My name is Steve Kaufmann. I have achieved varying degrees of fluency in 15 languages, and look forward to learning more. Here is a few tips for learning German. Visit my blog for more tips, advice, and motivation. http://blog.thelinguist.com/

2. Focus mostly on motivation,
because to me, in all language
learning, motivation is by far the
biggest factor. So you have to find a
reason to want to learn this
language.
FIRST:

3. German is not as difficult for an
English speaker as Russian, Chinese,
Japanese, etc..., because it’s a related
language.

5. So, what are the
challenges of German?
Pronunciation?
Well, it’s not as
hard as you
think.

6. Youdon’thavetopronounce
withaguttural...
'R'

7. You can pronounce with a
rolled
'R'
which they do in the south of
Germany.

8. The vowels are not
such a big problem.
THESPELLINGIS
CONSISTENT,
BUTIT’S
DIFFERENT
FROMWHAT
WE’REUSEDTO
INENGLISH.

9. When learning
German, you just
have to get used to
what the letters
represent.

10. What may be distracting in
German, is all of the nouns
are
CAPITALIZED

12. This could be an issue at first.
But, any language when you start
learning it, & reading it will seem...
ALITTLEUNCLEAR.

15. You can always
occasionally
refer to a
grammar
reference book
to help you
notice.

16. Don’t totally focus onONE
specific aspect of the language.
Get involved in more of the vocabulary
and more of thelanguage!
Exposing yourself to it and just talk
withoutworrying about it.

17. for more,
check out
my blog:
http://blog.thelinguist.com/

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