How to improve my German (in one month)

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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:22 pm

Tag acht-und-zwanzig

Natürlich habe ich Deutsch gesprochen in Berlin. Meistens geht es gut, aber einige Leute möchten ins Englisch wechseln.

Ich habe auch, auf dem Flugzeug zurück, mein Buch gelesen. Und ein Radiosendung angehört - "Echo des Tages".
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:00 pm

Tag neun-und-zwanzig

Ziemlich viel mit Deutsch Heute getan. Ich habe 2-3 Stunden youtube angeschaut, und ich habe weiter in meinem Buch gelesen.

Sprechübungen:
Ausspracheübungen durch Nachahmen.
I habe auch einen Text aus Wikipedia vorgelesen und aufgezeichnet. Ich dachte darüber, die Aufnahme hier zu posten. Aber, ich entscheidete mich dagegen.
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:12 pm

Tag Dreizig!

Ich hatte viel Zeit heute.
- Anki
- Einige Quarks-episoden gesehen, z.B. "Die Geschichte der Wurst" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-gndFX6SBs
- Einen guten Teil meines Buchs gelesen - sehr spannend über die Kriege zwischen Germanen und Römer.

Aussprache:
- Ein bisschen den Voice-over-Mann aus Quarks nachgeahmt
- Einen Text über Wikingerschiffe laut gelesen. Es ist ganz nützlich, laut zu lesen. Deutsch fordert etwas Zungengymnastik, ungefähr wie die Slawische Sprachen. Deshalb muss man üben.

And by the way, if you see any mistakes in my scribblings here, please let me know!
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby Kat » Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:59 pm

Hallo tungemål,

du schreibst gut verständliches Deutsch. Es sind noch einige Fehler dabei, z. B. bei den Fällen

Meistens geht es gut, aber einige Leute möchten ins Englische wechseln.
Und eine Radiosendung angehört - "Echo des Tages".

oder einfach Tippfehler:
Dreizig > Dreißig

und manchmal würden Muttersprachler sich ein bisschen anders ausdrücken:

Ich habe auch, auf dem Flugzeug zurück, mein Buch gelesen. > Ich habe auch auf dem Rückflug mein Buch gelesen.

Wenn du dich weiter so intensiv mit der Sprache beschäftigst, wirst du sicher bald noch besser werden. :)
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:13 pm

Bedankt!
Ich sehe warum das falsch ist.
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:41 pm

Tag ein-und-Dreißig

Ziemlich beschäftigt heute.
Aber, ich habe mit einigen Deutschen geredet, auf Deutsch :) und auch auf Englisch :(
Zudem, ein bisschen gelesen.
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:06 pm

Tag zwei-und-dreißig

Videos angeschaut:
https://youtu.be/aXgSEqjJKVY
Kan mann einen Tag Klimaneutral leben?

Leider werde ich diesen Blog beenden.
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby tungemål » Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:41 pm

Status after the one-month German spell:

- Listening comprehension: I consumed German TV and radio for at least one hour every day. Usually if there were some parts I didn't comprehend I would listen to it again with text, if available. I think my listening comprehension improved quite a bit. I understand well clearly spoken German, like radio hosts, while if I hear someone speaking fast and maybe not very clearly, it is harder.

- Pronunciation-studies: I did almost every day the exercise of imitating native speech and recording myself. I am more aware of a typical German intonation and pronunciation, but I need more practice to completely internalize it.

- Anki: I added 255 new words. Not finished reviewing them. On average 8.2 words pr day, which I think is a lot to learn as an active vocabulary.

- Reading: I only read 40% of my Kindle book. I will continue and finish the book of course.

- writing the log in German: Very effective, I think, for being able to produce more correct language, so it is also helpful for learning to speak better.

One month is not that long a time, but to set such a limited time period made me stick to my plan of doing this every day. I wouldn't have the dicipline to study like this for a year. However a period of 2 or 3 months might be better to really improve in a language.
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Re: How to improve my German (in one month)

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:27 pm

Congratulations on sticking to your plan. The results certainly seem worth it.
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