Passing my B1 Goethe Exam with help from ASSIMIL German
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Assimil is a truly terrific tool to keep up a disciplined revision regime pre-exam time. I learnt a lot and solidified a lot. The perfect combo.
I was also cramming in lessons and as much German-ising as humanely possible. (Yes, this is a word).
Always inspired by the wonderful @ProfASAr who used Assimil in one of his videos.
Any questions about the exam itself or handy tips, let me know.
Thanks to Bensound.com for the music.
Watching you get your results really put a smile on my face. Congrats 🙂
Thank you very much, I immediately start hyperventilating when watching it back, haha :D
hiya! just wanted to appreciate the way u speak, meaning both the vocabulary and the accent. just thrilling!
Thanks man, not sure I've ever been called thrilling before but have yourself a great week!
The two languages I’ve learned after my mother tongue were studied with the Assimil collection books, as well as.. :)
That's super cool Danny. You are clearly a super bright spark! I had to start Spanish with a teacher online and German at school in Year 9-sixth form but I was terrible. Ten years later I've tried to continue. Right now its on the backburner as I've got 39384744 things to do. Such is life!
@@jenniferc23 Thanks! Nice. Well my native language is Spanish, just in case you want to practice, let me know!
Have a great day..
If you use Luca's bidirectional translation method you can finish Assimil with a solid B2 instead of B1
Thank you so much for this tip, who is Luca and where can I find this out? Also, love the name haha :)
@@jenniferc23 Here is a video:
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I find his method very effective with Assimil
@@jenniferc23 Luca Lampariello is a polyglot who speaks what, something like 11 languages, incredibly well. He attributes a lot of his success in language learning to Assimil and has devised his own method for using it, called bi-directional translation. He's now become something of an internet guru flogging courses etc but you can piece together his method from various articles and interviews. Essentially it consists of translating Assimil dialogues back and forth between L1 and L2 in an SRS style whilst self-correcting your written attempts.
By the way, your reaction upon finding out your exam results was fantastic. Very well done!
@@tomdoesstuff1978what is SRS style?
@@MrMojo271 SRS stands for Spaced Repetition System. Anki software is based on SRS. I used Anki to memorize 500 frequently used phrases in Dutch
Had to look up what a *_"quid"_* was.
£ 😁
Would I need any other sources for learning grammar or other feilds?
Yes, would recommend a real life human teacher and the B1 Goethe study book. This wasn't a quick fix, it took a long time. I just found that it helped me revise before the exam by having a structures 100 days to find the curiosity in learning again! Good luck my friend!
hello jen, can you share the playlist on the spotify? I can't find it
The playlist of the Assimil tracks? You have to purchase the book my friend. www.assimil.com/en/with-ease/1870-german-9782700581454.html
@@jenniferc23 Ohh I thought 1:23 it's spotify playlist my bad. Thank you for reply!
Just as a fact the book should take you at least 150 days including the active phase of the last 50 lessons
I did it wrong then, thank you for pointing that out. Here's divvy
What do you mean by go back and translate from english to german can you explain more please
Herzlichen Glückwusch!! Loved seeing your reaction. German isn’t an easy language to learn so I applause you!
Danke sehr :) ich freue mich auf immer mehr Deutsch :D
Inspiring. I had seen too many videos promising I could get fluent if I just let it wash over me like a warm bath. Much better to see someone slogging through it like I am, and then getting the results.
You can do it my friend. It is no warm bath, it is a hot shower of slime but I guess we have to try and do it and find the fun rather than lose all enjoyment or it makes it even worse
What was your motivation to learn German? Do you live or want to move to Germany?
Eine gute Frage! Meine Oma kamm aus Deustchland aber wir sprachen nie zusammen auf Deutsch. Sie wohnte seit achtzehn Jahre Alt in England. Ich waehlte Deutsch in die Schule weil sie gerade gestorben war.
