I'll just update what I did over the weekend. I usually watch some dubbed cartoons on the weekend but I didn't get around to doing that this time. I was busy building up a mt bike and visiting friends who were back from college.
Anyway I never got around to trying to shadow some podcasts. I'm disappointed but I'm not going to let it get me down. I did however 'read' a book. I got a kindle last spring and I love it! One the best things about it is finding free books in German! I had downloaded a bunch a free 'kids' books a while back but I wasn't ready for them. So after succeeding in understanding most of this book (Very good book. Murder Mystery. Vocab at the end of every chapter. An ideal book for learning.) two weeks ago, I decided to try to read another one. Sure I didn't understand everything but I was able to comprehend what was happening and sometimes figure out the words I didn't know through context. Succeeding in that inspired me to go find some more. So I did. All I did was search "German Edition" in Amazon under Kindle books and then filtered the results since there are a ton! Even though they are 'kids' books, they are still going to be a challenge for me. I've been really thinking about how I'm going to build my vocab and I think reading is really going to help me.
At this point I'm not much of a speaker. I've been in my silent period for awhile! I tend to agree more with Steve Kaufmann on this subject. I think someone should begin speaking when they feel comfortable rather than right away. Although for some that may be right away. I would recommend however that one learns how the language is pronounced and listen to it a lot so that you get familiar with it and are not pronouncing incorrect in your mind when you read.
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