How to Improve Your Speaking Skills in German A1 (Beginners)

1. Introduction: Hello, hat slash ville com. Hi and welcome to the course. How to improve your speaking skills in German. My name is Fakhri and I am so excited to guide you through this fun and practical journey to start speaking German with more confidence. This course is designed especially for beginners, whether you are just starting out or you're somewhere around the A one level, maybe you are already studied some vocabulary or grammar, but when it comes time to actually speak your free, get nervous, don't know what to say. Don't worry, that's totally normal and the best way to overcome it practice repetition, speaking out loud, and even even just to yourself. In this class, we will focus on real life everyday speaking skill, things like how to introduce yourself, how to talk about your hobbies in daily life, how to pronounce turkey German sounds, and how to build simple, useful sentences step by step. Each lesson includes speaking and clear examples you can follow and repeat. So let's get started. 2. Lesson 2: Alphabets and Sounds: Willkommen Suz Vitin lection, welcome to Lesson two. In this lesson, we're going to cover the most important cells in German, the one that are tricky for many learners, and they make your speaking sound more natural when done right. Why pronunciation matters? Good pronunciation helps people understand you, even if your grammar isn't perfect. And when you feel confident saying words out loud, you're more likely to speak up and practice. 3. Lesson 2.1: Let's Start with Alphabets: So let's start with the alphabet in brief. German uses the same alphabet as English with a few extra letters and different sounds. For example, beginning with R, you should repeat after me, B, B, C, C, stressed, DH. Ha yt, YotJ YotNoPEpson Epson set set. Okay. So you should repeat after me or you can pause again the video and repeat the errors as much as you can in case you get it totally. You probably notice that J is pronounced as Y, Yanua Yanuan inited Janua. W is like V in English, like vasa it's not a vasa Vassar, you can say Vassar, but better to say vasa A at the end like vasa. In German should be pronounced as F. The sound is so fataFtaJanu, Vasa t fat. We have as well special sounds like ih sound. This one is very unique to German. It's soft and breathy like you are whispering. Try this, for example, nicht nicht Nish, Milo. Slow it down, then say it again and slow it down as much as you can. Nil Air in German, how do we say air? It's not like in Spanish, not like in English. It's more in the back of your throat, especially at the start of wt. Example, wt. You can say rot, rot, rot. Rot. Read and read and bring and bring bring and read and root. What? Read and bring in practice saying, for example, I read, G Deutsch. I read, Gan Dutch I talk, I like to talk or German. I like to speak German. For example, I read Gana Deutsch. Okay? So yet Numa dra umlaut. Mls like the dollar dotted letters, um loud, oh loud oh loud. These are modified vowel and they change the meaning of words. Here's how they sound. For example, like A, in bed bed bed. O loud is A, machine, Machin, girl, machine, Ohm loud like Oh, in burn, burn, her, her. Oh loud has no English match. Say say E, for example, while shaping your lips like an O. What we're going to do right now is just to brand your mouth like that. And say at the same time E, like, oh, Mud Uber. Oh. Okay, so loud is Oh, you should round your mouse and say at the same time A. Oh out but with E rounding mouse with E. Okay, Mud Uber. Okay. What we do now is quick practice, like repeat after me, M Machin Machin Shun, sound Modbuba. Try as much as you can to repeat these words in order to practice it well and to say it to get it at the end. So it's like a tongue practice. In the next video, we talk about sharps Okay. So let's uh 4. Lesson 2.2: Practicing Sounds: Sharp as right now. And double S. Strasse is street, sounds like a strong S, Strass Strasse street. ST at the beginning of the word sounds like strong Strasser SN here, the SS, the SS is strong Stras soft S, like you say SN have a Strasse These are easy but worth pinting to train your ear, okay? Speaking tab, exaggerate the sound when you practice. It helps your mouth, remember how to feel. I might silly, sound silly, but it works. Practice with me, for example, let's go through a mini drill, repeat each word out loud. I Shun Strasbpreen, Hurenmtenrot. I shunts uber as presion. Pe, not Sepe sprechen, Hurn machen, out. On nichch. Good job. If you're saying them Olo, you're already training your mouth and ears and that's real progress. To wrap up the next lesson, we build our first complete sentences in German. Super useful ones you can start using right away. Let's click next lesson and let's keep going. 