What are the best resources/techniques you've found for learning German?

cabledglass (25)in #learninggerman • 7 years ago (edited)

So I come from a German lineage, and in addition to that have a great interest in the language, however I've never been fluent in speaking. I learnt it at school several years ago, but then it fell away while I was concentrating on other matters.

Now I've got some spare time again, I want to learn but seem to struggle to get some consistency. I have found a good podcast, and also a learning app, which I spend a couple of nights on a week. I've also tried watching films with German audio/subtitles, however it's difficult to pick up the rapid speech, even in children's films, since my hearing level is not up to the standard of my reading level.

I've also got a couple of German novels, however this is quite an intimidating thought at having to sit and translate every word for several hundred pages and even then I have no idea if the tranlsation is correct.

What I'd like to know is whether anyone has any useful tips/resources/techniques for learning German (or languages in general) that you think may be of use?

I may document my journey into learning a language depending on how it goes. I hope that some German speakers out there will give me a hand along the way!

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7 years ago in #learninggerman by cabledglass (25)

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finnian (58) 7 years ago

I use Duolingo and highly recommend it. I'm about half way through the Spanish course, and it has been very good so far. If you do join Duo, look me up there as FinnianGC. It helps to have friends to compete against for points. ;-)

My original surname was Koester, and my father is 50% German. I changed my surname to take on my mother's father's name. He died in WWII with my mother as his only child. Since I'm one of 7, I figured my brothers have Koester covered. I want to further my grandfather's name as well.

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