| It's all about how much time you are willing to spend | | | | resources on the net. I was supposed to listen to the |
| and how motivated you are. | | | | audio support and then I had to repeat the same with |
| At some point in my life I decided to learn German as I | | | | the help of written support. I have done that even if at |
| thought it will serve me well in the near future. Because | | | | first I could not do it correctly, but practice made me |
| I didn't have too much free time and i'm always on the | | | | better. After a few weeks of trying the 'easy part', I |
| run I said that I'm going to learn at home by myself. | | | | went further and got in to more complex issues like a |
| First I talked to some of my friends who have learned | | | | little grammar. I tied to learn some basic stuff just |
| German in school. What can I say... they were not very | | | | enough to sound coherent. In a couple of months I had |
| encouraging? I was told it's going to be a long road and | | | | learned enough to be able to start a basic |
| in the end I could realize I have learned nothing and I | | | | conversation. Don't imagine that I understood |
| have lost my time when I could have joined a class in | | | | everything but at least I was willing to learn. |
| order to do this. | | | | After this experience I said to myself that is time to |
| Knowing that the internet is full of free teaching | | | | attend one of those 2-3 month classes in order to |
| resources i started my search. I have found a lot of | | | | improve my skills. I have done this as I thought the |
| programs with both audio and written support. For | | | | conversation with other people is going to help. Don't |
| starters I began with a book that contained the most | | | | laugh but at first I was talking to myself in order to |
| common phrases used everyday like: hello, how are | | | | practice. At the end of the class I got a certificate that |
| you, have a nice day, good bye, see you later, how | | | | I was a beginner German speaking person. I was so |
| can I get to the train station, where is the nearest bank | | | | proud of myself! |
| and so on. I said to myself that if I was in a German | | | | After all this adventure I finally had the opportunity to |
| city I should at least know how to ask for directions so | | | | go in Germany to pursue my career, so you see I had |
| I don't get lost or something. It was actually kind of | | | | a good motivation. I can truly say that those few |
| funny at first because it seemed to me like I'm never | | | | months helped me a lot and I was able to get around |
| going to speak properly. I was expecting to speak like | | | | a lot easy. |
| a native but I wanted some results. After this I started | | | | So the point of all this is for you to understand that |
| using those programs for learning a foreign language | | | | free teaching resources are available for you to learn |
| by yourself, which you can find as free teaching | | | | anything as long as you want to. |