Knowing how influential the Germans are in the development
of Classical and Modern Physics and the field of Nuclear Science that I delved
myself into seemed to ignite my passion to learn their speech. So, I took two
German classes for last year session, each level for each semester. For the first
level, I registered very late and I first entered the class on the second week
of October in 2013, it was on Monday as two days after, on Wednesday, a friend
of mine came to deliver a book which I asked to buy to be used for the German
class in which he gave for free. On February 2014, I started the second
semester.
Learning the language was so much fun for me as I started to
believe that I had a special liking to a highly structural language. I learnt
how to pronounce German letters which I found quite similar to the way the
Indonesians pronounce theirs, Trennbare Verben for two words that are combined
to form a verb which later can be splitted when forming a sentence, the
existence of three genders for pronouns or four if the plural form is
considered a gender, the nouns and their spellings in plural usages, and
well-known places in Germany and later it got harder as my lecturer started to
emphasize more on grammatical rules in Level 2. Thinking of having a latent
aptitude for language, I became the most active participant in the class and my
lecturer grew fond of me for quite a degree back then.
Well due to job and holidays, I had become dissociated from
the subject that I once hoped to continue to be tied with like forever. Honestly,
I have always wished to go to Germany and further my study there, therefore
mastering German is totally an advantage. But it can be perilous to open back
the book and start all over again. So I searched the internet and looked for
any software that I can possibly utilize to learn German in a way that will not
bore me.
There is this site Rocket Languages that offers an educational
software to assist people who are eager to learn foreign languages, to master
their language of interest with fun and consistence. The CEO and co-founder of
the website, Jason Oxenham claims they have reached 1,212,346 users from 196
countries worldwide since its establishment in 2004, been selected by PCMag as
their Editors’ Choice for language learning and been conferred on with the 19th
annual Best Educational Software Award.
The system to help people master German is the Rocket German
and it does so through seven strategies applied in every level of progress known as Rocket Express Learning System® . Firstly
the system accommodates your schedules. You can learn German during whatever
activity you are currently doing whether you’re walking, heading to workplace,
at the workplace, performing house chores or while getting rid some of the fats
at gym. This is all possible through the availability of applications that come with every Rocket German course which are accessible from any computer, tablet
or smartphone.
Secondly, Rocket German will drive learners to explore the
grammatical structures of German and explain in-depth the difference of German
sentence structure to English. German is highly structural, it is imperative to understand how particular words are arranged in a particular sentence form. Thirdly, the reinforcement of what you have
learnt under consistent basis. It has the Testing feature where their scientifically-designed
testing algorithm re-displays words and phrases that you are weak on to become
deeply embedded in your brain, which enables easy recalls whenever you’re going
to need to use them in conversation.
The fourth success strategy is the provision of Rocket Record
that allows you to record yourself saying any of the thousands of German words
and phrases in Rocket German. Pronouncing out loud words or phrases will
activate key areas of your brain to further reinforce the new connections that
are being made as you learn German. Rocket Record also acts as a voice
comparison tool to enhance your pronunciation and accent. Essentially, this is practical in acquiring the native tongue.
Fifthly, Rocket German uses the strategy of “Shadowing”, a
hyperglot method devised by Alexander Arguelles and he himself is a hyperglot.
A hyperglot is someone who masters six or more languages meanwhile a polygot is
someone who masters three to five languages, the more commonly known term.
Basically it is just about listening to recorded dialogues and repeating them
simultaneously and verbatim, and Rocket German provides audio tracks for the
purpose which are downloadable. The aim is to get to used to the words of
German without necessarily understanding the meanings first by encoding the
gist of them in your subconscious mind. This technique is similar to the way we
learnt our mother tongue, by repeating sounds exactly as you hear them. In the
end, you are able to master colloquial speech, accent and intonations of German
language.
The sixth strategy is, the system also provides an interactive forum of unlimited
24/7 lifetime online access constituting a team of German teachers, native speaker
and German enthusiasts who will answer all your German language questions. As a
basis for consistency, it is of utmost importance to keep ourselves motivated
and to actively being improved. We might have found ourselves getting engaged
in doing something that literally excites us that we virtually have an inability to
focus on anything else. Therefore Rocket Express Learning System® has been
designed to include a whole range of activities and features that will keep you
engaged, motivated, and on track such as Progress Tracking, Rating System to
rate how well you know, words, phrases, and lessons, Badges, Points and Leader board
to keep you motivated and coming back for more, Phrase Finder to find words and
phrases within different contexts throughout the course, My Vocab to store any
difficult to remember vocabulary, and many more. The system will consistently upgrade
their features and none of them will be charged.
Compared to other software packages that cost more than
$500, Rocket German costs only $259.90 covering full access to all three
levels. It turns out to be less than $1 per one hour of tuition. I never tried a learning software before, I think this might be just one. I have just registered for a free trial that will last for six days.
If you are interested to know more, you can access the information through this site,
Hopefully this will help anyone who wants to learn German out there :-)
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