Ok im 16 and i live in ireland(im australian though) and my plan is when i finish high school in 2 years time that i will move to germany (its easy enough to do so because i have eu citizenship) my parents will go there as well.Since ill be doing university in german i plan on studying the language hard for the next two years and then when i get over to germany i will take a year out (i was going to do this anyway) and go to the goethe institute and immerse myself in the culture . Do you think i could be fluent after all this?
2007-09-24 23:36:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
to the first answerer wtf are you on??? this is just a plan so i can be fluent at german
2007-09-24 23:41:59 · update #1
my parents will be learning german too so i will be trying to speak it at home as well
2007-09-24 23:52:25 · update #2
yeah rowdy ive noticed on my previous trips to germany that the women are HOT ;) lol
2007-09-24 23:53:23 · update #3
Definately the way to go, i learned my german from LIVING there and emersing myself in it. Yes you can become fluent, it may take some time it all depends on your learning skills. It took me about 4 months to really start speaking it and then it just got better and better.
Im not fluent anymore not haveing lived there in many years not but i still speak it very well.
(Yes the German woman are very beautiful, I have dated two in my life and almost married one)
is the Goethe institute in Weimar? That is where she lived and where I lived and learned.
good luck!! and Viel Spass...or much fun!
2007-09-25 02:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by Legend Gates Shotokan Karate 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was in a similar situation to you (I also live in ireland.) When I was 13 my my father was transferred to Geneva in Switzerland, where French is the primary lanugage. Months before moving I went to French classes three times a week and although I had a good basic of the language, nothing I did in Ireland prior to moving to Switzerland actually helped all that much. After moving to geneva I was put in a class with many other foreigners and was immeresed 100% in the language for one year, until moving on to a normal Swiss class. I can tell you after that year I was near fluent. If you really want to give German a shot, you need to watch German TV, meet German people in your local area, maybe do an exchange or go live with a german family during the school holidays, listen to German music, I know in Ireland they have French and German colleges during the summer, you should look into these. Take it from me, you can study a language until the cows come home but to become fluent you need to be immeresed. You should perhaps get a native tutor for a couple of classes a week to teach you the more structured parts of the language (I'm a german graduate and know that some grammatical aspects of the language can be testing). But the main thing is practise!! and dont be afraid to make mistakes. After one year I was in an honours class doing all my subjects through French!
and have fun in Germany, it really is a beautiful place (lived there for 6 months with uni.)
Hope I've helped :)
2007-09-25 00:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by sarahdd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At your age you should be fluent enough to study at University after learning German the way you have planned it. Whether or not you'll be bi-lingual is another matter. If you continue to live at home speaking English to your parents you may not end up as fluent as if you live, breathe, eat, speak only German by living in a German family.
I really admire you for having your life so well sorted out at 16 - I wish I'd been the same.
2007-09-24 23:44:18 · answer #3 · answered by Sue C 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you work hard at it, you will be almost fluent - there are always dialects which might cause you to stumble occassionally but the best thing is to laugh it off and learn from your mistakes.
I went to live in Germany after college for six months and found that I could not speak English for the first week after I got back!!!! Lol.
It is good having another language under your belt. It has given me opportunities which I would never have otherwise been able to undertake.
Good luck! Stick to it. You can.
2007-09-26 01:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by zakiit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Goethe Institute has a very good reputation. While I don't think you will become fluent in German in two years of self study (?) and one year of Goethe, you should be able to read and understand the language to a near fluent degree and hold your own in a normal conversation.
If you have the possibility, listen to as much German TV/radio as you can, and once you're able to read German to a certain degree, start reading German books and newspapers - and regularly read out loud to yourself to practise your intonation and pronouciation.
2007-09-24 23:58:24 · answer #5 · answered by Voelven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reckon so! You'll def need to mix with Germans though through a job or something in your year out. I live in Germany and the Germans are very good at helping you out but you need to be firm with them because often they'll just speak English despite the fact you speak to them in German!! I've only lived here for 4 months and I work with British soldiers so I don't get a lot of practise at speaking the language but I have got better nonetheless so I reckon you'll def get better quickly if you immerse yourself in it!! Good luck to you!!
2007-09-24 23:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by helenness 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With your determination I reckon you could well be. You'll definitely be able to make yourself understood by the time you get there and you'll just improve the longer you stay in Germany talking to locals. Good luck
2007-09-24 23:56:10 · answer #7 · answered by chris n 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, a good way of learning any language is to go out there and speak it.
Fill your boots - German women are VERY friendly!
2007-09-24 23:51:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-09-24 23:41:49 · answer #9 · answered by ANF 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah you can. GERMAN IS AWESOME.
2007-09-24 23:40:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