{"id":93077,"date":"2023-04-03T03:57:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/brush-up-on-german\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T07:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:50:05","slug":"brush-up-on-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/brush-up-on-german\/","title":{"rendered":"German Refresher: 12 Tips to Brush Up on German"},"content":{"rendered":"

After taking a break from learning German it can feel like you’ve forgotten almost everything. But you don’t need to start over again from scratch, you just need some ways of jogging your memory: a refresher.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ve done it myself, and here I’ll be sharing some of the best ways you can brush up on your German skills.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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1. Know Where to Start as a Relearner<\/h2>\n

Of course, not all relearners will start relearning from the same place. Some need to work on their vocabulary, while others need to brush up on their grammar. Still others may want to target one or more of the vital language skills\u2014reading, writing, listening and speaking.<\/p>\n

If you’re not quite sure what you need to work on, you can take a sample\/mock version of the Goethe-Zertifikat<\/a>. If you’re short on time, any of these quick German quizzes will do. Based on the results, you can figure out what you need to focus on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aside from identifying your strengths and weaknesses with the German language, you might also want to set specific learning goals<\/a>. For example, do you want to achieve native-level proficiency within a year or so? Or do you want to learn just enough German to get by during your upcoming 90-day stay in Deutschland<\/em>? In any case, your goals are up to you.<\/p>\n

2. Play German Movies with Subtitles<\/h2>\n

What better way to jog your memory of your rusty German than by seeing (and hearing) the words you know (and the words you don’t know) in action via movies?<\/p>\n

Since you’re at the refresher stage, I suggest loading up on German movies with English subtitles<\/a>. Not only will subtitles help you understand what’s happening on the screen, but they can give you valuable language lessons, too.<\/p>\n

In case you can’t sit through a couple of hours of pure German yet, you could also play shorter movie clips for now. You can find plenty of authentic, subtitled German clips on the language learning platform FluentU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.<\/p>\r\n

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