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How's your language learning going this week? - Weekly thread (Jul 5) (lemmy.world)
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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I had my German B1.2 course exam. I haven't been a student for 15 years, and I'd forgotten how nervous an exam can make me.

Did I pass? I don't know yet. Maybe? Being in B1.2 was a stretch to begin with, as I tested to B1.1, but it wasn't offered by my program this term. I either went with A2.2 (boring) or B1.2 (stretching). I went big and it helped a ton, but I don't think I really reached a proficiency level that I'd consider B1.2 ready.

My general speaking and listening to German is quickly improving. If people don't speak at a million kph I can usually get most of it.

My reading and more complex grammatical structures are improving quickly.

I need to finish reading some B1/B2 books and keep speaking in public. I can feel my skills building, so that's a nice arc to be on.

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They say that B2 is roughly Youth Literature level, in that you should be reasonably comfortable with reading Momo or "Die Unendliche Geschichte".

Also the books are apparently approachable even at A2 but you know, a lot more lookups needed. B1 is a weird slog for sure.