Ich habe auch mit Assimil angefangen aber das war im Jahre 1976. Assimil war der Verlag und das Buchlein hieß "Deutsch ohne Mühe". Ich empfehle diese Methode sehr...eine Lektion pro Tag. Ich wünsche Dir viel Glück und Spaß mit dem Deutscherlernen!
I can actually feel your happiness!
Congrats!!
Thanks dude, what a relief it was! Onto the next one...
love this video❤
Het is een prachtige dag voor iedereen 🌞
Espero que tengan un día maravilloso 🌺
J'espère que vous avez une belle journée 🌻
Ich hoffe, ihr habt einen wundervollen Tag 🌸
Spero che abbiate una bellissima giornata 🌼
Ελπίζω να έχετε μια υπέροχη ημέρα 🌷
希望您有美好的一天 🌹
Wow no puedo escribir siete linguas, pero espero que esta maravilla :)
I'm very inspired...
Ich hoffe, dass alles bei Ihnen gut geht. Bis naechstes Mal!
HI Jen
Your words have inspired to me
to keep study with Assimil and then try to get B1 as international mention.
I am currently in lesson 73 (making bidirectional translation, it includes one lesson of the active phase and one of passive phase).
Please be so kind to tell me what international certification that you got : IELTS or TOEFL?
thank a lot for your advanced answer.
Best regard form Perú
Hello @pieroquintoj in Peru! Wow, thank you for reaching out. I got a GOETHE institut certificate for German. :) I've been away this week for some work training, but hopefully next week I'll chat about remembering to find the fun in learning.
Oh and good luck on your mission! Step at a time
There are also advanced courses from Assimil
WHAT OTHER BOOKS DID YOU USE?.........................DO YOU PLAN TO GO FOR B2 OR C1?............................CHEERS
I would heartily recommend the Deutsch Prüfungstraining: Goethe/ÖSD- Zertifikat B1 book. It comes with free mock exam papers that you can practise using under exam conditions and structures to learn to help pass the exam. :)
@@jenniferc23 THAT BOOK AND ASSIMIL. ANYTHING ELSE?
@@Varallisuus Not off the top of my head. Just try and find a good group to practise consistently with/individual teacher who knows the exam structure well :)
@@Varallisuus Would it be helpful for me to do a video explaining more about the exam itself and other preparation?
@@jenniferc23 YES! PLEASE :)
which edition of Assimil did you use?
Assimil German (says 2014 in the bottom corner). Remember, this was one of the many tools I used but a very useful one all the same! Have fun my friend
Congratulations are still in order, five months later. Cheers!
Thank you :D
Your enthusiasm is amazing, I'm so proud for you!!
Thanks man, much appreciated :)
🙋🏽♀️Thanks for sharing. I apologize if I’m lost here. Is the first time I’m watching your videos. Before starting with assimil, did you have exposure or knew a little of German? Or that was the only tool you used to pass the exam? Thanks in advance for yo ur reply 👍🏼
Hello :) I did German 10 years ago at A level and got a C. I didn't really use it since, then decided to try and go back. I used lots of books, one on one lessons, Assimil and one term of Goethe free lessons (got a bursary) This was the last three months before the exams to make it fun and less stressful! (it was still stressful but felt I had a set way to practise rather than get distracted...)
congratulations ! NOw I going to learning english with you.
Hey, thank you for responding to our questions in the comments!!
I have a question please, I'm reading a lesson everyday, but I don't feel I'm quite learning...
yes I know a bunch of words now, and if I read the past 5 lessons I can understand what the text is saying... but as I said I don't really feel I'm learning, is that a normal feeling??
Oh, and is reading enough??? I mean do I need to do analysis on every word I see in the text; "what it's meaning, or what does this correlative do and why is it here" and so on and so forth..
I really appreciate your help!!
thanks!🙏🙏🙏
Hello friend, give yourself some grace and plod on. Not sure there is a right way to do it, I reckon when it gets to a certain point maybe more dots will connect or perhaps they won't. As long as you're keeping up and doing it your way- you're doing it right! I am no expert, I'm a total numpty so keep going!!
