| The German language is not as popular with | | | | daunting task, you have to come up with ways |
| foreign language students compared to French, | | | | to make learning becomes easier, here are some |
| Spanish, or Italian. | | | | tips: |
| You might wonder why, since there are around | | | | Use your First Language as Tool - Take note |
| 100 million speakers of German all over the world. | | | | of the similarities of your own language to the |
| It is the language for most of Eastern European | | | | German language. If you are an English speaker, |
| countries and majority of migrants from different | | | | you will notice that German comes from Latin and |
| countries. German is also a very popular language | | | | Greek origins. For example, das Haus is house in |
| in business as its country of origin is among the | | | | English. Garden in German is der Garten. |
| most industrialized countries in the world. | | | | Recognizing the familiar words will program your |
| Beyond all these a lot of students still find it | | | | brain to recall and store them with ease. |
| difficult to speak German. Surprisingly, native | | | | Fight Language Interference- As much as you |
| speakers will agree. Below are the main reasons | | | | want to relate English to German, most of the |
| for such. | | | | time you got to think German if you want to |
| Multiple noun construction- unlike English where | | | | speak German. It will be ineffective if you will |
| a dog means dog, or house means house, the | | | | think English and translate it to German. Be careful |
| German language is not about the noun itself. Its | | | | when you do this, since the German word bald |
| nouns may vary if it's masculine, feminine, or | | | | means soon in English. |
| neuter. It takes a while before students get | | | | Gender Familiarity- you have to face the fact |
| comfortable with the der, or die, or das which | | | | that nouns in German is gender related. It will be |
| denotes the gender of the noun. | | | | wise to learn German words and learn their |
| Word Order- The word order does not | | | | genders at the same time. It is important to |
| simply follow a subject verb order. The German | | | | know when to use the masculine (der), |
| language presents the order of words depending | | | | die(feminine), or das(neuter). |
| on the tense of the sentence. There are complex | | | | Be Patient- Like any other language, mastery |
| rules to deal with so you have to be aware to | | | | takes a while. It will not take 10 days only to |
| avoid sounding ridiculous. | | | | make you an eloquent German speaker. Maybe |
| Method of Teaching- the approaches of how | | | | not even 2 years. You have to realize though that |
| English speaking native or a Spanish speaking | | | | the more you expose yourself to the language |
| native will teach the German language vary. As | | | | the more it becomes part of your system. |
| you put them under the microscope, you will see | | | | Learning the German language is like learning any |
| flaws in how high schools, universities, or special | | | | language, it has its challenging parts. What matters |
| program deal with inculcating German language to | | | | most is your interest in the language and your |
| the students' mind. | | | | discipline to devote time to conquer the German |
| Study Tips to Make Learning German Easier | | | | language. |
| Knowing that learning the German language is a | | | | |