5. Lektion 3: Build Your First Sentences in German: Hello again in this course, how to improve your speaking skills in German. In this lesson, we're going to build your first sentences in German. We'll comment Zuk welcome back to the course. It means welcome back to the course. In this lesson, you will learn how to build your first full sentences in German. Clearly simply and with confidence. Let's get to start. The sentence structure in German, German sentences might seem confusing at first, but they actually follow a very clear pattern, especially at the beginner level. The most basic sentence structure is subject verb object, just like in English. An example, as an example, Lane Deutsch, Lane Deutsch, I learn or I'm learning German. I is I as a subject. Learning is learned as a verb and Deutsch as an object. Easy? Let's try a few more. Useful verbs to start with. Let's learn some verb that you can use in many beginner sentences. Verb Zine is verb to B. Haben is verb to have Zeb Zine hub. Okay. A common to come warnings Wagen warning he is silent, warning to live. Learning to learn, sprechen to speak spe Sp should be pronounced as spell let's say here SHP like SHP, Lannen W, as we said before, the sound is warning warning. Let's build simple sentences. Repeat after me slowly. Bin student means I'm a student bin student. Use GibonoEGibton. In Beirut in Bayreuth pressure Bischen Deutsch, I press and Bissen Deutsch as the Germans say Espress Bis Deutsch, Bissien Bissien above the correct the German standard Ein BissienJeut. I speak a little German. Noted that the verb always comes second in the sentence that's super important in German. Okay? So try to as well if you want to practice well these sentences and repeat after a minute pot the video and practice a lot as you can. Making now minute practice drill. Now let's do a little fill in the blank speaking practice. I'll say the beginning of the sentence and you complete it using your own information. Sobi spill is his so my name His means my name. I His let's say Fahri I Binan Yat is years old. I Bin Yara Alt. I been Bispil nonunspan Yara Alt. Yara should be capital letter and you should note that all the nouns should be must be capital letters. I aus, I come from, let's say Lebanon, aus dam bannon, aus, dam bannon. Each in each a in Lebanon in Lebanon, we should note that some of the country must be with articles and the others are with no articles. Each pressure, English, Bispel Ibsenduch and Spanish, Portuguese and the tam. Each pressure Deutch mb is Warner in perfect. You should practice these in order you could introduce yourself easily easily introduce yourself. You can put the video here and try repeating those sentences with your own details. Sentence building tips. Start with what we know short and simple. Don't worry about being perfect. Focus speaking out loud, that's how fluency is taught. Okay? Bonus practice optional for you as well. Try writing down three to five full sentences about yourself using the words you just learned. Then say them OloudF example, I has Samira, I Bin Zebinan Ya Alt, IK as Jordanian Jordan, I Vona in Aman. I learn Deutsch Vil because I in Deutschland Studer in case you want to use vile as subjunctive subordinate sentence, you should place the verb at very end of this sentence. Okay? Well I Dutch to Dn Vl. To wrap up great work, you know now how to book basic sentences in German, and most importantly, how to say them with confidence. The next lesson we'll move in real life conversation topics, starting with how introduce yourself and talk about who you are. See you there. 6. Lektion 4: Everyday Speaking - Introduction: Ll comen kT Lecton. Welcome back to Lesson four. This lesson we're going to talk about everyday speaking introductions. Let's start. Now that you know how to book full sentences, let's practice using them and real conversation starting with introductions. Let's get to start. What you will learn. This lesson will focus on how to introduce yourself in German naturally and confidently. You will learn how to talk about your name, your age, where you are from, where you live, your job, or studies. Step by step introduction. Let's go let's go through a full example piece by piece. I'll say each sentence, then give you time to repeat after me. Let's begin with the first one which is the name