@@jenniferc23 thanks!! 😊
I'll keep on pushing my language learning
Have a great day!
Bravo, félicitations !
Danke sehr Bro! 😊
Great video! Loved to see you get your results. You're an inspiration!
Thank you very much, it takes a lot of graft and it is doable obviously. There is no magical pill. I studied when I was younger then had ten years away so some of it was lingering in my head and some never existed haha!
@@jenniferc23 That's great to hear. I've begun studying German recently and I'm using ASSIMIL as well. I used it to learn French so I figured, why not give it a shot with German!
@@cito2820 great to hear, good luck with it my friend. Je ne parle Francais, mais I think you'll smash it.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum bestandenen Test! 🎉😊 Ich nutze Assimil um Rumänisch zu lernen. Tough 😅
wow! hervorragend :D
Sehr gut gemacht Jen! 👏Anhand Assimil habe ich als Franzose im Jahr 2017 auch Deutsch gelernt! Es war äusserst effektiv. Diese Tonaufnahmen der Assimil-Methode habe ich sooo oft zugehört, dass wenn ich jetzt die Stimmen der Schauspieler hier und da in deinem Video höre, habe ich fast den Eindruck, Stimmen von vertrauten Bekannten wieder zu hören, die ich seit Jahren nicht gehört hätte. Und ja das Gefühl, das man hat, wenn man sein Assimil-Buch bis zum 100. Lektion fertig gelesen hat, ist einfach unbeschreiblich.
@@Ja-jt1ym wow, jetzt bin ich wieder begeistert! 😊
Danke sehr fur die Mitteilung. Ich habe auch mit einer Lehrerin gelernt und deswegen war das Buch ein Werkzeug um meine Wiederholung zu verbessen.
Ich wunsche mir, dass ich so intelligent war, dass ich Allen studieren koennte. Leider nicht 😀
Congratulations! I am studying German too. Please teach us how performers memorize lines and sentences easily!!! Please!!😊
Awesome, thank you for the comment. Well, I think like everything its practise... And finding ways to make words stick in your head. It can be a bit odd, maybe I'll make a video about it?
Please!! 😊 It will be fantastic!! I've always wanted to know how performers do it! Do they listen to the lines a lot of times for several days? What exactly do they do memorize so many lines?? It's so impressive!
I learned Português using Assimil and now i down loaded Assimil in Italian. And i Will learn Italian.
Hallo, Jen! Es freut mich sehr, deines Video zu gucken, weil ich mit Assimil Deutsch auch lerne. Hast du den sozusagen zweiten Teil des Buches gelesen? (d.h. "Perfectionnement). Danke schön
Hallo :) Ja ich habe ihn gelesen und es hat mir geholfen- obwohl ich kein Expert bin.
Ich bestand die Pruefung mit einer Lehererin und nicht nur das Buch!
Congratulations!! Such good marks as well! Other than assimil what books did you use for grammar? & similarly what did you use for listening exercising?
I'm so happy for you !! you show so much motivation !!!
Glückwunsch ❤
Hi, Great video. Would you please share the link to the Assimil book as well and also what other resources did you use to pass the B1 exam. I am really struggling with learning German and would highly appreciate any advice you could give.
Morning my friend, B1 Assimil German book helped me revise three months before: www.amazon.co.uk/German-Approach-English-Ease/dp/2700508297/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23N31NO6654Q0&keywords=assimil+german+b1&qid=1703324387&sprefix=assimil+german+b1%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1
I had a weekly lesson with a teacher for around a year before that which helped me build up some foundational things I'd forgotten from a decade ago. Then I joined a group Goethe class then a couple months before I had a individual class. So lots of practise, lots of chatting to people on the Tandem language app too.
So cool :o
I bought the same book a few months ago and i haven't even open it! I'm definitely not discipline at all
Don't beat yourself up. You are doing great. Just tell yourself you'll open it and read one sentence. Start small!
