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I am so screwed for my German oral in a week, so does anyone have and tips for how to learn 1 minutes worth of prewritten foreign language really quickly?
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repeat each line over and over and over and over and over again, untill its lodged in your brain and you will never forget it.. works for me in french... the only drawback is that you may end up having no idea what you are saying
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Don't do what I did and start speaking french in the middle of a German Oral!
It might be worth working out what you want to say in English beforehand, that way, you'll know what its about and (hopefully) that'll make it easier to remember the German!
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make a tape of it and listen to it lots.
good luck
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thanks guys, lots of helpfuyl tips, and i hope i dont speak french, but happily my french isnt at the same time so i shouldnt get too confused
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break all the sentances down seperatly, and the take yourself on a journy through the house. Place each sentance in a room and connect it to it somehow.
When your giving the presentation mentally take yourself through each room and pick up the sentances
Good luck! I've got mine today, except I don't have to do a presentation, just questions and roleplays.
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good luck to you
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Try Memorising some Deutsche Poetry, vellicht.........!!!
Enschuldidgung Bitte...
It's a very interesting story, Future Boy....!
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if it's a presentation, make a list of 10 or 15 keywords in the order you want to make your points, and try making up the sentences around them as you go along. If you do that long enough and memorise the words it'll seem much more natural than just learning the whole speech!!
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For my french gcse i took each word and drew it as a picture on a piece of paper - either as what the word was of or something that the word sounded like. it meant that then when i wasnt revising i wasnt just reading it off the sheet as words but had to think about it - so remembered it quicker. xxx
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Vanize is doing really well learning german, although, admittedly, he is living in Berlin.
Ask him for some tips for the basics
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Make sure you know what you're talking about, straight memorizing never works. I know that for myself, i have to think through what I'm supposed to be saying in english, and then I can at least try to formulate what I'm meant to have memorized if I get stuck.
Good luck!
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