Learning German

Like our teacher says, the oral part is 100x more important than actual writing, seeing you will most likely be speaking it more than writing it.
 
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I know a few more. Practically fluent.
 
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Living in the UK it’s possible to easily receive all of the German TV programs from the Astra satellite 19 degrees east. This is one of the very best means of absorbing a language. The secret is of course not to have to translate. How does a child learn? Naturally one should familiarise oneself with the basics book wise. Every morning at breakfast I start the day with Mecklenburg followed by Hamburg and depending on my schedule work my way thru to Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) - my interests are predominantly lying in Northern Germany all of which gives on a wonderful insight in the daily happenings in these places.
Alles Gute!
 
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marmalade said:
Living in the UK it’s possible to easily receive all of the German TV programs from the Astra satellite 19 degrees east. This is one of the very best means of absorbing a language. The secret is of course not to have to translate. How does a child learn? Naturally one should familiarise oneself with the basics book wise. Every morning at breakfast I start the day with Mecklenburg followed by Hamburg and depending on my schedule work my way thru to Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) - my interests are predominantly lying in Northern Germany all of which gives on a wonderful insight in the daily happenings in these places.
Alles Gute!
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Sehr gut!
 
Jay794 said:
Move to germany, you'll soon pick up the language.

I spent 2 weeks in Poland with family and by the end of the first week I could understand them just based on scenerios and gestures, would take a little longer to reply in Polish though lol

*Remembers that South Park episode*

"Essen meine Scheiße"
"Okie Dokie"
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lol

You know what? I love Germany. I love everythign about it.

I would dearly love to leave the UK and spend the rest of my life over in Deutschland.

Everytime I am there, I feel a connection to the place. It fits well with my attitude of getting things done to the best of your ability.

The thing is, I would have thought you would have to speak at least some German to get a job?

Does anyone think it might be possible to do an English speaking job over there until I was able to speak German effectively, and get a "proper" job?
 
SKYNHEDD said:
lol

You know what? I love Germany. I love everythign about it.

I would dearly love to leave the UK and spend the rest of my life over in Deutschland.

Everytime I am there, I feel a connection to the place. It fits well with my attitude of getting things done to the best of your ability.

The thing is, I would have thought you would have to speak at least some German to get a job?

Does anyone think it might be possible to do an English speaking job over there until I was able to speak German effectively, and get a "proper" job?
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That may be possible if you have a real skill as against a so called uk degree from a so call uk Uni in media studies/social science etc etc. ( for which an IQ of 80 is more than sufficient) Germany is very short of skilled people. Electronics et al. However there is little demand for unskilled people. Teaching English is sometimes an option. In Mecklenburg there were around 2000 Apprenticeships available mainly in catering.
 
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SKYNHEDD said:
The thing is, I would have thought you would have to speak at least some German to get a job?
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I moved there for work without speaking a single word (well apart from the obvious usual ones). Left my first job there after about 8 months and walked into another with basic German. Spent a few more years there and I still don't speak great German because every speaks English in cities, and more importantly will always reply in English if they hear the accent. Which is great but it doesn't help with learning the language!
 
Join the army at the request of being stationed in Germany. Think we still have a few bases there :)

Or just start a "learn german" thread on here and I am sure there are enough people to have conversations with you in german
 
SKYNHEDD said:
lol

You know what? I love Germany. I love everythign about it.

I would dearly love to leave the UK and spend the rest of my life over in Deutschland.

Everytime I am there, I feel a connection to the place. It fits well with my attitude of getting things done to the best of your ability.

The thing is, I would have thought you would have to speak at least some German to get a job?

Does anyone think it might be possible to do an English speaking job over there until I was able to speak German effectively, and get a "proper" job?
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I worked in Frankfurt for 6 months and don't speak German whatsoever. It was a placement with my company and everyone speaks English which helps a lot. Just point and shout when you aren't understood, this doesn't just apply to Germany but is a universally accepted form of communication.
 
I always wanted to learn German, but never found a good reason to. Last year I spent some time in Austria and Germany, and everyone below a certain age speaks perfect English.

At the same time, I ended up really annoying a bus driver by trying to ask for my ticket in German :p He was all "stop wasting my time and ask in English so I can understand you!" So after that I didn't speak another word of German while I was there :p
 
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