about the name. For example, His Maria. My name is Maria repeat His Hise. Perfect. Let's say, Sara, Ali, Jacob the vita. That is about the name. Now about the age. I Bins ya Alt repeat, I'm 25-years-old. I Bin Ya Bina Note, you can also skip this if you prefer not to say your age, that's totally okay. Okay? So now a country of origin. Is country of origin, I as Span Span, I come from Spain to repeat as plus your country. Hey, you should mention your country. I As thens at somebody spill. Okay? City or town is Von Bin. I live in Berlin. Pet is VonaN let's say Ru de genero. Iona in u de genero, for example, job or study, dentin, which is female in case we have male is been student. Studentin with EN at the end is for female and student is for male. Okay? Or you can say is Abi Asa, I work as Abe, the verb Abe means word and as Abi Alsa. I work as a teacher. Repeat with your own job or say is Bin Let's say engineer engineer As engineer. In engineer. I been ginier been asked been asked sorry been engineer. Spin arts phloEngineering for feminine, or let's say art arts doctor. IpintFemale Astin Erstin. Okay? Full example. Now listen to full self introduction, then try to say it with me. Hello, is His Maria, Ben jar Alt, I coma Aus, Spain, is Bona in Berlin, is Ben studentin. Okay? And you can pull the video if you wanted to say it again. Let's repeat that slowly together. Ready. Hello, I his Maria. Bina Alt comma Aus Spannin is one in Berlin, Ben Studentin. Reger, try to yourself. Now it's your turn. You can post the video and say a short introduction out loud using your real information. Don't worry if it's not perfect. The goal is to get comfortable speaking. You can also write it down, save it for your class project, if you would, Okay? So tip, mix and math that you want to say, you don't have to use every sentence, just the port that fits your real life situation. Wrapping up in this lesson, you practice real German speaking introducing yourself like you would with your friends or in a class. In the next lesson, we will go further and talk about your daily routine and hobbies in German. See you in Lesson five. M 7. Lesson 5: Talking About Daily Life and Hobbies: We'll common to Fuften election. Welcome to Lesson five. And this lesson, you learn how to talk about your daily routine and your hobbies all in simple German sentences. Okay? So why this is useful? These are these are the things we talk about the most in everyday conversations. What we do each day, what we enjoy, what we like to do in our free time. So let's learn how to say those things and practice speaking them out loud. Talk about your daily routine. Here are some actions. B pill when I say I get up. In German, we say is steer A. We know that Af Steer is separable verb, separable verb. I steer I Steer Alf. Iter alone is tend tear off is I wake up. I eat breakfast a free stoker. Each free stoker is free stoker. Okay? Iger Abt that Schuler, I go to work or school, Iger sewer Abt that sewer Schuler, Mache minor house of gabche minus house of Gabon. I do my homework. I gpatan is ger Spatzan, I go for a walk. I Schlafel I sleep is Schlafelo? Example, listen and repeat is still Zim or. So um is at, at 7:00. Um, ZibOOf. So a separable verb, the perfect should be at very end of the sentence. Zib Fritke done, ger is bit, bend, the fan und slatin. So in case we want to add chronological conjunction not junction chronological order like done. Okay. You should play the verb at the second position always Danga is to abide not done gear abide. Abner fan. That's falls. I'm Abend Z fan SchlafN. Repeat it again. You can put the video and repeat it again. The translation is down here, downward. Okay. Now, you try pot the video and say three to four things you do in your day, even just with simple phrases like te Abterchlaf As you noted there, the conjugation of the verbs is always A at the end. Sea aba, Schlaff. You should say three to four things you do in your daily life. Now talking about your hobbies. Now let's talk about what you'd like to do in your free time. Useful verbs. For example, when I say Lisa gain, I like reading, I like reading, I musique. I listen to music. I listen to music. IchpelFotbll, I play football. IzaFlma, I watch movies, Iger in fitness studio, I go to the gym. Ichlea Srahen, I learn languages. I learn languages, okay? Example phrases. The question is vas mast do gun in Dina, frist, as is what D is mast means do. What do you like to do? Max do G. In case you have a verb, and after this verb, we have this Gen means you like to do this action. So as max