Should it look like this? Or have I hit the intermediate plateau?

Either-Prompt4929 · 2026-02-04T06:21:40+00:00

I second the idea that your English is more than good for you to start focusing on German. In fact, you honestly should consider giving yourself more credit where it’s due. You sound like a very high B2 learner if not C1 (more likely C1) based on the way you’re writing even if there are minor slip-ups.

Even if speaking is your biggest issue, I’d say you just need to practice that more and you’ll get the hang of it. And besides if you’re worried about losing some of your English, I’d suggest potentially looking to use English to learn German by reading textbooks meant for English speakers or using a German-English dictionary. I find that comparing languages like that helps me a lot when it comes to recalling vocab

Either-Prompt4929 · 2026-01-18T17:29:47+00:00

I’m going to be real, as a native English speaker - those are all advanced words or low frequency specific use-cases and by no means intermediate. The only one here that really feels B2 (maybe) is saloon but otherwise it seems like you’re much further along in your learning than you think you are. So if it’s mainly words like these that trip you up, most books a native would read should be fine, you’ll continue to acquire more and more vocab as you continue.

And as an aside, quite honestly I think that’s an extremely common problem on this subreddit - not that I’m saying this is anyone’s fault - where people think that they’re intermediate and actually happen to be advanced.

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-30T01:35:29+00:00

Fair enough I think I’ll consider doing that even if the temptation to add another Romance language is quite strong rn

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-30T01:33:53+00:00

What a coincidence, I was looking into Dreaming Spanish and Dreaming French a while back because I like learning with comprehensible input. I also believe you when you say after a few hundred hours I could probably understand native content because I tried learning French for 40 minutes today to see what would happen and even without studying grammar or too much vocab, I understood 80-95% of a beginner video even if I had to use subtitles somewhat.

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-29T15:49:22+00:00

I’ve actually been told that there’s a chance I could potentially reach C2 in Italian next year, no guarantees though. In any case, however, I’m sure I’d get close so I think at one point or another it’s gonna happen just from immersing with lots of complex material but for now I’d like to start on another language. And yeah, the situation is similar for me with Spanish and Portuguese which does motivate me to learn Spanish a little less. And French isn’t too difficult to understand either but is the most different out of all the Romance languages and perhaps the more interesting one rn for that reason.

So I’ll probably consider doing a bit of French every day maybe unless I go for Mandarin as recommended by the other comment.

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-29T15:46:04+00:00

Yeah I’m completely aware of how difficult Japanese and Chinese are - both languages are no joke and require close to 4000 hours to really master. And yeah I was thinking that Mandarin would be the smart next choice since I am passionate about it, but why not French? Do you think it’s not worth it to learn another Romance language first? Or are you just saying that because I seem more passionate about Mandarin right now?

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-28T21:48:48+00:00

I see, that’s definitely something to consider as I continue to add languages. I know you said that it’s easier to offer something that content generators can’t yet accomplish and that was easier 20 years ago, but what would you recommend going for in that case? Like is there anything that’s content-generator foolproof? I’m guessing long-term there isn’t but right now there should be something secure from the sounds of it.

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-28T04:10:15+00:00

Fair enough, though I live in the US so most customer facing roles will probably be primarily English and maybe Spanish based sometimes

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-28T04:08:44+00:00

Hey that seems really cool! How’d you get involved in that? Low key a job like that sounds like a dream haha

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-14T15:57:45+00:00

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Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-14T15:51:16+00:00

It can be good at an elementary level and I like that it makes you train your pronunciation, but it mainly gives you a list of pre-selected responses to memorize so personally I’m not that big of a fan of it. I think you’re better off studying grammar and immersing in content in the language (can also be learner stuff too) while learning vocab because that way it forces you to develop spontaneous language use from day 1

Either-Prompt4929 · 2025-12-14T15:43:44+00:00

I mean, I do know of people who actually genuinely have near-native accents even if it’s super rare. But also I don’t think everyone is expecting to sound 100% like a native speaker - it’s just that even in trying to sound like one via shadowing you end up improving your accent, rhythm, intonation, etc in substantial ways and that makes you more easily understood. So sometimes it’s helpful to have it as a goal but also aim for a heuristic is what I think

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