language learning is such a personal thing that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of doing it. it’s whatever works on bringing YOU closer to YOUR goal.
you want to watch tv shows but don’t really care for speaking with others? yay!! no speaking practice needed.
you want to learn quickly for an upcoming trip? yay! text book phrases and simple grammar.
you’re a beginner and it’s been 10 years? 2 weeks? 6 months? it doesn’t matter. as long as you are working towards bringing YOURSELF closer to what YOU want to achieve, you have succeeded: you are succeeding; you are doing great.
i find that so much demotivation comes from comparison and/or trying to follow other's advice too closely. if anki decks don't work for you, that's fine! if duolingo works well for you, then use it!
this language learning thing, it should be enjoyed. in the sea full of deceptive polyglot stories and videos on top of videos attempting to understand how to learn languages in "the fastest way possible" sometimes we should sit back and ask ourselves, "when is just learning things, enough"?
with that i hope you all continue working towards your dreams! whether you want to become a translator or just watch a few more movies in your target language, you can do it. i know you have it in you.
23.02.2023 • day 6 of my language learning challenge:
-> are there any free online sources you use to learn languages? please share<3
for german, i use der-artikel.de to find articles. i use bab.la as an online dictionary, it also offers verb conjugations. deutscheseite.de is also helpful, you can vocab lists and etc. and i don’t have more to offer… that’s why i asked you this question… to steal from you… 😔😔
i am sick today but i didn’t want to spend my evening doing nothing, so i decided to study some vocabulary. i wanted to learn reading related words and i had fun tehehe :] i was sneezing most of the time but i now know what kriminalroman means :’)<3
🎧 plenty by guru’s jazzmatazz, erykah badu & you got me by the roots, tariq trotter, erykah badu, eve
Do you want to learn German but don't know where to start? Then I've got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its links below. Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. I hope everyone can enjoy it and if anyone notices any mistakes or has any questions you are free to PM me.
Here is what the resource list contains;
Handmade resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.
Resources on learning pronunciation.
Websites to practice reading.
Documents to enhance your vocabulary.
Notes on Colloquial Language.
Music playlists
List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!
Re-learning German in preparation for my german classes tomorrow. After a year of not practicing it, I have become extremely rusty. Time to do more practices again!
Tomorrow will be a busy day again. 0930 to 2030 with only 2 hours of break in between. Praying hard to be able to survive tomorrow! 🥲
A collection of my main online resources that have been found and sorted by me for my personal use. Feel free to steal it for yourself, though.
To fully learn a language, you need to know and comprehend:
⊳ Reading;
⊳ Writing;
⊳ Listening;
⊳ Speaking.
But since I have ADHD, I add one more thing: learning through games. This will include literal computer games from German developers with German voiceovers, or just gamification of learning like Duolingo.
Because why the hell not?
°°••....••°° 〘Chapter one: Reading〙 °°••....••°°
➤ LingQ
There aren't as many non-political articles as I'd like (and certainly not enough articles on cooking!), but poor people can't be choosers.
➤ German.net
The site has a pretty decent library of resources not only for reading, but I put it in this category because of the presence of texts with comprehension tests at the end. It's a very nice way to see if you really understood what was written there or not.
➤ ... probably, some german book? Is there a comunity of german writers on AO3....
°°••....••°° 〘Chapter two: Writing〙 °°••....••°°
They all more or less focus on grammar, so I don't see the need to describe each one separately. However, pay attention to the last 3 links - those are resources with avaliable Ukrainian language.
➤ Learn German online
➤ German with Laura
➤ Deutschbuch.com
➤ FluentU
➤ Easy-Deutch.com
➤ Lingvvozone
The only one that deserves further explanation, for this site is essentially a very thicc online dictionary. Very useful.
❥ Грамматика з нуля
❥ Golernen Akademia
❥ Deutsche Welle
Beware: mostly Youtube, so get your adblock up maties.
➤ Learn Languages With Isa
Cute short german stories.
➤ Easy German
The man, the myth, the legend.
➤ Learn German with Herr Antrim
He’s got whole courses and deserves a watch at least bc of his shiny personality!
➤ Learn German With Falk
Great, slow podcast with managable pasing.
➤ Listen to German music, playlists are:
- here
- and here
- and also here!
°°••••°° 〘Chapter three: Speaking 〙 °°••••°°
➤ Sing along german songs (even better if you have studied a song before and know what it is about);
➤ Start a voice diary: daily send yourself (on Telegram or wherever it is convenient and / or easy for you) a voice message in which you tried to talk about something (or on a specific topic) for x minutes.
➤ The most scary and/or hard one: get yourself a buddy who learn or already native to German language. Can also write to me, and we can study together!
°°••....••°° 〘Chapter four: Games〙 °°••....••°°
➤ Piranha Bytes & friends
For now the greatest sourse of my active german playing is games from Piranha Bytes & friends, ya can fing their bundle here on steam. Just scroll down a bit.
➤ Duolingo
The infamous legend. Acually quite helpful to study in casheer line, or on a 15-mins break. Not much helpful in other stuff.
For now it is basically all I have. Would add more later!
one thing about learning languages is that yes, learning in itself is fun but what’s even greater is the fact that all your other interests and hobbies can be looked at with another shade of light. I personally love philosophy and to be able to read another language’s nuances and concepts and understand it more than you ever could with a translation? incredible.
I get a lot of positive comments and feedback on my Tumblr so I went ahead and made a YouTube channel to make the information a little more accessible and interesting. *shameless self-plug*
youtube
I’m still getting the hang of filming myself and editing the videos, but it can only get better from here
In this video:
- see the process of an intermediate level self-study
- assessment of resources
- learning and applying grammar from a textbook
- tea enjoyment <3
- reading comprehension practice and application
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask ! If there’s anything you want to see more of (or less) please let me know !
Hi! I'm also learning German and I just wanted to ask you - how do you stay motivated to study it? :) It's sometimes so hard to stay focused with all of their grammar and vocabulary. Plus, there are very little TV shows or series that seem interesting enough to watch for language practice. So, do you have any tips?🤗
Hi! Glad to find someone learning german too! 💙❤️ I understand that feeling of not having motivation to study it, I also had that phase when I just couldn't get myself to study the module. I just find stuff that I am interested in or make some small goals to work towards.
For instance, I found a science paper in german when I was doing my internship and made it a goal to be able to understand about 50% of the sentences in this specific paper. As I am also aiming to further study in germany, I also had a small goal to at least get a level A2 certification by the end of my unversity journey. I try to put small goals to work towards along the way, that are relevant and of interest to me to keep me motivated so to speak!
Not only that, I got hooked onto listening to german nursery rhymes, music or podcasts! I have some of those that I regularly listen to linked here. (I absolutely love backe backe kuchen hahaha) However, I am still finding other ways to keep myself interested in the language and am also slowly learning how else I can better learn this language. I am not too sure if this is useful for you but having a goal, even a small one, would do well in motivating you to study a bit more on it.