Mein Deutsch Logbuch
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:34 am
Hello everyone! I was glad to find the link to this site when clicking around HTLAL. I for one would love to see the site archived just for search purposes since there is truly a wealth of information there. But using it is such a pain!
Anyway, a quick rundown. Today was day 15 of me studying German. In the past I did rather poorly with "learning" some Romance languages that I'd rather not discuss right now
Today I finished the Paul Noble German course.
The pros:
Easy gradation
Clear German pronunciation
Lots of revision built in
It had me making many complex sentences
Cons:
I found the end a tad rushed. All that slow build-up and then it was "here is past and
future tense and goodbye!" it felt like. Also, the track of counting was very much
tacked on.
I also disliked how he seemed to fear to use real grammar terms. I take it this
"victim of the verb" thing has something to do with cases? I honestly have no idea
what it means grammatically, and wish he had just said what it was. Does the victim
of the verb thing equate to being the direct object of the sentence?
All in all, a worthwhile course I think. I will report back in a week or so after I read the pamphlet and review with the review cd to see if I feel any better or worse. For anyone wanting to check out what it teaches, here is the link to the pdf from the publisher's site:
http://resources.collins.co.uk/free/PaulNoble/PNGerman_bklet_download.pdf
Outside of this, I have been working with the newest Assimil German course daily. I start each day by listening and repeating going back 6 lessons as a warm-up, and then do the day's lesson.
Sometime this week I hope to complete a short German pronunciation course.
My goals are:
1. To be able to read a German newspaper and books. I have already purchased
Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig
Transit by Anna Seghers
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The first two in a German edition and Siddhartha in a Dover Dual Language version with German on the left page and English on the right.
2. To be able to have free-flowing conversation.
3. To be able to watch German TV shows or movies. I know this one is likely the longest-term goal.
I am happy to be part of this community and look forward to being involved in this more user-friendly location
Anyway, a quick rundown. Today was day 15 of me studying German. In the past I did rather poorly with "learning" some Romance languages that I'd rather not discuss right now
Today I finished the Paul Noble German course.
The pros:
Easy gradation
Clear German pronunciation
Lots of revision built in
It had me making many complex sentences
Cons:
I found the end a tad rushed. All that slow build-up and then it was "here is past and
future tense and goodbye!" it felt like. Also, the track of counting was very much
tacked on.
I also disliked how he seemed to fear to use real grammar terms. I take it this
"victim of the verb" thing has something to do with cases? I honestly have no idea
what it means grammatically, and wish he had just said what it was. Does the victim
of the verb thing equate to being the direct object of the sentence?
All in all, a worthwhile course I think. I will report back in a week or so after I read the pamphlet and review with the review cd to see if I feel any better or worse. For anyone wanting to check out what it teaches, here is the link to the pdf from the publisher's site:
http://resources.collins.co.uk/free/PaulNoble/PNGerman_bklet_download.pdf
Outside of this, I have been working with the newest Assimil German course daily. I start each day by listening and repeating going back 6 lessons as a warm-up, and then do the day's lesson.
Sometime this week I hope to complete a short German pronunciation course.
My goals are:
1. To be able to read a German newspaper and books. I have already purchased
Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig
Transit by Anna Seghers
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The first two in a German edition and Siddhartha in a Dover Dual Language version with German on the left page and English on the right.
2. To be able to have free-flowing conversation.
3. To be able to watch German TV shows or movies. I know this one is likely the longest-term goal.
I am happy to be part of this community and look forward to being involved in this more user-friendly location