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In 30 days learning German is really difficult, but not impossible to do. In 30 days we have 720 hours, you have to dedicate a maximum part of it towards German learning. All languages have different sentence structures according to tense, question, or imperative types of information. You need to master them, learn to fake them until you make it.  There is a book which claimed to do the same as your question. The book is on Amazon, I have not used it, or gotten any money out of it. You can try it yourself if it is something which can be useful. It will bring you to the A2 level.
Sentence Structure: The first step would be to learn these common structures, how and where they are used. If you know this theoretically you will be able to communicate most of the topics. (1 hour) Verb Conjugation: Sentence structures are incomplete without the correct verb conjugation. So you have to learn this with the appropriate personal pronouns. This will make your sentence grammatically correct. (1 hour) Short Answer: No, It’s not enough. Long Answer: Not enough at all, even if you are going to study in English taught course, the thing which you will learn on Duolingo will help you to know the basic grammar and basic day to day conversations. By basic, it’s really pretty basic. Like I am eating an apple and he is eating an apple kind of stuff, so if you won't do any other thing to learn the language and only use Duolingo, you can say only these kind of basic sentences which according to CEFR would fall under A1 and in some advanced Duolingo levels A2, more than that Duolingo can not offer at the moment. I am Duolingo Global ambassador for 2 years, there are some promising features like Duolingo Stories, Duolingo Podcast and Duolingo events which can be used to fulfill the gap. You can connect with me and learn a language for free over Duolingo.  I have completed the complete 5 levels/ checkpoints offered on Duolingo when I was learning the language, they have updated them now. I was also attending the physical class, Duolingo for me was kind of addition to my language learning, but it was never a substitute for a full-time teaching or former teaching options. Even to communicate with a native person would need a proper environment and a little bit of practice, which is not possible at the moment with Duolingo. You can find a Duolingo Event group where you can practice with other Duolingo users. Listen to some podcast to get familiar with the german culture and some common practices by the natives, which are also important aspects of learning any language. Use Duolingo as a tool to enhance your learning experience, but it won’t be enough on its own to use it in real-world out there, for that, you need some more resources like books, online materials, etc for your MS in Germany for English teaching course. For German taught courses there is no substitute other than learning professionally up to C1 level and appear for the required exams to get the proof of your required language proficiency. Thanks. Ankit Sheladiya
Are you looking for tips and methods to improve your speaking in German language? Normally speaking can be improved over the period of time being in the environment where the language is being spoken. It is a fact one can learn speaking by hearing the sound...as we all know that deaf born baby is not able to speak anything even though his speaking organs are fine. There are number of other factors which can help you to reach fluency in the speaking in German. Your background and your practice and method are the biggest one.
Here I will share the learning tips which helped me during my journey until now. Follow if something you can try for yourself if it helps you in your fluency. 1. Play DAMSHARAS
I know it sounds weird, but it's impossible at the beginning of your learning a new language phase that you know every single word, so in that crucial time you can use gestures and body language to convey your message. Sometimes you have a hint of the word, but not able to remember it completely, associating it with the gestures you will be able to use the purest form of communication. In another way, during this communication method, the receiver can give you the word for the thing you were trying to say with the gestures and body language.
I will share my experience of being alone in Russia for the first time in my life at the age of 18, I had no clue about the Russian language. I was waiting at Saratov train station for someone to pick me up, but after waiting for 2-3 hours, I was so tired due to travelling since 3 days from Surat to Saratov via Delhi and Moscow. I decided to book a room so I can rest until this miscommunication can be solved. I went to the stations guest house, I could only say Hello and the lady over there could not speak any English. I was showing with my hand 1 room for me. I showed her my ticket from Moscow to Saratov. She was replying back with her hand one or two, I insisted one again and again. But later she showed me the room one was private and two was for sharing and she showed the price on her phone (Nokia Phone) for both rooms. This way I was able to find myself a room for that night without speaking Russian language and no chance of having internet on my phone in 2013 on my first day in Russia. After that, I got the WIFI and contacted the responsible person about my stay and the problem was solved. That was my AIESEC Exchange Programm in Saratov. 2. Get the environment
The best way to grab the fluency is by being in the environment of that particular language. That would be by moving into a German-speaking country like Germany, if possible or else making some native friends of that language. Even I have seen many people from foreign students are always in their country groups, even after staying in Germany for many years. It's good to be with your countrymen but if you have goals of speaking the language fluently you should also have more native friends, it helps not only in learning the language but also you get familiar with the culture.
