Tag: German
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One of the frustrating things for me about learning German in Zürich has been how different High German. In this post, I have put together a few links to provide a brief introduction to Züridüütsch that I found helpful, along with some ideas on where to get more practice with it.
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iTalki is an on-line platform that allows you to easily connect 1-on-1 with language tutors. I’ve been using it now for a month or so and here are my impressions on teacher quality, ease of scheduling, and price.
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So, I’ve found another German series on Netflix that I just have to recommend. It is called “How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)” and it is a seriously funny dark-comedy about teen-age drug dealers in Germany.
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To practice my german, I’ve been watching german tv shows on Netflix. To get the most out of each show I watch, I’ve started watching them using the Chrome browser with the Language Learning with Netflix plugin.
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As part of my never-ending project of learning German, I’ve been trying to watch German TV shows on Netflix and one that I recommend is “Dark.”
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I was recently asked if there are any videos that I recommend for learning German. I immediately thought “Yes! Definitely!” and “Hey, that would make a nice blog post!” So, without further ado, here are my top three recommendations.
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Lingoda provides on-line language classes with live teachers using Zoom video conferencing. Unlike Duolingo, Lingoda is not free. It is, however, price-competitive with in-person classes (prices are on-line). So, what are the classes like and did they work?
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Duolingo is a very popular free language learning platform and I am a Duolingo queen (addict?). I often get asked “Does it really work” and “Is it enough?” The short answers to these questions are “Yes” and “No.” But, let me elaborate.