I entered both the German and French 90 Day Challenges with the following thoughts in mind.
Overall goal - Obtain the ability to Read books in German and French ( being the Languages that primarily make up English)
At some point be able to understand regular speech patterns and someday speak if interested (not interested now)
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Reach Advanced Level two in German. I was a couple of thousands words from Advanced one and I was able to read through most written materiel.
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Reach Advanced one in French from slow start. Secondary focus to German
Method at beginning,
in German I am using the book “The Swarm” as I have it in both German and English . I am going through the German book right now and adding known words to my total. Once I have completed that task I am going to start reading the book as a book chapter by Chapter first in German and then in English to test myself for understanding.
After the 90 day challenge is complete I am going to take a break from German and just read for interest.
I will then turn my focus to French and try to obtain Advanced two there.
I will dabble in dutch as well.
In the French Challenge I am using the book “Les Rois Maudits” to mainly ADD cognates to my total. I am finding it amazing how many cognates there are. I am not really trying to understand more than the single words and once I have completed the blue word conversion I will start to read for understanding.
I really enjoyed the Lingq Method and this will be the main way I learn languages in the future. Gaining vocabulary is key I believe.