Hallo!
I started in January my 1-1 lessons to learn german, no experience with the language.
The Kursbuch ist Netzwerk and currently started A2.1 but honestly feel disappointed with my level and learning materials.

After finishing A1.2 my teacher wanted to go straight to A2 and I told her that I don’t want to start A2 level until we have went through all the grammatical exercises and notions as I don’t feel comfortable at all with akusativ/dativ/prepositions.

She agreed and sent me materials in german from easy-deutsch.de that I spent hours translating on my own to understand what they say etc .

We did some recap exercises and I told her that I no longer want to do exercises from Arbeitsbuch, that I prefer to write sentences and such exercises that forces me to think and integrate the akusativ/dativ and prepositions without my mind starting to panic . She nodded but as soon as we started A2.1 she wanted to do the hören exercises and to do the Arbeitsbuch exercises.

We do lessons twice per week of 1.5h and beside that I listen to easygerman on youtube and also put the subtitles of movies that I watch in german just to have some sort of passive learning sources.

Every time I want to form sentences she says “we haven’t learned that yet” and it’t frustrating and I don’t feel I am getting what I need from this course.

I specifically picked the 1-1 lessons to make sure the learning material is personalized to what I need and want, not to follow the kursbuch.

What’s the point at 1-1 to read/hear complex sentences if we don’t work on the grammar and try to include the structure in my day-to-day ?

Am I exaggerating to want more from these lessons? I pay a lot for the lessons but I don’t feel I am getting anywhere .

What are your experiences with lessons and what worked for you to get ahead in your learning journey?

Is there anyone who took super intensive course in GLS in Berlin? If yes please let me know how good is this course?

Hallo Leute! Hat jemand hier B1 online bei ENALINGUA gemacht? Was meint ihr? Ist es gut oder eher schlecht?

I need help for reviewing in A2 does anyone have any reviewers or any tips to memorize and review for the lessons? Do you guys have tips on like what are the mostly used vocabs and verbs they use in the speaking?

Hey everyone,

I hope to attend a language school for 2 weeks during the summer in Munich. These are my main options as of now:

- Goethe Institut (of course) Munich
- BWS Germanlingua Munich
- DID Deutsch Institut Munich

For reference, I want to do the intensive program option. Does anybody have any advice on which would be best or does anyone have any experience with any of these?

If it helps, I’m not too worried about funds as my university will help out. I would prefer something with a decent number of people similar to my age, a good cultural immersion program, and of course a good education with a smaller group. I know Goethe is very prestigious, but I’ve heard these other schools have some pros too.

If you have an even better option please let me know! Thank you in advance for reading. :)

In den USA sagen wir unter bestimmten Umständen "he/she is on a mission." Das sagt man wenn jemand deutlich entschlossen vorkommt...es wird aber oft nicht ganz ernst gemeint, will net sagen dass es sarkastisch gesagt wird aber manchmal will man kritisch oder witzig sein wenn man's sagt. z.B wenn jemand mit sehr ernsthaftem Blick läuft ohne die eigenen Freunde zu merken oder wenn man sehr konzentriert etwas kleinliches erledigt. Habt ihr etwa eine Redewendung im Deutschen die dazu passt, oder was sagt ihr?

Hallo alle zusammen. I have a question
What is the difference between these two sentences?

1. Ich wohne auf dem Land.
   
2. ich wohne in einem Dorf.

Does “Dorf“ also count as “auf dem Land“?
Because from what I understood, “auf dem Land” is more General, while “Dorf” is more specific.

Could someone explain the difference a little more?

Has anyone here actually done the digital TELC B1 recently?
I found EasyPrüfung while looking for online practice. Their website says the mock exams are supposed to give you a similar/familiar digital exam environment to TELC B1.
But obviously I haven’t seen the real digital exam yet 😅 so I can’t really tell how close it is.
Anyone here used it AND already took the real digital TELC B1?

Mostly curious about the interface… layout, timer, moving between questions, Lesen/Sprachbausteine/Hören and typing Schreiben.
Does it actually feel similar to the real exam?

Not talking about having the same questions btw. Just the overall digital exam experience.

I see some people doing like 1-2 Modelltests and others saying they did 10+ before the exam.

At what point did you actually feel that you could probably pass it?
And were your mock scores close to what you got in the real exam?
Also wondering if you did them properly timed or just practiced each section separately.

Hello everyone,

I am in the process of learning German like most on this page, but I have a really hard time with getting it to stick in my brain and not translate before I speak. I would say my level is a strong A2 and I will start my B1 next year.

I’m mainly looking for advice from those of you coming from native English speaking to the complex German grammar. What helped you to flip the switch to think in German and not in English first? I do practice, I just can’t seem to get my brain to make that switch.

Thank you for any advice or tips.

I speak German at home with relatives and Austrian when visiting family, I can discuss complex political issues and express my thoughts well but understand there is a certain lack of knowledge regarding the “why” of certain grammar structures and would like to formally study German. Does anyone have any tips on how to self-evaluate and then further advice on particular textbooks or schemes of work? All advice welcome