Passing my B1 Goethe Exam with ASSIMIL German 

Thank you very much, I immediately start hyperventilating when watching it back, haha :D

You can do it my friend. It is no warm bath, it is a hot shower of slime but I guess we have to try and do it and find the fun rather than lose all enjoyment or it makes it even worse

Thanks dude, what a relief it was! Onto the next one...

Thanks man, much appreciated :)

Thank you very much, it takes a lot of graft and it is doable obviously. There is no magical pill. I studied when I was younger then had ten years away so some of it was lingering in my head and some never existed haha!

@@jenniferc23 That's great to hear. I've begun studying German recently and I'm using ASSIMIL as well. I used it to learn French so I figured, why not give it a shot with German!

@@cito2820 great to hear, good luck with it my friend. Je ne parle Francais, mais I think you'll smash it.

Danke sehr :) ich freue mich auf immer mehr Deutsch :D

Thanks man, not sure I've ever been called thrilling before but have yourself a great week!

That's super cool Danny. You are clearly a super bright spark! I had to start Spanish with a teacher online and German at school in Year 9-sixth form but I was terrible. Ten years later I've tried to continue. Right now its on the backburner as I've got 39384744 things to do. Such is life!

@@jenniferc23 Thanks! Nice. Well my native language is Spanish, just in case you want to practice, let me know! Have a great day..

Thank you so much for this tip, who is Luca and where can I find this out? Also, love the name haha :)

@@jenniferc23 Here is a video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BN1vCmZTOOE.html I find his method very effective with Assimil

@@jenniferc23 Luca Lampariello is a polyglot who speaks what, something like 11 languages, incredibly well. He attributes a lot of his success in language learning to Assimil and has devised his own method for using it, called bi-directional translation. He's now become something of an internet guru flogging courses etc but you can piece together his method from various articles and interviews. Essentially it consists of translating Assimil dialogues back and forth between L1 and L2 in an SRS style whilst self-correcting your written attempts. By the way, your reaction upon finding out your exam results was fantastic. Very well done!

@@tomdoesstuff1978what is SRS style?

@@MrMojo271 SRS stands for Spaced Repetition System. Anki software is based on SRS. I used Anki to memorize 500 frequently used phrases in Dutch

Danke sehr Alfon!!

You are welcome! Enjoy the process and don't forget it doesn't have to be this huge epic mission. I forgot to have fun and it made the process much worse half way through haha!

Thank you :D

wow! hervorragend :D

Hello friend, give yourself some grace and plod on. Not sure there is a right way to do it, I reckon when it gets to a certain point maybe more dots will connect or perhaps they won't. As long as you're keeping up and doing it your way- you're doing it right! I am no expert, I'm a total numpty so keep going!!

@@jenniferc23 thanks!! 😊 I'll keep on pushing my language learning Have a great day!

Awesome, thank you for the comment. Well, I think like everything its practise... And finding ways to make words stick in your head. It can be a bit odd, maybe I'll make a video about it?

Please!! 😊 It will be fantastic!! I've always wanted to know how performers do it! Do they listen to the lines a lot of times for several days? What exactly do they do memorize so many lines?? It's so impressive!

Hallo :) Ja ich habe ihn gelesen und es hat mir geholfen- obwohl ich kein Expert bin. Ich bestand die Pruefung mit einer Lehererin und nicht nur das Buch!

Morning my friend, B1 Assimil German book helped me revise three months before: www.amazon.co.uk/German-Approach-English-Ease/dp/2700508297/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23N31NO6654Q0&keywords=assimil+german+b1&qid=1703324387&sprefix=assimil+german+b1%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1 I had a weekly lesson with a teacher for around a year before that which helped me build up some foundational things I'd forgotten from a decade ago. Then I joined a group Goethe class then a couple months before I had a individual class. So lots of practise, lots of chatting to people on the Tandem language app too.

Hello @pieroquintoj in Peru! Wow, thank you for reaching out. I got a GOETHE institut certificate for German. :) I've been away this week for some work training, but hopefully next week I'll chat about remembering to find the fun in learning.

Oh and good luck on your mission! Step at a time

There are also advanced courses from Assimil

Wow no puedo escribir siete linguas, pero espero que esta maravilla :) I'm very inspired... Ich hoffe, dass alles bei Ihnen gut geht. Bis naechstes Mal!

Hello :) I did German 10 years ago at A level and got a C. I didn't really use it since, then decided to try and go back. I used lots of books, one on one lessons, Assimil and one term of Goethe free lessons (got a bursary) This was the last three months before the exams to make it fun and less stressful! (it was still stressful but felt I had a set way to practise rather than get distracted...)

