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Immersion still remains the best method. I've tried a plethora of approaches to learn German (not the easiest or most fancy and I swear I'm not masochist) and i
by yawboakye 7y ago
Immersion still remains the best method. I've tried a plethora of approaches to learn German (not the easiest or most fancy and I swear I'm not masochist) and it's not working. The biggest progress I made came when I was forced to speak it with my gym buddy because that was our common denominator. That said, if you want to learn German, avoid Berlin. Everyone will meet you with English.
- zzzcpan 7y agoDid you try watching German movies or tv shows with German subtitles and translating every word you don't yet understand? It's like immersion but on steroids. It naturally prioritized and trains your brain on all the common words and you get to seemingly impossible levels of understanding in the shortest possible time.
- yawboakye 7y agoI did this with some considerable success. But I found out that it trains different abilities. Naturally, reading a new language and comprehending comes faster than being able to speak it. As far as reading and recognizing words go, it helped. Didn't help much with my speaking ability, which is the real thing I wanted.
- Wohlf 7y agoI agree, but with some effort you can (mostly) self immerse. Switch all devices to that language, watch media in only that language, make yourself write in that language, find people to speak to in that language.