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Originally Posted by Jim P.
To this day if somebody asked me to recite some of this stuff out loud from these non-English sources it would sound like gibberish to the native speakers.
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.. every thing is available on-line nowadays, even the dictionary.. it really is easy to improve or keep what knowledge you've got ticking over with the interactive language resources on the net - many with English/American tutors....check out the Deutsche Welle site at
http://www.dw-world.de which has hundreds of video clips and podcasts on demand to suit all levels - scroll down to 'Learning German with podcasts' and there's a whole range of material to download.. Alltagsdeutsch, Top-Thema mit Vokabeln, Stichwort, Im Gespraech, Slow German, German Word Daily, guter Umgang etc etc. With i-Tunes software these can all be downloaded quickly and free of charge...
..if you have some background and want more formal instruction check out my friend Laura's German grammar pod...the lovely Laura will talk you through verbs, tenses, cases
http://germangrammarpod.blogspot.com/
http://german.about.com is also worth checking out ..their aerospace glossary is here
http://german.about.com/library/blraumf.htm
..it'll be a while before you can read everything our favourite German authors have written - some of the longest sentences known to mankind - but it'll come....
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