These Resources Got Me to C1 German
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I recently reached C1 in German, and in this video, I will show you the exact resources I used to get there. I'll break them down by level. First, the beginner level, then the intermediate level, then the advanced level. But before we start, I need to say something. The way you use the resources is way more important than the resources themselves. You can have the best tools in the world, but if you don't use them consistently, nothing happens. Let's start with the beginner phase. First of all, YouTube. At the beginning, I kept it very simple. Notebook plus YouTube. Some channels I used are Your German Teacher, great for grammar and specific rules. Deutsch mit Benjamin, very good. He has a playlist for A1, really good playlist, I really recommend. And of course, the classic Easy German. It provides early exposure to real spoken German. Goethe-Institut channel, it has really interesting shows for German learners. One of them is Mein Weg nach Deutschland. I also started watching shows early, even kids shows, like Peppa Pig. I know it feels weird but just consider them as learning tools and learning materials, not as entertainment. Moving on to podcasts, at this level, I actually didn't listen to many podcasts. I listened to just one podcast, and it was Coffee Break German. Now for apps and websites, I used the Busuu app, or Busu, I don't know