I haven’t had any time to learn this week, but I did try to watch news in my target language. Understood 20% for sure and the rest, well not so sure about the rest.

Also: sorry for not replying to your messages lately in weekly threads. I read them all, but get caught up with holiday stuff before I can properly write an answer.

  • dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I did attempt some talking in German language Discord, and I was horrified at how bad I am at speaking. It makes sense as it was my first time, but I’m unable to form sentences or phrases even. At best I could shout out one or two words and hope it was on the subject.

    I’ve decided that the only fix is to get an in person tutor, to ensure I’m not mute through my studies.

    On my song practice, I’ve begun to branch out to real German songs rather than just the Children songs I’ve been working on for months.

    Real songs are faster with more complex rhythm, but aren’t always much harder from a vocabulary perspective (!!!).

    I found Applaus Applaus: https://youtu.be/H0oRftpQs7w

    And I’m picking up enough words that I think I should make this my first real German Song to understand (of even memorize the lyrics to). Many many songs remain far above my level but maybe the huge number of English cognates (Sextant, hammer, etc. etc) is making this one feel approachable.

    I probably should write a guide on my songs from A1 to A2. There’s a lot of kidsongs out there and they all have different focuses and help with learning in different ways.