#Need help! don't really have motivation!

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hard zodiac
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I have been learning german for about three months now. At first I was using a book and stuff, then i only started using Duolingo. I recently have lost my streak and really any motivation I have left. I want to learn german but this other stuff isn't clicking for me.

wanton shoal
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well, I guess you want learning to seem like a game. If you have a friend which is also interested in german, he may motivate/help you a lot. If you re alone atm though, you re gonna need imo to make a short list of resources at least, and depending on your needs, figure out yourself about "what to do".
Simply treat learning in general like if you were playing a videogame, and it s gonna do wonders...

honest sky
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And don't worry about Duolingo. It stops being useful quickly so there's no benefit to keeping up a streak there and you would have to move on eventually anyway.

hard zodiac
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blissful wingBOT
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Nicos

Nicos Weg is a free online program aimed at helping people learn German. It includes video, audio, text, grammar explanations, notes, vocabulary, and exercises. It also includes very useful cultural and bureaucratic information, such as how to open a bank account, while teaching you the relevant grammar and vocabulary.

It’s fairly popular and well-recommended, but keep in mind that you can’t learn a language with only one resource, even if it’s a good one!

You can find the courses here: https://learngerman.dw.com/en/overview/

You can also see various other courses for learners by dw.com here: https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469/

honest sky
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This is a popular one you can try out.

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faq beginner

blissful wingBOT
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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips
  • Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
  • Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
  • Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
  • For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
  • You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
  • Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
  • Ask as many questions as possible
  • Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German
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honest sky
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You can use this advice too.

vestal cloak
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I also would like to suggest to watch or passively listen to some "Easy German" videos when you are unmotivated. Even if you don't really understand, it may be helpful to get used to the language without putting too much the brain at work.
I think that I developed my Listening skills by doing it when I was unmotivated.

Nonetheless, as @wanton shoal told you, keep the resources list short.

honest sky
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The length of your resources list doesn't matter anyway. Variety is good. Having a lot of options depending on what you feel like doing is good.

vestal cloak
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That is true, but from my experience it may be overwhelming having too many of them.
But it might be also a matter of learning style. I mean, it helped to me a lot cutting it flushed_bread

honest sky