Thank you so much for your work here. I'm older now and learning another language that has had some influence on Amercian English can be difficult because of bad pronunciations. The way you teach is perfect for my brain. All the little details and WHY they are there is the information I need. Danke
So looking forward to these new videos from German with Laura. Looking forward to see what is coming from our great German instructor. Anyone not subscribed yet make sure you do as you don’t want to miss any new content that comes out.
You explain it in a fun and practical way, and you do it for free, it's really great. My German is between A2-B1, but most of the topics were not fully understood in my mind. Thanks to your videos and methods, I am completing the missing points. Thank you very much teacher Laura :))
I have been watching all your old videos and I cannot tell you hope happy I was to see that you have new uploads 😊 i absolutely love tour style of teaching. For someone who has been living in Munich for almost two years now and still struggling to converse in German, your videos gives me confidence in my German language skills. Thank you Laura. Looking forward to more videos
Thank you Laura for making it known how challenging learning the language can be but making it feel easy. Your style is the best at it that I've come across. Now I feel like I have a real chance to learn to conversate in German. Thank you so much.
23:10 my German professor in college suggested for umlauts to form the letter with your lips and then try to say a long "e". So make the "o" lips shape while saying "ee" and you can get pretty close to that "ö" sound. 😊
Laura, I love your teaching style. I'm currently taking your German Foundations course and it's terrific!🤗 I am so excited to have found this particular video on sounds and pronunciation.👏 I absolutely love the sound of German and you make it so much easier to understand (and to start in the kiddie pool instead of jumping in the deep in and hoping to swim ).😉 Thank you for the work you do. I look forward to absorbing every single word you say and hopefully sound as lovely as you when I speak the language.🙂
Wow this has really helped as I can see much better after buying a new tablet to see the words alot clearer!! I like how you pronounce the German words and see the spellings too. I will continue studying your videos until I am comfortable with my progress!!!! Danke!!😊❤❤!!!!
love your lessons. especially on the right method to study. i'm looking for advice about german test like goth or ecl and how to study for them as a beginner in german language. can you do video about that Bitte²
Extr@ is a nice sitcom for German and Spanish learners Hello aus Berlin as well (made by the BBC) but has frequent flashes..perhaps just the songs are helpful..
Hi there! Laura actually recommends these stages to learning: Grammar Vocabulary Reading Writing Listening Pronunciation While getting some beginner listening in sounds like a good idea, having some of the other aspects of German sorted first is our suggestion for success! Happy learning, Nicole GwL Team
Me again. I had a chance to speak to Laura after a meeting and wanted to correct myself. She said: "Starting right away with beginner pronunciation while listening to German music and singing along is a great option. Once someone is really reading to jump in, they would want grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening paired together, then writing and pronunciation." Sorry I got a little mixed up on the progression! So, I don't really have a series to recommend, but any music you can listen to in German would be a good starting place. Laura also has a video that talks about the learning progression here: th-cam.com/video/XyvhES5X4kc/w-d-xo.html Best, Nicole GwL Team
An idea here for a future video. Naturally, we are all very different in many aspects (e.g., the sound of our voices, the placement of our voices (some higher, some lower), physiognomy, accents, speaking habits, native languages, other (non-native) languages, learning abilities, age, and so on and so forth). But why is pronouncing German so difficult? Why is it so difficult going from one consonant to the next? What I am referring to is the *physical exertion* often required of a non-native German speaker to string together some basic, simple words into a sentence. I often find myself tensing my neck muscles (both back and sides) or my throat or my jaw or my tongue or my lips, often all of them at once, in order to produce and project the sounds I want and the exertion leaves me feeling exhausted. Also, I notice that native German speakers seem to produce their sounds at the front of the mouth. But I find myself often producing sounds in the back of my throat and then I am too far back to quickly reach the front for the next vowel or consonant. And it is not just going from consonant to consonant but also often, too, from vowel to vowel or consonant to vowel and vice versa. I am aware that insecurity and fear (over losing control in the moment, at any moment ---- control over using the right words, word order, conjugation, pronouns, declensions, and, of course, pronunciation) play a role in all this but is not all. Often if I focus on grammar then the pronunciation goes south. Or the opposite. Once in a blue moon everything comes together but not before a lot of trial and error, with no guarantee that the next time will go as well. So, to recap, what I am interested in is knowing how other non-native speakers of German have overcome the physical act of speaking German and how was relaxation of all muscles involved (and of mind) achieved and so forth. Thank you for your insights.
@@GermanwithLauraIt would be great if you could upload something on this topic sometime. It is a complicated subject for the reasons I mentioned, and probably more that I didn’t. Thank you.
