Published on 12, July, 2020
Hey everyone,
I'm trying to learn German again. I've wanted to learn for years but have always had really bad memory problems. Hence trying to learn it at school didn't go too well, rote learning is tricky, just couldn't retain it, I know that was like a gazillion years ago, but I'm having another go. But puzzling over how the heck to get it to stick in my head?
Any tips?
I store hundreds of number plates in my head of all the cars in the neighbourhood in a wide radius (but only on sight if that makes sense) if you ask me to recite such-and-such's licence plate I haven't got a clue, I have a massive database of groceries & their prices in my head (nightmare when it all keeps going up week on week!) but this language thing just keeps confounding me!
It seems like some information is just sucked in by default, I mean not by choice, where some information you actually want to retain, is like trying to shin up a greased pole???
Have you used the Michel Thomas discs? He helped me to brush up my French, and I also used his German course. I would suggest you try to find the originals recorded by him, as opposed to the later 'Michel Thomas Method' discs recorded by others after his sad death. Michel really was the master, in my opinion.
Ben
Cheers Ben, haven't heard of it but will check in to it, I just have the Collins Complete Course at the moment and it seems hard-going!