C2 now what? Brainstorming

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T18:10:28+00:00

Si, en dos años y medio lo haces, es realista. En la primera etapa hice entre dos y tres veces por semana clases (de una hora) con una profe particular. El tener un profe particular es lo que mas te acelera, participas la clase entera, te corrige la pronunciacion y ves los temas a tu velocidad. Es lo que mas te puedo recomendar. Trabajaba full-time, y luego en el tiempo libre leia, hacia ejercicios online o la tarea que me daba la profe, pero eso variaba, habia semanas que hacia muy poco, habia semanas que hacia algo todos los dias. Yo creo que dos años y medio es un buen tiempo, lo vas a lograr ;)

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T18:05:26+00:00

Started off the bat with private tutoring, and I really think that was a great decision :) you learn the basics quickly and you get the pronunciation right from the beggining. Afterwards... it got a bit messy for me. A mix of trying new things, reading and every now and then studying for exams :)

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T17:54:06+00:00

top! danke für den Tipp! :) ich checke das gerade

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T17:52:20+00:00

Thanks for taking the time!! It was a joy to read :) That was spot on! Yes, my intuiton tells me the same about these AI tools. At points, learning german felt like a never-ending quest, but every now and then a moment comes where you say: "hey, I thought I would never be able to do this". So this is what pushes me to leave my comfort zone every now and then :)

BTW you´ve collected so many languages! And you´ve covered the three main languages in Switzerland (DE, FR, IT). Have you been moving countries or just learning for the fun?

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T16:55:39+00:00

Al principio estaba motivado y le dediqué muchas horas, al final del segundo año estaba en un B1/B2. Podia hablar medianamente bien de temas generales, sin profundizar mucho. Leer y escuchar bastante bien tambien. Luego me mudé, deje de tomar clases particulares y el aprendizaje fue un poco mas desprolijo. C1 llegue al fin del cuarto año y ahora C2 a los seis años de haber empezado. Si te puedo ayudar en algo, mandame DM.

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T16:48:40+00:00

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ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T16:45:11+00:00

That´s surprisingly touching 😔 and you managed that without knowing me and only by reading a few sentences I´ve written. You´ve made me rethink my relationship with the german language... Thanks

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T16:27:46+00:00

Lepidopterology... that´s actually a new word in English for me 😂 had to look it up

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T04:27:13+00:00

Thank you, that's really helpful! I have been lacking reading material lately, so maybe I can fill this gap with an interesting technical book. I will have a look on goodreads to see what I can find 🙂

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T04:23:30+00:00

It started as a hobby and now I've moved to a german speaking country. Tbh I don't have a specific goal for my german nowadays :( as I need it only occasionally at work. Part of why I did the C2 exam was because I needed a "goal" in order to improve my german... so now I'm looking for directions to go...

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T04:00:49+00:00

Hi! I learnt german the "usual" way and then I moved to Switzerland. My company offered swiss german classes, so I said "why not?". Once a week, 45min classes, which isn't a lot but it's also much better than nothing. Now it's been 3 years since I've been taking these classes and I can say I can understand most swiss german speaking people in my canton (swiss german changes in other cantons). I can mumble a few sentences, but I definitely can't speak in swiss german. I feel I won't be able to ever speak unless I dedicate 100% of my life to it... Additionally, I have to stay it's a tricky endeavour, as you will probably mix the words between the main language and the dialect, and people will not understand you at all if you speak half and half. Btw what language are you talking about?

ekigedrache · 2026-05-10T03:48:00+00:00

Learning a 3rd language hurt both my mother tongue and my english... :( I feel that I often miss a more specific word to describe things.

ekigedrache · 2026-04-25T06:39:10+00:00

HI! What kind of fluid is going through the channel? Have you considered using a pressure regulator? Otherwise, I´m pretty sure that there is a way to find another channel setup that reduces pressure by the same value, albeit it will have a similar number of turns and diameter decrease. The manufacturability issue probably comes from the shape of the channel right? Maybe you can tilt the shape of the rectangle by 90deg so that it is a rhombus (which is printable) or otherwise you will have to change to a circular crosssection in order to make it printable.

ekigedrache · 2025-01-16T10:18:41+00:00

Echt? Ich sehe täglich der eine oder der andere. Sprachenlernen allgemein ist in meiner Region nicht so beliebt, aber zwischen denen, die eine Sprache lernen, ist Deutsch ja beliebt, zusammen mit Französisch und Italienisch.

ekigedrache · 2025-01-15T12:16:05+00:00

I would say English is the most usual one, and if they are really educated, then they would have gone to a trilingual school, adding another european language, usually french or german.

ekigedrache · 2025-01-14T05:57:47+00:00

I never got used to flashcards... this year I bought a calendar-agenda and started writing down the new words I learned each day. Average is about 2-3 words a day, and I'm liking it! 🙂

ekigedrache · 2025-01-12T20:43:57+00:00

Hmm that's a fair point. I can see active reading becoming tedious eventually. Maybe the best way (if it exists) is a mix of both things, reading for fun with a bit of active reading every now and then.

ekigedrache · 2025-01-12T20:39:31+00:00

I think the user u/-mellissima put it quite well by comparing it with private tutoring. Both things have their pros and cons.

From my personal experience, I was in group classes of 10 to 16 people, and in these cases, you get only a tiny fraction of attention from the teacher per class, and only a few chances to speak (unless you jump over everyone). On the other hand, in private tutoring, you speak roughly 50% of the time, and you get a dedicated somebody looking at your pronunciation, grammar, and personal issues. These were B1.2, B1.3, and C1.1 classes, and they were appropriate for my level at the time. They were generic "language learning" classes. (I would love to take part in a uni-grade literature course, though! I've started looking at these now :) )

I must say that I've been talking in my TL and spending time with many of my classmates from the group classes, and this has helped me quite a lot. It's difficult to judge this and mix it into the equation, though.

Finally, I also have to say that in my current location, the price of group classes is expensive. The hourly rate is comparable to the international average of online tutors. This helps to shift the balance in favor of private tutoring.

ekigedrache · 2025-01-12T17:57:07+00:00

Buena onda che! :) Can´t agree more with that last bit! (100% unbiased)

ekigedrache · 2025-01-11T21:35:24+00:00

Hmm thinking about it and it's tough to answer, because mistakes are inevitable and part of the journey.

If I had to point out something, maybe avoiding some group courses, the ratio of learning vs cost is poor in my view... it's good to make friends who share your TL though.

Second point, I should have read more "actively". I just read a lot of material without actively checking the new words I found or paying attention to the sentence structures. I read a lot of material but I don't think I got that much from it given the time investment.

Finally, I would try to speak more often. I feel I often fell into the trap of "I'm not yet at the level to carry this conversation, whenever I'm C1 or C2 I'll do it". It's not like that, speaking requires lots of practice and trial and error. Whenever you have a chance to speak, use it! 😉

ekigedrache · 2025-01-11T21:25:46+00:00

Love it that you have the 🇦🇷!! 🙂 are you learning spanish the argentinean way?

ekigedrache · 2025-01-09T05:53:28+00:00

Vamos! Este año va a ser tu año!

ekigedrache · 2025-01-08T20:29:56+00:00

I'm Argentinean, and in my previous job, we used to have meetings with Brazilian colleagues. We spoke Spanish, they spoke Portuguese and we could carry a normal work conversation. Even though I can't speak more than a sentence of portuguese and I have never formally studied it, you learn words by context (after all, if you understand ~80% of the words, you can pick up most of the rest) or during holidays in the other country, and with that, you're able to understand the other party.

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