Hallo Laura! Ein kleiner Tip: Wenn du deine Zuschauer begrüßt, sage nicht "Hallo Studenten", sondern sage "Hallo liebe Zuschauer" oder "Hallo ihr Lieben". Das Wort "Student" wird im Deutschen nur für Lehrlinge an einer Universität genutzt und ist in diesem Zusammenhang nicht gebräuchlich. Jemand, der eine Sprache in der Schule oder privat lernt und nicht studiert, ist ein "Lerner" oder "Schüler". Ist mir schon öfter aufgefallen, deswegen. Viele Grüße aus Münster in Westfalen!😅
Suddenly there are loads of Germans living near me. Some are very pretty but they are *such* hedonists. I prefer to keep them in the friend zone, all of them.
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Thank you so much for your work here. I'm older now and learning another language that has had some influence on Amercian English can be difficult because of bad pronunciations. The way you teach is perfect for my brain. All the little details and WHY they are there is the information I need. Danke
You're very welcome!
17:40 A good movie here on TH-cam is Nico's Weg about a man from Spain who comes to Germany to surprise his aunt.
So looking forward to these new videos from German with Laura. Looking forward to see what is coming from our great German instructor. Anyone not subscribed yet make sure you do as you don’t want to miss any new content that comes out.
Laura -Sie sind sehr schoene & gute Lehrerin. Danke
Thank you for watching!
So happy I found you Laura!! Love the apps but so much easier learning German from an adult North American English perspective!! Danke! Danke!
This is why I love what I do! I'm very glad to be a part of your learning German journey!
Du bist nett und super lehrerin
15:50 my German teacher taught us the z sound by having us say "let's" and then practice dropping the "le" part.
You explain it in a fun and practical way, and you do it for free, it's really great.
My German is between A2-B1, but most of the topics were not fully understood in my mind. Thanks to your videos and methods, I am completing the missing points. Thank you very much teacher Laura :))
So great to hear. Keep up the good work!
I have been watching all your old videos and I cannot tell you hope happy I was to see that you have new uploads 😊 i absolutely love tour style of teaching. For someone who has been living in Munich for almost two years now and still struggling to converse in German, your videos gives me confidence in my German language skills. Thank you Laura. Looking forward to more videos
Thank you so much!!
Fantastic resource for anyone diving into German! Thanks for making learning German so accessible!
Happy to help!
Thank you Laura for making it known how challenging learning the language can be but making it feel easy. Your style is the best at it that I've come across. Now I feel like I have a real chance to learn to conversate in German. Thank you so much.
You can do this!
Es ist einfacher für the beginner. Vielen Dank.
Suppper Teacher of German Language for me
Laura’s lessons are the best !
Danke, Sie sind großartig.
Laura, you are the best Lehrer!!!!
lehrerin
Super teacher for students
Your learning way makes me wo open my mind to a total new way idea to face German easier than what I expected ....
Thanks ma'am, so easy with you, deep appreciation to you ma'am
23:10 my German professor in college suggested for umlauts to form the letter with your lips and then try to say a long "e". So make the "o" lips shape while saying "ee" and you can get pretty close to that "ö" sound. 😊
Thanks for the suggestion!
Your teaching is Marvelous!
Wunderbar. Danke schön
Glad it was helpful.
Laura, I love your teaching style. I'm currently taking your German Foundations course and it's terrific!🤗
I am so excited to have found this particular video on sounds and pronunciation.👏
I absolutely love the sound of German and you make it so much easier to understand (and to start in the kiddie pool instead of jumping in the deep in and hoping to swim ).😉
Thank you for the work you do. I look forward to absorbing every single word you say and hopefully sound as lovely as you when I speak the language.🙂
So glad to hear you are enjoying German Foundations! Thanks for studying with me!
Thank you, excellent way to explain
Sehr glücklich mit dir Lehrer!
Vielen Danke!
This really helped with some pronunciations. Thank you.
I'm so glad!
Wow I thank God for you Laura… your classes and style of teaching is really helping me learn German ❤
I'm so glad!
Awesome girl, awesome teacher.
Vielen Dank😊
Wow this has really helped as I can see much better after buying a new tablet to see the words alot clearer!! I like how you pronounce the German words and see the spellings too. I will continue studying your videos until I am comfortable with my progress!!!! Danke!!😊❤❤!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
danke frau laura
very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Super pronounciation tips
love your lessons. especially on the right method to study. i'm looking for advice about german test like goth or ecl and how to study for them as a beginner in german language. can you do video about that Bitte²
Great suggestion! I'll add it to the list!
-Nicole, GwL Team
Extr@ is a nice sitcom for German and Spanish learners
Hello aus Berlin as well (made by the BBC) but has frequent flashes..perhaps just the songs are helpful..
