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[German Giant. Not!]

I studied four semesters of German at university and then I lived in Switzerland for three years. I almost didn't learn any German at all while living in Switzerland, because I was too shy to speak German with people I'd see more than once and people always wanted to practice their English on me. I never really lost my intention to improve my grasp of the language, though. To facilitate being successful at improving and retaining my German, I purchased the CD versions of beginning/intermediate German using the Rosetta Stone. This software presents everything in the target language, using audio, video, and text. It's supposed to simulate the way people learned their first language. I actually quite like it, even though it's a little on the expensive side.

I've had "improving my German" on my list of goals in LifeBalance for over a year. My goal was to do at least an hour a week. Since purchasing Rosetta Stone in November of 2003, I've completed two entire units at level one, comprising 22 total lessons, and I'm a quarter of the way through a third unit. Given that each lesson takes about an hour and I've had at least 54 weeks, I obviously haven't been very successful at doing the hour a week. I'd like to improve my consistency at working on my German and then expand my skills to being able to read things at a Reader's Digest level.

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Posted by Eingang at February 10, 2005 12:51 PM | [Trackback]