Learn German: Step by Step Guide For Learning The Basics of The German Language by Dave Smith

Author:Dave Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: learn german book, how to learn german, learn german speaking, best way to learn german, germany, german language learning, german language instruction
Publisher: Mark Smith
Published: 2018-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4: Finding native speakers to increase your overall understanding of the language and culture

Much like learning a first language, learning a second one takes lots of practice and time. It is rather hard to imagine learning a first language while remaining taciturn around speakers of that language, so why would a student restrain his or her self to silence in the process of learning any language beyond that? It hits all the bull’s eye on all the wrong targets to learn a second language without using it for communication, after all, what else is language good for? Learning and speaking a second language also provides opportunity to learn about other cultures from people with potential first-hand experience with the given culture, German in this case. The benefits of practicing a foreign language far outweigh the costs under virtually any given circumstances.

Speaking a foreign language with others can streamline so much of the learning process. It can undermine so much of the complexity and nuance involved in language acquisition, and in a way that won’t jeopardize educational value or accuracy, depending on the person being spoken to. Even speaking with one person who knows German or any other foreign language can expose the student to the entirety of that person’s vernacular. The speech can be absorbed and digested naturally. The zone of proximal development, a zone discovered by Piaget in which children are naturally given just a little bit more information that they can fully understand, also applies to people learning a second language. It is really just like any other skill in the sense that it really takes practice and patience to develop.

One important reason why communicating using the second language with others works is the complexity of grammatical forms in virtually any language. This makes it difficult or even impossible to fully learn a language. In fact, linguists have not yet been able to fully describe all the grammatical constructs of even a single language. While speaking with another person may not completely run off grammatical difficulties, it can curtail some of the more embarrassing mistakes that can be made. It could also be added that learning from a native speaker can imbue the student with some of the education that the speaker has received, in a way giving the student a formal education by proxy.

While constant studying effort and rote memorization are important factors in learning a new language, the two take on subordinate roles to what is said to the student and what the student reads. These two are the most important factors in new language acquisition. They work together to supply a more useful comprehensible input than other methods of learning do. As the student receives more and more comprehensible input through reading and listening to the language, it becomes easier and easier to absorb more of the vocabulary and grammar of the second language. It creates a self-sustaining positive feedback loop that can end in fluency easier than the average learner expects.

When learning a new language, it is important not to fluster oneself.

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