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Oct 11, 2011 - 09:20 AM
You know, I'm not sure that we have created that yet. In the meantime, there's always the great David Hasselhoff performing live in Germany...
Oct 11, 2011 - 11:46 AM
Thank you Eric - I completely forgot about David Hasselfoff's greatest hits!
Oct 21, 2011 - 10:27 PM
Mark, did you get through German 1 and into German 2 that fast?!? Had you studied German before? I am a complete beginner in German (unlike my experiences studying Spanish and French with Fluenz, which started off as mainly review for me), and it's a bit slower going for me, though I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
Oct 22, 2011 - 05:38 PM
Hi Karen: Yes, I had an advantage. German was actually my first language (mother being from there) but I have lived in the U.S. since age 4 - I also took it in High School and College, and visit German frequently since I have family there. So when I got the Fluenz program I went very fast through Level 1. However, I did each of the 30 exercises all the way through b/c the program does a GREAT job setting up the difficult and often confusing German grammar (Accusative, Nom. and Dative cases). This is the tricky part of German and it sets the foundation for the rest of the proper spoken German. I love this program and truly believe it is the best computer based language program for German I have tried. BTW - I completed Fluenz's Italian Level 1, and French 1 before purchasing their German 1-3.
Nov 21, 2011 - 10:10 AM
I find the whole process of language learning quiet mysterious. Why is FLUENZ so effective? Just curious to know your thoughts.
Nov 21, 2011 - 01:07 PM
I am sure you're asking this of Mark but I would still like to add my two cents on why I find German to be extremely simple to learn. For someone like me I need the Fluenz type of approach and that is to give you a simple scenario and break it down word for word and explain why each word is used and why it's used in the place (of the sentence) it's used. To see it makes it stick in my brain. THEN as if that wasn't enough they have MANY workout sessions to test your memory using verbal, typing and reading. Plus on a personal note I have the added advantage of being a computer programmer and so I often have to learn new "languages" (even if they are for computers) every couple years or so and so I look at German from that perspective and learn it's rules and syntax. I find that if I just let go of what I've learned in English and not get stuck on why you put "To Eat" at the end of the sentence "I want this dish to eat" and just know that verbs like that just about if not always go at the end, it makes learned faster.
Dec 01, 2011 - 08:04 PM
Well stated Jonathan - also Fluenz takes the time to build the small foundations in the language first before moving on to extensive vocabulary. This tells me they really care about their product standing out from the crowd because a strong foundation is key to learning any new language.
Aug 08, 2014 - 11:44 PM
I'd really like to see the music playlist without "the Hof".