Hello everyone, I would like to share my language learning experience and some suggestions. I started learning German all by myself, only with the help of Internet and YouTube. For A1, I used Learn German with Anja(A1 playlist) und barely used some books. It took around 45 days to complete it. For A2, I used DW - Nico's Weg, I find DW website as Great Resource for German learning und strongly recommend to check that, it has interactive exercises. I also took me around 50 -60 days. For speaking , I used to speak to myself, record it and check. I also took only 1 Hour speaking coaching from Italki app one week before the A2 Exam. For A2 Exam, I prepared for almost 1 month. There are plenty of Model Exam paper availabe in youtube and internet for all 4 section, that is helpful for preparation. Almost the same question repeats every year, so there is no big Surprise. Everyone can pass easily with good preparation and also our energy usually be high at initial phase. With A2 certificate, I applied for Intensive course in Germany and currently completed B2 level.
Suggestions:
- For Fluency, We need to be good at Vocabulary, So for Vocabulary learning , we need to find our method, which works best for us, in very early stage itself.
- Never learn Vocabulary without context, it didn't help me in anyway. One of the method, that I find useful is reading some Text or Story and marking the unknown Vocabulary, learning it and repeating it at different period of time( Spaced Repeation).
- For Speaking, As I am studying in Germany, I involve myself in many Integration course provide free by city and Universities. For beginner there are Apps like Hellotalk, where you can find language partners and Discord. So i think, I Summarized every that I know. Questions are welcome.