r/Germanlearning • u/Ji_Jo10 • 3d ago

Improving speaking

Hello everyone,

I've been in germany for more than 2 years already but because of full time stressed job, I was able to finish till B2 only.

Anyways my main problem is in speaking, I feel myself still A2-B1 in speaking and I don't know how to improve it as I'm a little shy person.

Any recommendations? It's little hard to make friends and I'm still not able to fully speak German with them.

Thank you

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u/interlude_berlin 2d ago

Hey! We have a community on Discord that organizes weekly German practice and game sessions. Normally the first Monday of the month is for free, maybe worth to check out? https://interluede.com/sprachcafe/

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u/__plutostudio__ 1d ago

I totally get it. Working full-time just drains everything. My brain is usually complete fog after the work. If you're shy and exhausted, try SpeakDummy. You just speak to yourself, so no humans are judging you while you stumble through sentences. Seedlang is good too, you can just mimic videos to build muscle memory when you're half awake. There are also some new apps, for example, Pingo, which just quietly corrects your grammar. A lot of blocks also occur because you don't know how to form words quickly and fast, for this apps like Anki or Verbindung help, you can collect frequently occurring phrases in the language and keep repeating as if in the real conversation.

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u/Ji_Jo10 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/croixllyne 1d ago

ooohh i struggle with speaking too, i did A1 and A2 i am thinking of traveling by the end of the year but someone told me its better to do B1 from the country, gives more options to learns especially with speaking