5 Strategies to Improve your German Vocabulary

Today we are living in a world filled with digital platforms. We have a lot of information available on digital media which we can use or refer to, to increase our knowledge. We can learn how to make food, how to repair a laptop or desktop and so on. When we talk about learning a language, these digital platforms prove handy to learn any foreign language.

There are several languages like French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian etc that exist in the world around us. Let’s talk about one of the popular languages, German. German is spoken in countries like Germany, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg. When you start learning German, you get acclimatized with their values, ethics, culture, likes and dislikes.  

The German language is taught in the pattern of CEFR the world over. CEFR stands for Common European Framework of Reference. The CEFR helps a learner to officially validate their proficiency in the German language. There are six levels in CEFR, namely, A1 and A2 which is basic, B1 and B2, intermediate and C1 and C2, advanced. You can choose to give an exam of any level provided you have sufficient knowledge of the same level.

1. YouTube: YouTube is one of the biggest learning platforms. It offers video for almost everything and anything whether you wish to learn anything technical, increase your knowledge, or learn a new language. There are videos available on this platform that can help you improve your vocabulary in the German language. I am including some of the videos for your reference which you can watch: your convenience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl42wTJyXVk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nef5kSqmpes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B2bnH6qU-I,
2. Apps: Apps play an important role in our daily life. There are various apps that we often download on our smartphones. Some common apps are WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter etc. There are apps available on Google Play Store. We can refer to these to improve our vocabulary knowledge in the German language. I am including a few names of the apps which will help in improving your vocabulary: German Words. FlashCards. Vocabulary Builder, Learn German Vocabulary, Learn German  – 6000 Essential Words etc. Please note, these apps are available in Google Play Store.
3. Watching movies and serials: You can also watch serials and movies in the German language, which will help you in improving your vocabulary in this language. By watching movies and serials in the German language, you can enhance both, your speaking and listening skills. 
4. Self-talk in German: Self-talk in German will help you a lot in improving your vocabulary in the German language. Talking to yourself is likely to help you find mistakes. A German Language learner can seek help from a person who is at C2 level of German who can correct your mistakes.
5. Comic books in German: There are comic books available in the German language which will help you in enhancing your vocabulary. The basic advantage of reading comics in German is that it will help with the basics, that you need to have a fundamental vocabulary of the German language. Please click on the URL to find the name of the comics along with the details which will help you a lot: https://cutt.ly/xnU93FA.

There are other ways also available which you refer to improve your vocabulary skills in the German language. Please note that I have shared some of the best practices which you use. Multibhashi is an online platform that will teach you this language from the basics. Please have a look at this URL: https://cutt.ly/HnU3oD2.