The week was exhausting… Because I tried my hardest to use my target language and it takes a lot of effort. But the week has been full of positive encounters and it went ok!
You all have had a good langlearning week, I hope?
The week was exhausting… Because I tried my hardest to use my target language and it takes a lot of effort. But the week has been full of positive encounters and it went ok!
You all have had a good langlearning week, I hope?
Further weaknesses identified:
Although I “know” A1 stuff such as every pronoun (nominative, genative, accusative, and dativ), I’m “slow” to come up with some of them. (ihr vs ihm vs ihn vs ihnen). I’ve decided that adding these as one-way Anki cards is my best chance to drill.
Although I can count to numbers up to 1-million in German, I’m also slow at it. So slow in fact, that reading the time (ex: 13:45) in a sentence interrupts me and forces me to start over. Its not sufficient to “merely” be able to read numbers, you must read them with such speed and accuracy that your thought process is not interrupted. Especially when working on harder grammar (ex: verb-last subordinate clauses, seperable verbs, dativ vs accusative details, etc. etc.).
The solution is just more Anki. Speaking practice identifies weaknesses, but its drills that can remove those weaknesses with more precision / speed than wholesale speaking practice.
EDIT: Speaking of Anki… with my focus on speed recently, I’ve pushed my average time from 11s per card down to 5s per card. It does require more focus though to go through the cards this quickly… but I’m better able to work with larger volumes of cards now.
A bit of a bumer note: the USA Snowstorm is forcing me and my teacher to meet over Zoom. It will be so much worse than usual, but better than nothing.
I hate dativ… It gives me so much trouble. But that’s a good plan you got there. I am also counting on repitition.
Nice job on the card speed! I always start my day with my reviews and I feel my days go smoother when I get through them quick.