I have been living in German-speaking houses since my first day in Germany, In Berlin, I was living with a German guest family where I had my full time talking session all day from breakfast to evening tea, which made me or forced me to speak in the German language. Even after that, I have always found a WG(Shared Apartments) with German speakers throughout my journey in Germany since December 2015, excluding a few months where I was living in non-German WGs. Sometimes it is not possible for people with a family to have experiences like me, they can find some Facebook Groups for German speakers or some useful sites Like Meetup Duolingo Events and other for language exchange meetups near you. You can find some tandem partner to practice your language, there are many such apps available on play stores. Italki is one of them. Even I am also offering speaking sessions due to this lockdown situation. You can get information on M4dspeaks Facebook page.  In Another Word: How did you learn German quickly? Almost 6–7 Months invested for the language class and 1 month for exam preparation is not considered quick enough, at least for me it’s not Quick. For learning language, it is still fast given that you didn’t any previous experience with the language before. As I was about to finish my Bachelors in engineering, I had started looking for what to do further with my career, after adequate research I decided to go for Masters in Germany given that I have done my B.Tech in Automobile Engineering. After researching MS courses and educational details about Germany, I decided to go for a German taught master degree in engineering. I was a little bit concerned with language difficulty as many others, but my father did his research and found out few contacts who were well settled in Germany, and he encouraged me to continue with the German taught course. And If the Indian father says something to you, you don’t argue with them, you just do it. (Joke only !!!) Now coming to your Question. How? I joined the language class by a native German teacher in my home town for initial levels(A1-A2). This took around 2.5 months. The class duration were 7–8 hours 5 times a week. The teacher was very good and enthusiastic, she had organised many group activities and practical exercises for speaking and comprehension. As the alphabets are the same and have almost the same pronunciation as in English, made the reading and writing(spell errors) part easier. Grammars and sentence structure were difficult in the beginning but by doing exercises and practising it made it clear and understandable. Apart from that, I was using Duolingo for learning new words and other useful apps for identifying der, die, das articles with the proper suffix for different cases to cross-check my grammatical part. I was writing voluntarily on different topics and emails and was letting it checked by the German teacher. This way I was able to score 95 in Goethe A1 level exam in India. In these 2.5 months, I was able to make a strong foundation for my German learning, which helped me making tower up to C1 with lesser efforts. Though A1 and A2 exam formats from Goethe are not that difficult and also do not expect more fluency from you, but the contents from the coaching are important as most of the basic grammar rules and syntax will be covered in A1 and A2.  After getting admission for my language school and visa as per my plan I had to begin my language learning from B1 to C1 in Berlin. Until now I was surrounded by my fellow countrymen, where I couldn't use or utilise my German other than in class. In Berlin, this scenario changed completely. I had booked the German guest family for my accommodation in the initial months. Here I had more time speaking with the guest mother Mrs.Faber about different topics and history. She loves to talk and tell stories about her life and city and also wartime history of Germany, which more or less was preparing me for my German in an indirect way. Also in Language school, I was having intensive learning with more colourful environments under the native German teacher. I didn’t stop the use of Duolingo and my writing habit which helped me for the exams and also, in general, I had more words in my vocabulary compare to my classmates. I used to listen to the radio as I didn’t have laptop and TV with me at that time, which ultimately forced me to either listen to the radio or watch or play in the small screen of my Sony Z1 compact. I started with B1 German in January 2016 and I was finished with my training around May/June 2016. After that, I was prepared exclusively for the exams like TestDaF, Telc C1 Hochschule and DSH which are the main requirement for German taught MS course. I gave 3 of them and was qualified for two of them to secure the admission in German taught MS courses from 4 different Universities.
