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Your Own Language Learning

If you come to University to study German – or anything else really – you will need to do lots of work outside of the classroom, and really it’s from about where you are now that that starts: it isn’t just what you do in class that will ensure your grades, but all of the subject related things that you do outside. We’ve put together a few ideas here to help you develop your German language; it’s not a complete list by any means, so send us in any ideas that you have.

Speaking

Speaking We do such a huge amount of oral work here in Southampton – students get a double ration compared to most …

Writing

Writing I always find it much harder to know what to recommend, partly I think, because you will probably already be doing …

Grammar

Grammar There is only a certain amount of development that you can make in German unless your grammar is fairly sound, particularly …

Reading

Reading I always think it’s a really good idea to try and match up your German learning with your own personal interests. …

Listening

Listening You can’t really make that much improvement by doing just a few listening comprehension exercises, though it does help a bit. …