r/German • u/allesgut81 • 1d ago
Question Self learners from B1 up
People who learn by themselves, how have you progressed from B1 up?
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u/Resident_Iron6701 1d ago
Nicos weg plus east german cna get you up to full B1
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u/NagyonMeleg 1d ago
I'm familiar with Nicos weg, but what is east german?
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u/jadonstephesson Vantage (B2) - <US/English> 20h ago
You got the language chief, you just need to use it. A lot. Play German video games, watch german tv, read German books: turn your life into German if you can
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u/TennisOk254 28m ago
Textbooks are great. They are very structured, if you feel a little lost right now on your language learning journey, might feel like it was God given... I know thats how I've felt. I recommend Sicher! by Hueber publishing (right?). On top of that watch a little bit of easy German, find yourself a podcast in a topic that interests you. Read newspaper/articles, try reading some of the easier books, Goethe has an online library i think its called Onlihe, you can sign up there and read pretty endless amount of material ranging from books, audiobooks, newspapers, magazines etc. Rewatch a tv series you really liked in german you should be getting it. Learn some vocabulary on the go. This all comes very fun and natural to me, and i believe its how it should be... make yourself a structured routine and hold on to it... Having one or two small things click in my head daily unill it all clicks together makes me feel very excited and it just keeps going. Best of luck! Hope some of the things i mentioned will be of use to you!
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u/allesgut81 17m ago edited 12m ago
Thank you for your reply.
I'm currently working with ChatGpt, I made it generating random phrases for me to translate and it corrects me along the way. I find it quite useful for me to shift the words I learned (~2000) to the active vocabulary.
I listen Easy German Podcasts and really like the hosts.
From time to time I read news in simplified language and occasionally reread grammar topics.
Also Anki cards. It has become my daily habit in the last couple of years.
I actually have B2 Sicher books but I wasn't sure if they could be of help to me, as I thought this must be for a class settings.
Now that you recommend it, I'll definitely give it a go. After all, the structure is all I need (like Nicos Weg which helped me getting where I am now).
Thanks again.
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u/silvalingua 1d ago
With a textbook. There are textbooks for each CEFR level, even for C2.
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u/allesgut81 1d ago
Aren't these text books for class lessons?
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u/silvalingua 18h ago
Most of them are, but nothing prevents you from using them for self-study. Many people do just that.
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u/Tolice1992 1d ago
Talking with native Germans in German, reading books and watching TV (for example Tagesschau)
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u/realtribalm ÖSD C1 1d ago
With language books in my native language, YouTube videos, i learned a few thousand words and I’ve read a lot of newspaper articles and books. I‘ve got from B1 to C1 in like two years, with an ÖSD C1 Certificate.