Sunny

Ich will mein Deutsch echt verbessern! Hoffentlich kannst du mich auch helfen. Ich bin so lange in Deutschland gewesen, und jetzt bin ich wieder in den USA...seit 3 oder 5 jahren. Mein Deutsch is echt schlecht geworden. Hilfe.

I lived there, and it's where my son's father is from (and still is).

I got excited seeing this thread! But if I list all my favorite songs, this is gonna take all day. Most songs off all albums of:

Die Ärzte

Madsen

Wir Sind Helden

Juli

Silbermond

Die Toten Hosen

Wizo

and probably more that I can't think of off the top of my head right now.

On 12/5/2013 at 2:25 PM, Hedonologist said:

Often when native English speakers attempt to use a learnt language with a native speaker, the native speaker will revert to English. Germans have a reputation for preferring to use English fluently, rather than broken German, but I've not found this to be the case with me personally.

 

Do you have any experience with this?

Yes, when I was in Germany. Most people learn English as a second language, at least basic English. My son's father is from there...however, he doesn't know much English. So we always speak in German (mine's a little botched up, but I think it was quite better when I lived there).

On 3/5/2014 at 1:09 PM, Mafdet said:

Duolingo is, in my opinion, the best site to start learning a new language. It's still developing but they already have platforms for German, French, Italian and Spanish.

 

Has anyone of you tried it?

YES! It's awesome, the way it makes you have to re-do things you messed up in order to move on. And it's free!

I use Duolingo. It's probably not as good as sites/ apps you need to pay for, but I'm broke and it's my best bet.

I really found "Let the Right One in" awesome. Thought about learning the language after that.

Honestly, I chose it out of nowhere on Duolingo. And I don't like starting things without finishing them.