Learn to speak German

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German is a West Germanic language of the Info-European language family. It is

mostly spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. As

many as 100 million people speak German as their mother tongue.

Other languages with similarities to German are English and Dutch. Many words in

German are somehow related to English. This makes learning German easier for you!

However, German grammar is unfortunately a bit more complex than the English one.

This is why you are in need for an excellent language learning program or software.

� German is the most widely spoken European language. More than any other

language in Europe, people speak German natively. This might be because of

the relative big area of German, with 83 million inhabitants. Besides the

countries mentioned above, many people from eastern Belgium, the

Netherlands, Denmark, eastern France, Italy, parts of Poland and the Czech

Republic, and even Russian and Romania call German their mother tongue.

Consequently, German language might connect you to far more than 100

million people, as well as to others who learn German as their second

language. German is known as the third most popular foreign language, most

notably in Europe and Japan.

� Regarding Germany, this country has a very strong economy and export

industry. Therefore, German is an important language for business and

science. Various powerful companies, such as Siemens, Lufthansa, Bosch or

BMW are headquartered in Germany and need to establish international

business partners and contacts. This might be one reason why German

language is so popular in Japan. In case you want to work abroad, German

knowledge could be the key to your success. With concern to Switzerland, it is

the country with the highest living standards in the whole world.

� German tourists are everywhere. Germans are known to having the time and

monetary resources to travel. You can be almost certain to meet a German

tourist at major tourist attractions and destinations. Popular destinations are

European countries such as Italy, France, Spain or Greece. Eastern European

countries are increasingly favoured as well. However, not only do Germans

like to travel within Europe, but also do they more and more spend their money

on overseas destinations, like the United States. Provinces which are close to

the beach, as well as huge cities such as New York, are most famous.

� Publishers are into German. 10 per cent of all books in the world are

published in German language. Thousands of German books are published

yearly. Only Chinese and English books are more frequent. Not many German

books are translated into another language like English. Therefore, you only

have access to a vast majority of important literature if you have knowledge of

German language.

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� All German-speaking countries offer lots of cultural heritage. For example,

think about all the poets and other writers. Wolfgang von Goethe or Franz

Kafka are known worldwide. Additionally, music is inseparable from Austria.

Everybody has heard of famous musicians like Mozart or Beethoven. Vienna is

mostly associated with the centre of classical music.

� Last but not least, German is not a very hard language to learn. As stated

already, German language as much in common with English and Dutch. So as

an English speaker, you already have a big advantage. Modern English as well

as modern German both developed from Germanic. Moreover, German is a

phonetic language, meaning that you pronounce the words just like you write

them. That makes everything much easier.

L e a r n t o s p e a k G e r m a n w i t h t h e B i r k e n b i h l A p p r o a c h

The Birkenbihl Approach is a special language learning method that has been

developed for brain-friendly and easy language learning. The underlying secret is

that the brain first needs to be exposed to the language for a while, before the

learner makes any attempt to speak the language. The same procedure occurs when

children learn how to speak their native language. Basically, the learning process

involves active and passive listening. Active listening means listening to a recording

of the foreign language, German in this case, and at the same time reading the

translation of this text. Passive listening, on the other hand, is listening to the

recording of the text without reading the translation into the mother tongue. Passive

listening might happen during the learner engages in other activities.

This language learning approach has proven successful for any foreign language and

any level of previous knowledge. The language learning technique can be employed

to any text and any language. Computerized language learning software is offered as

well, to make learning German easier than ever.

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