Frau Laura du bist interesante und super Leherin
Thank you!
👏👏👏I love it
Early for the class
Hello do you also provide one on one class? Especially online class? 😢
Thanks for asking! Laura would consider private tutoring, but only after students complete all of her online courses first. :) -Nicole , GwL Team
Hi Laura, can you recommend any series to watch as a beginner to practice listening? Hopefully available here at TH-cam! Thanks!
Hi there! Laura actually recommends these stages to learning:
Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading
Writing
Listening
Pronunciation
While getting some beginner listening in sounds like a good idea, having some of the other aspects of German sorted first is our suggestion for success!
Happy learning,
Nicole
GwL Team
Me again.
I had a chance to speak to Laura after a meeting and wanted to correct myself. She said:
"Starting right away with beginner pronunciation while listening to German music and singing along is a great option. Once someone is really reading to jump in, they would want grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening paired together, then writing and pronunciation."
Sorry I got a little mixed up on the progression! So, I don't really have a series to recommend, but any music you can listen to in German would be a good starting place.
Laura also has a video that talks about the learning progression here: th-cam.com/video/XyvhES5X4kc/w-d-xo.html
Best,
Nicole
GwL Team
An idea here for a future video. Naturally, we are all very different in many aspects (e.g., the sound of our voices, the placement of our voices (some higher, some lower), physiognomy, accents, speaking habits, native languages, other (non-native) languages, learning abilities, age, and so on and so forth). But why is pronouncing German so difficult? Why is it so difficult going from one consonant to the next? What I am referring to is the *physical exertion* often required of a non-native German speaker to string together some basic, simple words into a sentence. I often find myself tensing my neck muscles (both back and sides) or my throat or my jaw or my tongue or my lips, often all of them at once, in order to produce and project the sounds I want and the exertion leaves me feeling exhausted. Also, I notice that native German speakers seem to produce their sounds at the front of the mouth. But I find myself often producing sounds in the back of my throat and then I am too far back to quickly reach the front for the next vowel or consonant. And it is not just going from consonant to consonant but also often, too, from vowel to vowel or consonant to vowel and vice versa. I am aware that insecurity and fear (over losing control in the moment, at any moment ---- control over using the right words, word order, conjugation, pronouns, declensions, and, of course, pronunciation) play a role in all this but is not all. Often if I focus on grammar then the pronunciation goes south. Or the opposite. Once in a blue moon everything comes together but not before a lot of trial and error, with no guarantee that the next time will go as well. So, to recap, what I am interested in is knowing how other non-native speakers of German have overcome the physical act of speaking German and how was relaxation of all muscles involved (and of mind) achieved and so forth. Thank you for your insights.
That's an interesting idea. I might just put that on the list for the future. Thank you for sharing.
@@GermanwithLauraIt would be great if you could upload something on this topic sometime. It is a complicated subject for the reasons I mentioned, and probably more that I didn’t. Thank you.
I learned the soft one is the same sound as when we mimic a cat's hiss
Wo ist die PDF-Datei?
Oops, thanks for pointing this out! We forgot about the PDF. *facepalm* Check back in a few days and we'll have it up. Sorry for the wait!
germanwithlaura.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pronunciation-Guide.pdf
Here is the link. Thank you for your patience and I hope you find this helpful.
Hallo Laura! Ein kleiner Tip: Wenn du deine Zuschauer begrüßt, sage nicht "Hallo Studenten", sondern sage "Hallo liebe Zuschauer" oder "Hallo ihr Lieben". Das Wort "Student" wird im Deutschen nur für Lehrlinge an einer Universität genutzt und ist in diesem Zusammenhang nicht gebräuchlich. Jemand, der eine Sprache in der Schule oder privat lernt und nicht studiert, ist ein "Lerner" oder "Schüler". Ist mir schon öfter aufgefallen, deswegen. Viele Grüße aus Münster in Westfalen!😅
Thank you so much for your comment! I appreciate the reminder!
pdf where
Oops, thanks for pointing this out! We forgot about the PDF. *facepalm* Check back in a few days and we'll have it up. Sorry for the wait!
germanwithlaura.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pronunciation-Guide.pdf
Here is the link. Thank you for your patience and I hope you find this helpful.
❤
Hola, alguien quiere practicar alemán conmigo? Hablo un poco, o si saben inglés y quieren aprender español.
Helene Fischers musik
Greetings Lehrer Laura thanks to the Almighty God for your services, can you take my hand so we can walk together
😞 *promosm*
أنت ترثارت وكثيرة الكلام
I wish I had a German girlfriend..lol.
Suddenly there are loads of Germans living near me.
Some are very pretty but they are *such* hedonists.
I prefer to keep them in the friend zone, all of them.