FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY 🇩🇪 Real Fears of Speaking German + How We Conquer Them

Описание: Did you know that Foreign Language Anxiety is an actual phenomenon? There are articles all over the internet about it. It's something foreigners experience while living and being immersed in a foreign culture. We didn't anticipate feeling as much anxiety as we have this past year of speaking and learning German! It can be quite a challenge to work through the fear and be brave enough to speak and try anyway. In today's video, we share six ways speaking German while living in Germany has, well, freaked us out, plus how we overcome the fears and speak anyway! And please note some of these are challenges that anyone living in a country with a language that is foreign to them could be experiencing.

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How We Are Learning German and Making Friends Before We Even Move to Germany -    • 🇩🇪 How We are Learning German and Making F...  
Will Germany Let Me Stay? Problems with my Residence Permit, Driver's License and Health Insurance -    • Will Germany Let Me Stay? 🇩🇪 Problems with...  

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🇩🇪 See how we spent our first Christmas season in Germany (it was magical!) -    • First Time Trying German Christmas Sweets!...  

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///CHAPTERS - Jump to Your Favorite Part//
0:00 - Intro, Snow Scenes from our Backyard
02:38 - Anxiety #1 - We can feel silly and have a hard time being beginners again.
03:24 - Anxiety #2 - It can be hard to remember all of the complicated German grammar and long compound words.
12:25 - Anxiety #3 - Talking on the phone is scary - ACK!
13:36 - Anxiety #4 - Listening comprehension can be really hard! We'd prefer to text or chat on WhatsApp.
17:25 - Anxiety #5 - Feelings of guilt and shame for not being fluent in German yet.
20:15 - Anxiety #6 - Worrying about our kids and their happiness and success.
23:56 - Join us next week as we celebrate our ONE-YEAR anniversary of being in Germany!!

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