| Learning a new language is often
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| | for example) offer a wide variety of
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| considered a costly task and people spend
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| | methods to learn German, ranging from
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| tons of money on buying books, courses,
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| | standard basic-to-advanced lessons, to
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| taking daily German lessons or paying for
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| | word memorization games, text-video
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| audio tapes, video lessons and so forth.
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| | quizzes (like the ones that have you
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| Now, there's an alternative to all of
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| | attach a specific word to a specific
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| this: free language lessons online.
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| | image - sort of like an interactive
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| Not all languages can be learnt online.
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| | flashcard game) and so forth. Using games
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| It depends on what you're trying to learn
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| | to increase German vocabulary or
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| and what your mother tongue is or what
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| | strengthen your grammar rules is also a
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| other languages you're already familiar
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| | solid option. Although many consider
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| with. For example, learning Chinese
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| | these games "childish", they're actually
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| online won't be as easy as learning
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| | quite important and efficient, since
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| German through the same methods. Chinese
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| | you're learning while having fun and we
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| requires more careful assimilation of
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| | all know that this is a major boost to
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| grammar rules, vocabulary and learning
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| | assimilating new words naturally.
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| steps whereas German can be learn more
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| | One good tip would be to try and find
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| "freely" (and I'm not talking just about
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| | quizzes and games that don't simply use
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| the financial costs). If you're reading
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| | words. Sure, you can easily memorize a
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| this, you're either at least moderately
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| | few words each day, but they won't be
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| familiar with English, or English is your
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| | "printed" in your memory as strongly as
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| mother tongue and this is a good starting
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| | if you would have something visual
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| point to learn German online, since there
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| | attached to them. Our brain holds visual
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| are a lot of connections that can be made
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| | images much longer in our memory than
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| between the two languages.
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| | simple strings of characters and words,
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| With German becoming an increasingly
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| | so it's a good idea to associate a
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| important language on the international
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| | picture to each word. When learning
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| stage, more and more people leave their
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| | German, it's even easier to do this since
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| course books behind and seek out websites
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| | German has a lot of cognates with English
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| that can offer free language lessons
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| | (words that look or sound alike in the
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| online. They're faster, more convenient,
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| | two languages and that share a common
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| you can go through them from the comfort
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| | meaning) so you can stamp the English
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| of your own home and most importantly,
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| | word instead of a visual image to the new
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| they are much easier to assimilate, since
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| | word.
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| an online lesson, unlike a course book
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| | However, watch out for false cognates as
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| for example, can combine visual and audio
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| | they can be quite misleading. False
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| elements to make your learning process
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| | cognates are words that sound or look
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| faster. In the past, this was not
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| | alike in both languages, but their
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| possible as websites were pretty blunt
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| | meaning is completely different, so if
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| back then, they were just "clones" of
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| | you don't learn to spot them, you could
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| course books with text, text and more
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| | be using words in completely
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| text.
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| | inappropriate contexts. Fortunately, the
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| With the increased interactivity offered
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| | list of false cognates is not that high
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| by many language learning sites out
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| | between English and German, but it's
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| there, you can take online quizzes, play
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| | still a good idea to learn these
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| language games on the Internet, or on
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| | exceptions by hard.
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| some sites, take audio/video lessons like
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| | I'll leave it to you to find the right
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| you would from an audio or video tape.
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| | websites for learning German online, but
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| Forget about wasting time going to your
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| | know that you shouldn't just settle for
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| local store, buying the tape, buying a
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| | the first one you find. Try learning from
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| good stereo and a set of headphones - now
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| | two sources and go through several
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| you have all these bundled up for free on
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| | websites before settling in on these two.
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| the Internet. Technology is a blast,
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| | In most cases, this will offer you a more
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| isn't it?
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| | complete coverage of the German language.
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| Many websites (such as Internet Polyglot
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