Hi! 

I tried to search the Discussions to see previous posts about this but couldn't find the Search feature. 

In July I will take the TestDaF. My current German level is a bit all over the place as I've been self-studying for the past year. I will be taking a placement test at a language school in 2 weeks to see if I can get into their TestDaF Vorbereitungskurs as I have some friends who have taken the course and it's really helpful. At this point I know my German is not good enough for the course so I'm really intensively studying. 

My question: does anyone have tips on how to improve my writing skills? With listening and reading I'm decent, speaking I'm okay, but writing is atrocious (hence this is in English). Does anyone have tips for how to improve my writing skills quickly? I'm NOT looking for something 'easy' as I know this is hard work and I am putting in the time/effort. I can write, just slowly and with some grammar checks, so I guess I'm just looking to see if anyone has any tips on how to start/what kinds of exercises might help. As of now I'm doing a lot of dictation as well as writing short responses to prompts/topics that I will likely see on the placement test or TestDaF (positives/negatives, graph responses, etc...) but I rely way too much on dictionaries/Google. 

Any help for anything with the TestDaF is welcome! Danke! :) 

Hi All!

Has anyone else purchased the 'Teach Yourself Language Hacking' books? I bought all 4 as I will use all of them at one point or another, but I am super disappointed that in order to hear the audio you have to download it all to your phone (and it can't go into your normal audio files/player).

Has anyone else purchased them and found a way to listen from their laptop? They take up a LOT of space on my phone so I'm glad I just got a new phone...anyone know how to stream the audio files instead?

Thanks!

-Rosie

Hola!

I've decided to take the DELE B2 exam in October and if anyone has any tips I'd very much appreciate them!! I mainly need to improve my grammar as that is where I struggle most.

I'm currently low-B1 and am taking the test so I can keep motivated and have a goal to work towards/don't slack off! 

Muchos gracias!!

-Rosie

P.S. Lo siento if this has been asked before...I'm on the mobile site and can't search through the discussions! 

Hola! 

Estoy estudiando español y me encanta los programas de cocina!

(I am typing the rest in English because it would take a long time to write this in Spanish!)

I am a big fan of cooking so I love Masterchef and Top Chef. I have already watched them in their English versions (for Australia, US, Canada, etc...) and since I am studying Spanish through immersion at home (while in an English-speaking country) I am only watching Spanish language television!

I would really like to find some more *Latin American* Spanish language shows to watch. I am currently watching Argentina's Masterchef, but since it's new there are only 3 episodes. 

Does anyone have any suggestions for other cooking shows? 

I am looking for Latin American Spanish shows. Spain has their own Masterchef and TopChef which I can watch, but their accent is more difficult for me to understand right now. 

Gracias! 

-Rosie