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  1. 62 250 GTO

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    #1 62 250 GTO, Sep 8, 2006
    http://www.german-flashcards.com

    Is learning a new language online the proper way to learn for the long term?

    Also, is a teacher more likely to point out ways of learning/ remembering thousands of new words simply, compared to one learning alone and comparing English words/ thoughts to German words? ie: for me "Klein" which means "small" might be remembered as "Hey, I know an F1 racer by the name of Christian Klien and he's a small fry in terms of winning, so I'll remember Klein means small by remembering Christian Klien".

    Yes, I know the words hae the i and e swapped.

    Did anyone here learn german fluently after only knowing English?

    Thanks.

    P.S. It's late so excuse spelling and my total random thoughts.
     
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    #2 62 250 GTO, Sep 9, 2006
    A simple yes, no or who cares will do.
     
  3. dm_n_stuff

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    #3 dm_n_stuff, Sep 9, 2006
    http://rosettastone.com/

    I'm starting this next week for Italian. It came highly recommended.

    You can take a couple of practice lessons online, I think you can take the entire course that way.

    Looks good to me.

    Dave
     
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    #4 rollsorferrari?, Sep 9, 2006
    my sister is a spanish teacher, and she says that learning a new language, being as tough as it is to learn inside of a classroom, is just that much tougher online. just my 2 cents.
     
  5. Gilles27

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    #5 Gilles27, Sep 9, 2006
    I took German in high school all 4 years. In college, I decided to keep going, and I learned more in one semester of college german than I did in 4 years of high school. Why? Because classes were conducted entirely auf Deutsch. Since German is such a structured language, you can probably learn a lot of the grammatical rules and vocabulary. But you'll need to converse to really learn it.
     

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