I used to use Duolingo as well, however, after a while I started to lack motivation for redoing all those lessons to make them golden again and stopped doing it. How far are you with your tree @widle ?
Making the lessons golden is just a suggestion, not a necessity. I do it though, I need the practice. I’m taking it slowly, currently I’m a bit past the middle, nearing the sixth checkpoint.
Duolingo combined with Memrise. According to Memrise, I’m left around 1000 words., that’s more than 40%. I’m not bothered making the lessons golden because there are always sentences that I’ve never seen, and I am still not that practiced to be bored!
A have many cites in my bookmark, but I am too lazy to read them. But surely would help!
rbb Radio just for listening practice to help tune my ear to the language
I should definitely read some more online newspapers but I just haven’t bothered to do so.
(Also, sorry that the others aren’t all hyperlinks but this new software doesn’t let me add more than 2 at this time.)
@makalu, I have added your links to the main post, thanks for sharing those! I haven’t heard of Lingolia and Grimm Grammar before, but they seem quite useful (the Grimm Grammar design looks entertaining ).
Thanks … one of these days we may be able to use these as a start for a decent Wiki for German learning. Soon some people will mention the Deutsch für Euch channel on YouTube but I’m always leery about linking anything to YouTube - it’s one of the ones I started with since it was short, easy to follow and helped a lot with the basics.
Hallo Laute
Im studying on my own, and I have downloaded those Schritte international books. More than a few people recommended them, but I was wondering if there is a solved version to be found online. That would make my life a lot easier, if I was to know if I solved a certain excercise in a correct way . .
I also like Coffee Break German, a podcast by Radio Lingua. There’s only one season so far (40 episodes at beginners’ level) but hopefully there’ll be more soon.
I started learning German with Memrise, and then started Duolingo once I had learned some vocabulary. Later, I added Deutsch Interaktiv (from Deutsche Welle).
Podcast-wise, I really enjoyed Deutsch, warum nicht? (also from DW). Once I had listened through Series 4, I could handle the podcast Slow German mit Annik Rubens. I highly recommend it for intermediate and advanced learners.
I second the recommendation of the blog, Your Daily German. A typical post looks at a word, its meaning, its variations (noun vs verb, root+prefix, etc), and the contexts it’s used in. It’s awesome and often humorous, too.
One nice thing about the YouTube channel Deutsch für euch is that there’s a Memrise course whose lessons correspond to many of the early episodes.
I haven’t found anything better than Memrise for learning vocabulary, but it is certainly necessary to use other resources for grammar, listening, writing, and speaking practice.
@sherrin - Thanks for posting the link to Clozemaster! I’ve been using it since I read your post, and I’m really enjoying the practice with complete sentences.
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