Assimil German (says 2014 in the bottom corner). Remember, this was one of the many tools I used but a very useful one all the same! Have fun my friend

It isn't on Spotify my friend, it's that I'd downloaded them onto my phone and Spotify was used to open my 'local files'

@@jenniferc23 oh darn! I had a feeling that might have been the case. It's a bit pricey to order separately but I think I'll treat myself. Your videos have inspired me to keep going with German - thank you so much :)

That's class to hear Will! I've actually kicked myself up the backside and will be trying to follow my passion of comedy and acting rather than German so I probably won't be putting any new German content on here. What I will say is that I would heartily recommend spending on a proper teacher who is native to the language and who has taught before. It gave me so much confidence and she was brutal as well which kicked me upeth the backsideth!@@willg1424

I'm trying all sorts including one to one, group classes with Lingoda and a grammar book. It's probably the hardest thing I've had to learn (not speaking any other languages already)..comedy sounds good but of course you can include some German :P

Keep going and compare yourself to yourself last week or month, not to anyone else. So much online makes it look like people breathe out in a new language instantly, but its nonsense. Anyway, vielleicht auf Deutsch, mal sehen...@@willg1424

The playlist of the Assimil tracks? You have to purchase the book my friend. www.assimil.com/en/with-ease/1870-german-9782700581454.html

@@jenniferc23 Ohh I thought 1:23 it's spotify playlist my bad. Thank you for reply!

Yes, would recommend a real life human teacher and the B1 Goethe study book. This wasn't a quick fix, it took a long time. I just found that it helped me revise before the exam by having a structures 100 days to find the curiosity in learning again! Good luck my friend!

Hello Daniel, thanks for the question! Congrats on your Spanish! I took on average 35 minutes to go through each chapter. I'd listen to the audio whilst reading in German a few times, then I'd take time to look over the words and vocab. Then I'd speak it out loud as many times as I could. This helps me as I am a performer so can learn lines and phrases fairly easily. This initial practise increased to around 45 minutes for the second wave when you have to go back through the older sessions and translate from English into German. If the language feels far too easy, then I would suggest a higher level, but careful you're not skipping through because you don't want to break the tricky things down. Hope that makes sense. I was a false beginner for German too. I took classes as well in small groups online, had a one to one teacher once a week, but it was all too expensive and had to stop two months before the exam. I spoke to people I knew in German as much as possible until I bored myself senseless. Would recommend finding someone (who isn't just looking for a creepy dating partner) on Tandem app too.

@@jenniferc23 Ive had avery long break from spanish and coming back to it i refound this video :D i wanted to ask, how much / what type of other study did you do alongside assimil? I assume it wasnt all you needed to get you to b1? Private tutor?

@@danielbazinga So much my friend, Goethe classes for a whole term I got on a bursary. Private tuition, everyday watching reading, trying to soak in as much as I could. There's no one way and it's horrible,

£ 😁

Eine gute Frage! Meine Oma kamm aus Deustchland aber wir sprachen nie zusammen auf Deutsch. Sie wohnte seit achtzehn Jahre Alt in England. Ich waehlte Deutsch in die Schule weil sie gerade gestorben war.

I would heartily recommend the Deutsch Prüfungstraining: Goethe/ÖSD- Zertifikat B1 book. It comes with free mock exam papers that you can practise using under exam conditions and structures to learn to help pass the exam. :)

@@jenniferc23 THAT BOOK AND ASSIMIL. ANYTHING ELSE?

@@Varallisuus Not off the top of my head. Just try and find a good group to practise consistently with/individual teacher who knows the exam structure well :)

@@Varallisuus Would it be helpful for me to do a video explaining more about the exam itself and other preparation?

@@jenniferc23 YES! PLEASE :)

No, I used lots of different teaching groups, one on ones. All sorts. But this gave me a way to pracise everyday before the exam in a fun structured method as well as the tonnes of work!

I don't I bought a set which had a USB stick where I could plug into my laptop and listen!

@@jenniferc23 how is your German now? Do you look for the next material to learn or just wing it?

My German now is a-ok. I've bought the B2 book and have been going over grammar that I'm still not confident on at all. Haven't got a set way yet, but no doubt 2024 that'll be my year! @@alamsemesta1735

I did it wrong then, thank you for pointing that out. Here's divvy

Thank you for your feedback, I'll bare that in mind next time I try to sit an exam! So grateful for your kind comment! 🙏

Don't beat yourself up. You are doing great. Just tell yourself you'll open it and read one sentence. Start small!

@@jenniferc23 Loved it!!! Thank you very much!!! I will do it 👍

This isn't a joke, I did really do all of this. I know some good jokes but not in Portugese. Thanks for taking the time to write me a lovely comment, you have a great day :)

Foi jantado, tiozinho mal educado