@@jenniferc23 Loved it!!! Thank you very much!!! I will do it 👍
I’ve started assimil for Spanish. I already have some background in Spanish. I just wanted to ask how much time you spent on each chapter. For the current chapters I’m on they are only taking 10/15 minutes each at most. Not sure if I’m doing something wrong and should be going through the audio more times
What process did you follow?
I’d also like to ask where you took classes? Via italki, Lingoda ?
Hello Daniel, thanks for the question!
Congrats on your Spanish! I took on average 35 minutes to go through each chapter. I'd listen to the audio whilst reading in German a few times, then I'd take time to look over the words and vocab. Then I'd speak it out loud as many times as I could. This helps me as I am a performer so can learn lines and phrases fairly easily. This initial practise increased to around 45 minutes for the second wave when you have to go back through the older sessions and translate from English into German. If the language feels far too easy, then I would suggest a higher level, but careful you're not skipping through because you don't want to break the tricky things down. Hope that makes sense.
I was a false beginner for German too. I took classes as well in small groups online, had a one to one teacher once a week, but it was all too expensive and had to stop two months before the exam. I spoke to people I knew in German as much as possible until I bored myself senseless. Would recommend finding someone (who isn't just looking for a creepy dating partner) on Tandem app too.
@@jenniferc23 Ive had avery long break from spanish and coming back to it i refound this video :D i wanted to ask, how much / what type of other study did you do alongside assimil? I assume it wasnt all you needed to get you to b1? Private tutor?
@@danielbazinga So much my friend, Goethe classes for a whole term I got on a bursary. Private tuition, everyday watching reading, trying to soak in as much as I could. There's no one way and it's horrible,
Hoy only used this book?
No, I used lots of different teaching groups, one on ones. All sorts. But this gave me a way to pracise everyday before the exam in a fun structured method as well as the tonnes of work!
Good video Jen! Viel Glück mit Band 2 von Asimil Deutsch!
Danke sehr Alfon!!
Congrats Jen! I have the book too but not the audio. I noticed in the video you were using Spotify the recordings...how can I find these? Tia!
It isn't on Spotify my friend, it's that I'd downloaded them onto my phone and Spotify was used to open my 'local files'
@@jenniferc23 oh darn! I had a feeling that might have been the case. It's a bit pricey to order separately but I think I'll treat myself. Your videos have inspired me to keep going with German - thank you so much :)
That's class to hear Will! I've actually kicked myself up the backside and will be trying to follow my passion of comedy and acting rather than German so I probably won't be putting any new German content on here. What I will say is that I would heartily recommend spending on a proper teacher who is native to the language and who has taught before. It gave me so much confidence and she was brutal as well which kicked me upeth the backsideth!@@willg1424
I'm trying all sorts including one to one, group classes with Lingoda and a grammar book. It's probably the hardest thing I've had to learn (not speaking any other languages already)..comedy sounds good but of course you can include some German :P
Keep going and compare yourself to yourself last week or month, not to anyone else. So much online makes it look like people breathe out in a new language instantly, but its nonsense. Anyway, vielleicht auf Deutsch, mal sehen...@@willg1424
Hi, do you have a link to assimil audios?
I don't I bought a set which had a USB stick where I could plug into my laptop and listen!
@@jenniferc23 how is your German now? Do you look for the next material to learn or just wing it?
My German now is a-ok. I've bought the B2 book and have been going over grammar that I'm still not confident on at all. Haven't got a set way yet, but no doubt 2024 that'll be my year! @@alamsemesta1735
I just started German today. I’m going to stick to it after watching you! Thank you for posting this.
You are welcome! Enjoy the process and don't forget it doesn't have to be this huge epic mission. I forgot to have fun and it made the process much worse half way through haha!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIING
Thank you for your feedback, I'll bare that in mind next time I try to sit an exam! So grateful for your kind comment! 🙏
Que palhaçada
This isn't a joke, I did really do all of this. I know some good jokes but not in Portugese. Thanks for taking the time to write me a lovely comment, you have a great day :)
Foi jantado, tiozinho mal educado