To illustrate my progress in German, I want to share that I understand about 85% of this speech without looking at the captions.
Yes, it helps that he’s talking about Spain. It would be much harder if I didn’t know the facts he’s referring to. Plus, he’s speaking into a mic and trying to be understood.
Still, these are great results to attain completely from Duolingo. I don’t even have a German notebook and never take any notes because I have no time.
Where I’m failing is the pronunciation. What comes out of my mouth sounds like nothing similar to how this man speaks. I have to keep practicing.
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Even the fact that you can hear how bad your pronunciation is is a good mark of progress.
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