goal: reach b2/c1 before immigrating to germany

timeline: move to germany winter ‘27/spring ‘28

my immigration bullet points: link _______________

on language learning techniques (general)

• 'how to learn a foreign language' on mondecast

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german a1 + a2

• i start classes in april '26 for free through work - yay!
• starting places
  • r/german/wiki/index
  • r/languagelearning/wiki/guide
• resources
  • unlocking german with paul noble (got out of work)

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sources:

• from zero to c1: my german learning journey - tips & motivation (reddit)
• a review of every resource i used to learn german from a1 to c2 (reddit)

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resources to maybe utilise <- to finish fleshing out w the links in that word doc

• considering
  • goethe course
    • menschen a1 (textbook) <- (possible link)
  • assimil german by maria roemer (book)
  • klett graded readers
  • nicos weg (series)
  • learn german with anja (videos)
  • trying out italki and preply (finding a teacher)
  • hammer's german grammar and usage and practising german grammar (textbooks)
  • english grammar for students of german (textbook)
  • collins german unabridged dictionary (dictionary)
  • native content
    • DW Top-Thema, news
    • ARD Mediathek, ZDF, RBB
    • deutsch perfekt
    • x
    • neon stern
    • x
    • german subreddits
  • x
  • x
  • x
  • your daily german (blog) - b1 + b2
  • grammatik aktiv (excersize book) - b1 + b2
  • easy german (street interviews, podcast) - b1 + b2
  • practice makes perfect series (exercise books) - b1 + b2
  • anki deck: 4000 german words by frequency (card deck) - b1 + b2
  • 'Was Jetzt?' and 'Woher Wissen Sie das?' - b1 + b2
  • novels write down unknown words and sentences - b1 + b2