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Hello,
A little background: My primary language is persian and i speak english pretty well. C1 i guess, but last time i took a test was 6yrs ago and i got b2. And eversince I've been living in an international environment needing english every single day that has made me improve drastically.
My problem is that my first experience of language learning for english, was basically it spawning into me. I did not learn HOW to learn a language. I consumed english content (A LOT) for the fun of it, and the dogpoop classes in school were basically of no help. Basic grammer plus bunch of vocab and thats was it from them. Granted that in B2 level and for the exam i had an amazing teacher who was literally perfect and unique.
Now that im learning german under some time constraint and having my B1 classes, i FEEL the need for content consumption, i feel that i'm missing plenty of vocab, some a bit more complicated grammars just need to be heard and read enough to master, not just by exercises.
And here i want to hear your opinion to adjust my expectations.
My level is too low to understand the contents enough, i have to pause every 10 mins to fight the urge of shooting myself, and all in all, there is Zero joy in this process. Too much analysis and learning on a small text. Too many things to learn.
Am i spoiled in regards of language learning? Is it what everybody experiences? Is the answer just "suck it up and take it"? Any advices is appreciated.
TL;DR: im spoiled by my experience of learning english, and now the difficulty of content consumption in german is halting my progress.
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