German Study Help?

[PonyGirl93]

I took the German CLEP back when I was stationed in Germany, and I would agree that the listening section is the most difficult part- try to find some streaming news broadcasts to get your ears accustomed to hearing the language.

I did fine on the CLEP, and you don't have to be bilingual (although it obviously helps).

If you want to learn German, deutschewelle.de is a fantastic resource (you can read the news in German and many other languages) and they have some language learning resources as well- look for "German Courses" on the left-hand pane on the homepage. You can choose the German language news in the upper right hand corner dropdown menu "Choose from 30 Languages".

As far as a book recommendation, check out Modern German Grammar on Amazon.

One last thing- the Frankfurter Allgemeine is considered notoriously difficult to read, even by Germans. Having a business/economics background makes it quite a bit easier.

Thanks!!

I have listened to the Radio D drama/podcast thingy before (& just started re-listening), & was just planning to look at the rest of the deutschewelle site, good to know that it's good

Just got all my childrens books in at the library, can't wait to dig in