon the day will come when you'll get a 'feel' for the language -- something I think a book just can't teach you. Viel Glück PS I presume you are in Zurich and not on Lake Geneva...<br><b>References : </b><br>I was an exchange student in Germany Sounds like your school’s method is immersion / the Berlitz method. The idea is that you’ll learn through context as babies do. It is frustrating at first but give it some time if you can — it really is a great way to learn.

Of course I am sure you are allowed to study on your own as well :-) and it is good you’re taking the initiative. If you’d like another way of supporting your learning, buy an easy book or a magazine in a subject you like a lot along with a dictionary German -> your native language, and go for it. Comic strips can be fun, or fashion magazines (stick to the descriptions of the models at first … you are female?).
When I was in Germany as a teenager, the book "Wir Kinder von Bahnhof Zoo" by Christiana F. had just come out. It is a haunting autobiography of a girl who became addicted to heroin when she was 12. I started reading it when I was able to understand people around me a bit (mostly teenagers), so because the book is written in "teenager language", I was able to understand it and read it quite quickly. I think it helped my German a lot, I got a better feel for the language, improved my vocabulary, moved a lot of terms from "passive" to "active knowledge" …
Don’t be afraid to browse the other sections of the bookstore, the children’s and teenager’s books, if you can understand the gist of the back cover and it sounds interesting, take it ‘home’ and try reading it. You may surprise yourself how well it will go.

Otherwise — IMHO, learning a language is fast and easy only if you are very talented or you already know a language that is very similar, like Dutch. Hang in there … if you’re in Switzerland in an immersion course, the start will be slow but soon the day will come when you’ll get a ‘feel’ for the language — something I think a book just can’t teach you.

Viel Glück

PS I presume you are in Zurich and not on Lake Geneva…
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]]> By: ningerbil2000 http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language/comment-page-1#comment-196 ningerbil2000 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:59 +0000 http://www.stand-texas.org/learning-german/what-is-the-practical-way-of-learning-german-language#comment-196 I don't know about fast and easy, but: Keep getting the German-language books, if that works for you (and it seems to). Are there any German clubs at your school? Sometimes that helps. If not, could you start an out-of-class study session with some of your classmates? I like the multitude of CD-R0m programs and language CDs/tapes available. This helps get the language and dialect in your ear and is a multimedia way to practice (especially with the CD Rom programs). I like WorldTalk, and I've heard Rosetta Stone is excellent. Movies and cartoons -- I know a lot of international students and those who are ESL have said they learned a lot of their English watching cartoons and movies. Are there any German-speaking films or shows you could watch? Or any that offer German-speaking translations, or even subbed in German?<br><b>References : </b><br> I don’t know about fast and easy, but:

Keep getting the German-language books, if that works for you (and it seems to).

Are there any German clubs at your school? Sometimes that helps. If not, could you start an out-of-class study session with some of your classmates?

I like the multitude of CD-R0m programs and language CDs/tapes available. This helps get the language and dialect in your ear and is a multimedia way to practice (especially with the CD Rom programs). I like WorldTalk, and I’ve heard Rosetta Stone is excellent.

Movies and cartoons — I know a lot of international students and those who are ESL have said they learned a lot of their English watching cartoons and movies. Are there any German-speaking films or shows you could watch? Or any that offer German-speaking translations, or even subbed in German?
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