Ive studied german for a year and a half, however im done with school and i still want to practice it by myself.. Anyone know a good softwear or book/cd that actiualy works? Methods???
2006-12-28 14:40:20 · 3 answers · asked by J. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't think you will get very far with software etc, but like any language you need to practise. I don't know where you live, but if you are too far away from any German speaking country, then try any or all of these methods:
1) listen to the radio: you can easily access the websites of many German radio stations, like eg Deutsche Welle (http://www.dw-world.de/) or Deutschlandradio (http://www.dradio.de/) where you have 24/7 live programmes.
2) You can buy DVDs via Amazon.com in German language, sometimes with English subtitles: you will be amazed how helpful that is if you watch the same film a couple of times and how that deepens your understanding
3) but the best and proven method to learn any foreign language is what the Japanese call the "long hair dictionary": go to Gwermany, Austria, Switzerland or somewhere thereabouts and find a young lady. Fall in love with her and just make sure she falls in love with you and you will never want to go back to speaking English!!!
2006-12-28 14:53:14 · answer #1 · answered by ceogero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Immersion is the best way to learn, If you don't want to move to Germany, and have no German friends you can room with, audio/video courses are the next best thing.
There's a really good site from Radio Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,2548,00.html
It's a site with High Quality MP3 recordings and PDF documents of written work to learn the written language. There are several levels from Beginner to Professional. The courses are far from boring, being based around a cute story about a man who's constant companion is an invisible imp. And best of all, it's free.
My favorite course, hands-down, is "Muzzy in Gandoland". It's a video based course created by the BBC. It comes in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Gaelic, and Mandarin Chinese. I've seen it in Esperanto before, but it is not currently available. It's kind of expensive too, but some libraries carry it and you can check it out.
have fun.
2006-12-28 23:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is ABSOLUTELY the best method/software out there!
http://www.rosettastone.com/en/
Guten Tag!
2006-12-28 14:47:52 · answer #3 · answered by hrh_erika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