During language coaching, I was actively using the language itself with the people in surrounding like my guest family, my classmates and roommates and so on. As being in Germany your exposer to the language is higher than in your home country. You will learn so many things by listening to people or trying to talk with them. I changed my phone’s default language to German since January 2016 till now and I am even using my Laptop in German mode. Watching movies and listening to German radio will definitely help and also it tells about the local culture, one can also read newspaper, books and magazines to get familiar with literature and culture in Germany. By being in contact with native can definitely be a big plus point, especially someone talkative like Mrs.Faber. All these factors together helped me to get the needed fluency in the German language. Luckily I was one of the three candidates out of 20 students to crack the C1 exam. Even today sometimes I use Duolingo for german language, though I am learning Spanish for myself. It won’t be easy peasy or piece of cake, but It’s 100% possible. Language is also not mathematics or physics that you can learn by remembering some set of formulas or theory. For me, every language is an expression of Art, if you will give respect to that art and give your effort to understand it, with the right desire to learn the language with consistency you will surely find your way out. At the time of writing this answer, I have finished my M.Sc Fahrzeugbau with good grades and started working in the Automotive industry still in a German-speaking environment. All the best !!! Ankit Sheladiya (અંકિત શેલડિયા) Useful Links :
Did you know that the various Amazon stores offer hundreds, maybe thousands, of free German books for download? Not all of them are high-quality books, but there are often some real finds among the free selections. Maybe not surprisingly, Amazon doesn’t make it easy for customers to find the free downloads.
The foreign-language downloads can be especially tricky to locate. I’ve set up specialized search links to point you directly to the free German books on four of the Amazon sites. The instructions differ a bit depending on whether you’re on Amazon Germany or on an English-language Amazon.Follow the link and read the instructions to find out how to mine some of these free little gems for yourself. If you need help reading your ebook or troubleshooting the download, scroll to the bottom of the page for more help.
Go to free German ebooks on Amazon.de
Amazon Germany publishes lists of their most popular ebook downloads and currently allows you to examine the Top 100 free downloads in each category. The above link will take you to the Top 100 free downloads overall, but if you use the left menu on the linked page, you can narrow the search to particular themes. Make sure that Top 100 gratis is chosen on the top tab to view the list of free items for the chosen category. I didn’t sort this list for language since presumably most of the books that come up on Amazon.de will be in German. This is a great way to expand your German library in categories that interest you. And reading things you find interesting is absolutely one of the best ways to learn a language. And it won’t cost you a cent. Free German Books from Amazon.deFree German Books from English-language Amazons
Go to free German ebooks on Amazon.com.
Go to free German ebooks at Amazon.co.uk. Go to free German ebooks at Amazon.ca. Follow this link to free German books presorted by price from lowest to highest. This means that the books that are free to download will be at the beginning of the list. Use the left menu on the landing page to choose subcategories you are interested in. Scan through each category that interests you, but as you scroll through the books, keep your eye on the price to make sure you are still among the free offerings. Some of the books offered on Amazon.de are also offered on these sites. Among other things, there are lots of free German literary works whose copyright has expired and that are therefore free to download. Here are a few examples of things I found interesting in Children’s Books, in Fiction, and in Crafts, Hobbies, and Home on Amazon.com. How to read your free ebooks from AmazonIn order to read your free downloads, you will need the Kindle Reading App unless you already own a Kindle. The app is free and is available for smartphones, tablets, and computers. You can follow the directions for downloading the app that appears directly on the page of the free book you want to download. Or you can go to the free Kindle Reader apps page on Amazon.com. You will only have to download the app once and you’re good to go. Or you can download it on all of your devices and share your ebook across all of them. Trouble downloading?Some websites only allow downloading or streaming of content for visitors who live in a specific location. For this reason, depending on your location you may not have permission to download from some of the Amazon regional sites. You have a few options. There are free proxy services (like the browser extention Hola! or Hotspot Shield for mobile devices) that allow users to circumvent region blocking. Or you can just stick to the Amazon for your region. Oftentimes, you can find a free ebook on multiple Amazon sites.
How to read your free ebooks from AmazonIn order to read your free downloads, you will need the Kindle Reading App unless you already own a Kindle. The app is free and is available for smartphones, tablets, and computers. You can follow the directions for downloading the app that appears directly on the page of the free book you want to download. Or you can go to the free Kindle Reader apps page on Amazon.com. You will only have to download the app once and you’re good to go. Or you can download it on all of your devices and share your ebook across all of them.
Trouble downloading?Some websites only allow downloading or streaming of content for visitors who live in a specific location. For this reason, depending on your location you may not have permission to download from some of the Amazon regional sites. You have a few options. There are free proxy services (like the browser extention Hola! or Hotspot Shield for mobile devices) that allow users to circumvent region blocking. Or you can just stick to the Amazon for your region. Oftentimes, you can find a free ebook on multiple Amazon sites. |
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