Learning any language does not have to be difficult. If you know the necessary steps, the right path will become clear to you, so we have chosen for you in this article a good example of a person who, through his experience with learning languages, was able to draw us the right path through a set of steps.
“Benny Lewis” a young Irishman, who managed to learn more than 12 languages (including Arabic) in just 3 months for each language, and created a blog on the Internet to document his experiences and travels around the world, and to help people interested in learning a new language.
“During my travels around the world and conversations with language learners, I have noticed that German is often considered the most difficult language,” Lewis says.
And I don’t deny that German vocabulary can be really strange, that there are some long words, and that the grammar is unfamiliar compared to the rules of other languages.”
But Lewis finds there are a lot of easy parts to learning German, too.
Lewis wrote an article on his blog called “How to Speak German”. And he developed a six-step plan and emphasized that these steps are the best sequence for learning German.
First: you must know well the reason that motivates you to learn German in the first place
Before you think about taking serious steps to learn and find the right place to study German, you need to go back to the beginning and stand up to the real motive behind your desire to speak German.
“My passion for language learning is indescribable,” Lewis says. “It is not something measurable. It is about enriching my life with new friendships and experiences. The goal of learning a new language is not just to be able to speak to a certain number of people.”
Here are some of the reasons that may be an incentive to learn German:
- To be able to have conversations with German-speaking individuals.
- Get a job in a German company (Germany is one of the largest economies in the world).
- Reading the classics of German literature (such as reading by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann Hesse, and Franz Kafka).
- Dive deeper into German culture.
The real motive behind your passion for learning German is the only way that will make you ready to face this challenge with patience, determination, and determination to succeed in your mission.
Motivation
Second: Make everything in your home speak German
You don’t need to live in Germany to fully live German life. There are many ways to immerse yourself in the German language wherever you are. Here are some of the best ways to bring Germany to your doorstep:
- Change the language on your computer to German.
- Find German-speaking people in your city, you may be near one of them and not realize it!
- Spend a lot of time with them and talk a lot because practice is the best way to learn.
- Watching German TV and movies, force yourself to focus by watching without subtitles.
Third: Use different learning techniques.
Here are some effective ways that can help you learn German quickly:
- Use spaced repetition systems, which are a great way to memorize vocabulary and phrases, and are probably the most effective way you can use them to learn new vocabulary.
- Use of mnemonics, which helps you retrieve German words easily.
- Focus on your studies with Pomodoro, a time management technique that allows you to break your study sessions into small parts resulting in improved focus and a more effective learning experience.
Fourth: Use communication conversations to practice the language.
Like most languages, German uses a set of common communication and response phrases, which I call (communication conversations) which are conversations about everyday matters, but they are not usually found in a book of common phrases, but can be practiced by speaking with people who are fluent in the language or groups Language Learning “When my friend Anthony Lauder introduced me to conversation groups a few years ago, I was impressed by its simplicity and effectiveness,” says Lewis. “It’s a great technique to help us speak like aborigines, eliminate confusion when speaking, and give you the opportunity to review vocabulary.”
Fifth: Contact a German person and talk to him.
To improve German quickly, you must speak it from the first day you start learning the language. This is the fastest and most effective way to learn German
How do you find and communicate with German people?
- Browse italki. It is my go-to for finding German-speaking people. Prices are very reasonable (especially when compared to face-to-face lessons), and you meet with them at home in the comfort of your own home, which saves you time and effort.
- Meet people who are learning German. On MeetUp.com and CouchSurfing to connect with people who are learning and trying to practice German, or meet German people.
- Install the HelloTalk application on your smartphone. This practical application helps you learn the language and communicate with learners of different languages around the world.
Sixth: Focus on the easy parts of the German language.
A lot of people think that German is really a difficult language, but I disagree with that point of view.
German has many advantages that make it much easier than other languages.
When learning German, the trick is to focus on the parts that can be picked up easily, besides, you can learn abbreviations to help you learn the more difficult parts.
German is an easy language to learn because it is characterized by the following:
- Does not contain ringtones, as in Chinese or Thai.
- There is no association between words, as in French.
- Many words consist of the same letters as in English, unlike in Japanese or Korean.
- There is no set of consonants as difficult to pronounce as the Czech language.
- One of the most important features of the German language is that it is a verbal language, which means that (with some exceptions) you can pronounce the word exactly as you write it, and similarly when you hear a word, you can write it easily.