Answer Question
Suggestion and Plea
What would be very helpful in future editions of Fluenz for all languages is if you provide digital or hard copy notes over all the new material covered in each lesson. A study guide, perhaps in PDF form.
I often find myself having to switch between Fluenz and Excel to type in the new material I learn so I can study it without having to watch the entire video again. It's cumbersome.
Also, most Americans, including myself, are not grammarians and have forgotten what little grammatical terms we may have learned in school. We cannot and do not wish to diagram sentences! Therefore, another useful tool would be a grammatical guide that defines all grammatical terms such as the basics (nouns, verbs, adjectives) and more advanced terms (infinitives, participles, direct objects, etc.) and how it is incorporated into the language we are studying. It should also include new grammatical terms we do not use in English such as masculine, feminine and neuter.
I know this is covered in the video, but my experience has been that if I don't take notes and understand how this relates to my language, it is impossible to memorize it all or keep it sorted out, especially since in the US, we are not surrounded by the culture we are studying and do not have frequent opportunities to use our new skills like they would in Europe if they were learning English, where English and American music and television are common in the popular cultures of most countries.
Is this doable?
I often find myself having to switch between Fluenz and Excel to type in the new material I learn so I can study it without having to watch the entire video again. It's cumbersome.
Also, most Americans, including myself, are not grammarians and have forgotten what little grammatical terms we may have learned in school. We cannot and do not wish to diagram sentences! Therefore, another useful tool would be a grammatical guide that defines all grammatical terms such as the basics (nouns, verbs, adjectives) and more advanced terms (infinitives, participles, direct objects, etc.) and how it is incorporated into the language we are studying. It should also include new grammatical terms we do not use in English such as masculine, feminine and neuter.
I know this is covered in the video, but my experience has been that if I don't take notes and understand how this relates to my language, it is impossible to memorize it all or keep it sorted out, especially since in the US, we are not surrounded by the culture we are studying and do not have frequent opportunities to use our new skills like they would in Europe if they were learning English, where English and American music and television are common in the popular cultures of most countries.
Is this doable?