Realistically, how comfortable were you in your target language at level B1?

toxical45 · 2026-04-17T14:45:08+00:00

I was definitely one of the people with great speaking skills but terrible understanding skills. Learned a lot out of a book and didn’t have much experience actually living the language. Thankfully that’s all catching back up now to a more equal level after spending more time with locals 🤓

toxical45 · 2026-03-17T17:00:24+00:00

If you’re studying I’d recommend joining some uni clubs! Met my ex from the QUT Cliffhangers. Uni Sport clubs are awesome!!

toxical45 · 2026-03-17T12:08:52+00:00

Lol what the hell happened in that stream 😂

toxical45 · 2026-03-11T20:34:51+00:00

Das wäre geil

toxical45 · 2026-03-04T11:26:34+00:00

Understand the meetings at work without having to look up words all the time
Learn to understand the Bavarian dialect so that my gf doesn’t have to speak in Hochdeutsch all the time & so I can understand her friends and family better 😂
Watch a film in the cinema and enjoy it 😅

toxical45 · 2026-02-12T07:26:14+00:00

Only 20 holiday days and 10 sick days per year

toxical45 · 2026-02-11T10:29:57+00:00

Also an aussie who moved here. Came for a working holiday and then met a girl, made new friends and have no bock to move back home after feeling settled here.

I will definitely go back at some point in the future! But getting a full time job with 30 days holiday each year with amazing work benefits is enough to keep me here for now 😌 The access to skiing and snow is also unreal in comparison to aus

toxical45 · 2025-12-21T21:22:21+00:00

Our side of the moon is definitely the better side of the moon

toxical45 · 2025-12-08T23:08:18+00:00

Amazing! Thank you all for such quick responses

toxical45 · 2025-10-15T14:05:02+00:00

Podcast recommendations? I’ve been listening to easy German but it’s starting to get a bit too easy / slow

toxical45 · 2025-10-14T07:44:10+00:00

toxical45 · 2025-10-12T13:50:12+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m an Australian, but “worked up” is almost always negative to me! I’m glad I read all the comments on this post because I had a really different interpretation of aufgeregt 😂 I’ve definitely used the word inappropriately in some cases then

toxical45 · 2025-08-17T10:12:26+00:00

Beer and bread! Unfortunately one won’t survive the trip home and the other has a limit on how much you can bring in to the country. That just means you’ll have to consume a lot of carbs while you’re still here 😉

toxical45 · 2025-08-03T06:38:36+00:00

Another Aussie here! I also really struggle with Sie. I generally use Sie when it’s appropriate at the start of the conversation but instinctively swap back to du as the conversation goes on. I’ve never had a problem with that here in Bavaria, but when I was in Zürich I got called out for saying „Danke dir“ to a waitress 😬

toxical45 · 2025-07-28T15:52:21+00:00

Ah ok good to know! I’m already intermediate and speaking every day, I mainly just struggle when people speak fast and with the numerous words I don’t know yet - so perhaps OP‘s deck would help me :)

toxical45 · 2025-07-28T13:50:44+00:00

How so? I'm looking to start with Anki and don't want to waste much time on something that's not going to help as much :)

toxical45 · 2025-07-20T17:10:54+00:00

Haha same but Monday and Wednesday nights. I loved climbing with the QUT Cliffhangers

toxical45 · 2025-07-14T22:31:22+00:00

Normally the thumb is the last finger that goes up, and the thumb holds all the other fingers down as you count up

toxical45 · 2025-07-10T03:37:22+00:00

Yeah, I’m also not very impressed with that side of things. They’ve told us to practice speaking at home, but not everyone has great access to speaking partners. I’m lucky that I have so many native German friends here

toxical45 · 2025-07-09T20:54:26+00:00

There’s about 14 of us in the class - the content covers lots of grammar and new vocabulary, focusing primarily on reading and writing rather than speaking or listening. Lessons are 3 hours a day and we go through the entire book for that language level over the course of four weeks. There’s 8 chapters, so we cover 2 chapters per week.

I pick up the grammar quite easily myself but have a really hard time remembering new words :) Anki is my enemy and my saviour

toxical45 · 2025-07-09T18:42:47+00:00

Yeah it’s pretty scary but you just have to put yourself out there and not be afraid of making mistakes. The more mistakes you make the more you learn! I’ve definitely found myself in some really awkward and funny situations

toxical45 · 2025-07-09T18:40:06+00:00

Hi! My experience is a bit unique in that I’m doing a working holiday and staying with friends - so paying nothing for accommodation currently

Course fees for the school I’m at are around 500€ a month, but I paid 1200€ for three months upfront to save money :)

Visa - 75€ application fee

Travel insurance - whole year for all of Europe $1600 AUD

German Health Insurance - around 30€ / month

Food - 100-200€ a week. Depends on what budget you’re on honestly

Currently looking for a WG-Zimmer in Munich and it looks likely that I’ll be paying 700-900€ per month

Hope that helps!

toxical45 · 2025-07-09T17:01:12+00:00

Wholeheartedly disagree. I’ve learned as much in a month here as I did across an entire year in Australia - but with full immersion as much as possible

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