to Gen. What do you like to do in your free time? I Laser Ger, I like reading. I url usi and I get SpazianG Spatzen spat zen Spatzien. Okay. Now, mini practice, let's do quick speaking soci repeat after me. I sa Guan IZer of Filmer. I ger Woganend Kino. Is SpielerGita. I Lerner Deutch spas Mach, because it's fun it's funny. Ich Lan Deutch a spas Mach. Now, try to say two to three things you like doing in German. El Ichlzeg is there tilma on the vital. Combine it a mini speech, here's an example of what you might say. Hello, is Heiser Sami, is Steer Eden, tag every day, ex at 6:00 off on gear to bite. I minor, fright side, spiel, Fzbaur Musick, Avon agen Filmer. The whole translation is downward here. Okay. So try creating your own version. You can write it down, pick it out loud or record it for your class project if you would. To wrap up, now you know how to talk about your day and your hobbies, two of the most common speaking topics in real conversation. The next lesson we practice asking and answering questions in a dialog so you can actually hold a conversation with someone. See you there. 8. Lesson 6: Practice Dialogues - Real Conversations: In this lesson, we're going to talk about practice dialogs and real conversations. We'll commenting soon, we'll comment to lesson six. You have learned how to introduce yourself, talk about your day and describe your hobbies. Now it's time to put everything together into real conversations. How this matters when we speak a language, we don't just say words. When act in this lesson, we will practice simple dialogs you can use in real life. Dialogue one, for example, saying hello, introducing yourself. Let's start with the basic conversation between two people meeting for the first time. Tome we haven't swipe on an and B. Hello hit. His du is his Amir, oh comes to ka A ZuianUndu comma us the ibanun. These two, so that's Ifa hithsdu Amir, oh comes to isko Zuan unduoe ibanun that is the first title. Let's repeat that together line by line. I then you say me after me. Again, hello, hit Ihasus Amir, comes to I Zur unduOus then bannon. That's right. The second dialog, talking about your day, as max to repeat after me, as max the arbiter besten do. I Abi Bizzen or do Lana Deutsch, get Spatin Lana Dutchg Spit Spatzan Shen Pilch pass. Shen filch pass. Try to repeat this dialogue as much as you can in order to get used to these questions on these dialogs. Okay? P switch row and try saying both sides of the dialog, you can't even record yourself to hear how you sound. Okay? Practice phrases. But now here's some useful questions and answers to keep a conversation going. Va wants to. Where do you live? Wanna In. I live in. Was Ma tugen. What do you like to do? Peeler, foosball. I like to play football. Artists too. How old are you? Ben Drownan Yara Bin drowned, Yara Alt. So let's go. I'll ask a question and you try to answer it loudly it comes to was Max the Was Macht gain and then of right side. Take your time. You can put the video and repeat as many times as you can. Mini speaking challenge your challenge for today is record a short conversation, just four or five sentences, introducing yourself and asking a few questions like hellos Karim, IkamasEgEvon in Beirut, asma tuhthn Deutsch. Okay. So we call the short conversation. To wrap up ZupaGmch you have now practice real conversation patterns, the kind of dialogues you'll hear and use in every life. The next lesson we'll look at common mistakes, learnings make when speaking and how to fix them. See you there. 9. Lesson 7: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Gemran Speaking: Welcome. Welcome to lesson seven. This lesson will go over some of the most common mistakes beginners make when speaking German and how to fix them quickly and easily. Don't worry mistakes are normal. The important part is learning from them. The first mistake is verb in the wrong position. German has very strict rule. The verb usually comes at the second and main sentences. So B spiel, Bad to say I Deutsch Lana Das st False. A correct gaze to say Ich Lana Deutsch. Nicht is as we see here, I Deutsch Lane Dass Zager Ich Deutsch. Adverb at the second position. Awesome questions, less to Deutsch, less to Deutsch. Are you learning German as an English Less to Deutsch. The verb in this case and the question is at the verb the first position. The verb in this case should be at the first position. The second mistake is forgetting articles like the das. Articles matter a lot in German. They tell you the gender and case of nouns. Many beginners say, for example, sorry, hunt instead of saying I hub Aenunt so here there is a missing non specific article which is inin as in masculine case. Inin accusative. It's very important to mention or to say hoist hot align on attic, okay? So as a tip, start learning now with the article from the beginning like Dre hunt, D cats dsp. Dre hunt is the dog, Di case, the cat, dspuch the book. As we see in German, the articles have different cases. It could be nominative, accusative, dative. That's why they are a very important to use and to learn. The third mistake is mixing up between Z and do. German has a formal and informal okU both are mean U. D is informal it is used for friends and family and Z is formal is used as strangers, older people, or teachers. Mixing these up can feel awkward. That's the vis dish do with people your age, or younger, you see with professionals, strangers or informal situations. The forced mistake is translating directly from English. Many German learners try to translate word for word, but German has its own sentence for Britain and structure. Example, if you want to say, I miss you in German, is not Ihamsa do. We know the verb means fermis in German. I can't see fames do because in this case, we have a specific case which is accusative. Each fames dish next is fames do does fulg. Learn full phrases, not just words that show you sound naturally. Okay? Fifth mistake is not speaking enough. The most the fifth mistake is not speaking enough. The biggest mistake not speaking at all. The most students say, many learners wait until they feel ready, but you get better by speaking, making mistakes, and trying again again and again. Speak out loud, repeat lessons, record yourself, talk to friends, tutors, or even your mirror. Where are the tips. The speaking part is the most important part in order to enhance improve your speaking skills in this language. Us quick recap, we see here are five common mistakes we covered. Verb not in second position, forgetting the article confusing between D and Z, translating word for word and avoiding speaking okay. Bona tip, make a list of mistakes you often make and review it before practicing. You'll be amazed how quickly you prove once you're aware of them. Wrap up. You're doing great mistakes are part of learning journey and now we are one step closer to speaking German with confidence. Our final lesson will go over your class project and how to keep practicing your speaking even after this course ends. See you there. 10. Lesson 8: Speaking Project and Next Steps : The final lesson, which is lesson eight is speaking project and next steps, HatzlhenGluck wung means congratulations. You made it to final lesson of this course. You have learned how to speak about yourself, your daily routine, your hobbies, and hold a basic conversation in German. Now it's time to put everything together in your class project. Your speaking project to task is simple and fun. Record the one to two minute video or audio about yourself, speaking in German. You can also write it out if you're not ready to record. What should you say? You can include a short self introduction name, country age, where you live, what you do, study or work. If you think from your daily routine, your hobbies and maybe even ask question at the end. Example, hello, Schiselna Spen Zach and Francis, Shia Alt and Scam Astem Lebanon, Swan Bairut and Abel Sarin, En tag stage Z A and G to Ab minus right side, es Lesgen on the film, do Wesmagan. So it's a very literal translation, English translation as in this example, you should record a video about yourself mentioning these terms and it's a good practice to master introducing yourself. Why this matter, this project helps you practice everything you've learned. It's also a great way to track your progress, build confidence, connect with other students in the class. You can post your video, audio or text version in the projects and resources section on this class. Final tips is don't aim for perfection, aim for progress, speak slowly and clearly use vocabulary, phrases from previous lessons, have fun with it. Okay. What's next? Keep practicing. Here's how practice speaking with friend or tor, watch your videos in German, repeat this course as often as needed. The more you speak, the more fluent and confident you become. Thank you so much for learning with me in this course. I hope it's helped you feel more confident in speaking German, and if you enjoy the class, feel free to leave a review, share project or follow me for more language tips and future courses. Is Bal see you soon and keep speaking.