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Help im going to germany and need to learn german fast? |
Travel Info im going to germany soon and was hoping somebody would help teach me a bit of german! Princess_tiffany1@hotmail.com Travel Tips Hi. I am italian native speaker and moved to Germany 6 ys. ago without speaking a word of German. 16 months later I got my first job here and one in which I needed to use German. As soon as I got here I started a course at the Volkshochschule (popular university): I attended 2 hours classes every evening, 4x a week. After one here I passed my certificate exam (Zertifikat Deutsch) with flying colors. I could have done even faster, but I was working during the day, so no time for that. You need to do regularly your homework and study regularly, but it works out well. I was watching german Tv to improve my understanding and looked for german speaking friends. I think it's much easier to learn a language if you are in the country where it is spoken, since you learn a lot also passively. Goethe Insitut and Universities are also very good addresses to look for German courses for foreigners. Intensive courses to reach a basic knowledge can last as little as one month (the girlfriend of a co-worker is attending such a crash-course) Others There is a course called "Pimsleur". Its available on cd's, etc. Its a great system. I learned enough Italian to communicate with Italians that spoke no English. Try this: http://www.simonsays.com/content/browse.... The most important phrases might be ... Sprechen Sie Englisch? ==> Do you speak English? Danke schon (DAHN-kuh Schon) => Thank you very much Bitte (BIT-tuh) ==> Please/You're Welcome. Guten Tag! (GOO-ten tahk) ==> Hello!/Good day! Auf Wiedersehen! (owf VEE-der-zane) ==> Good-bye! Check out the link below for some more useful phrases. I've alway though about Rosetta Stone but have never used it. They sell the software in international airports so if you're carrying a laptop on your trip, that's something worth picking up. It's good for increasing your vocabulary because it uses pictures to reinforce the meaning. As for travel phrases, you're best bet might to to pick up a phrase book at your local bookstore or look to download language software to an mp3 player that you can listen to while driving/exercising/cooking/etc... There's also some sites on the web that offer lessons with audio files which is the 2nd link. Have a great trip! http://german.about.com/library/weekly/a... http://german.about.com/library/anfang/b... go to www.learn-german-online.net for lots of helpful tips and resources. I麓d be willing to help, but it麓d be hard online! the second person is right. you only need to know basic phrases, plus the younger germans speak english. they teach kids over there english starting like middleschool age.so don't worry=] but if you still want to learn more than those basic ones you can email me at soccerxchick091@yahoo.com i current am taking german in school for the 2nd year in a row. feel free to email me asking how to say stuff.=] This is the best program if you want to learn quick.... http://www.usallstarmedia.net/out.php?id... |
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