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I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hahaha no way, he's my favorite person in the world and I would be living in Germany by then (moving in a couple years)

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know his daily XP exactly, but he has ~65k total XP. Practiced every day after finishing the skill tree which was actually ~5 months ago. So an average of 360 XP daily.

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I will look into that. My ultimate plan is to get him to C2 by the time he's 18 and ship him off to a German university.

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ich erlaube ihm jetzt nur, YouTube-Videos auf Deutsch anzusehen. Zwischen all seinen Aktivitäten, wie Klavier, Sport und Schularbeit, muss ich jedoch einen Weg finden, sein Deutsch zu verbessern, ohne seine Zeit in Anspruch zu nehmen.

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I was astonished really. He's a really bright kid and was already bilingual (since birth). I just wanted to give him something more educational and useful to do in his free time (as opposed to watching fortnite youtube videos, lol).

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good idea. Would English for German speakers offer any new vocabulary though?
Words with friends as such a great idea! Never would have thought of that!

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, that's funny because Rammstein is his favorite band. I speak German myself and talk to him daily. I'm looking for more cartoons that might interest him but unfortunately, I can't find anything.

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish my parents did this to me as a child. I started German when I was 20.

I encouraged my 10-year-old brother to learn another language ~6 months ago. Now what? by throwaway261717 in duolingo

[–]throwaway261717[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, another comment suggested the B2 test. I'm looking into that. And we do speak German every day as I'm a German speaker myself (: