For the past 1-2 years, I’ve been learning French in my school and Spanish from an app called Duolingo then to further learn a new culture, train and enhance my cognitive skills and ability of my brain, to improve my memory, creative thinking capacity, and verbal & spatial abilities, I decided to learn German. Adding on, also I decided to learn German because many of my go-to universities are situated in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, I was not able to learn German due to a never-ending stream of assignments and examinations but CAS has provided me to take this opportunity to learn German. I learned German from an app called Duolingo because learning through the app I can improve my writing, speaking, reading, and listening skills of German in a very sophisticated, organized, and fluid manner. I started learning German on 12 December 2021 and till 12 March 2022, in these 3 months I’ve completed Unit 1 which includes courses named Basics 1, Family, Basics 2, Greetings, Restaurant, Places, Jobs, Hobbies, and Directions. In Unit 2, I’ve completed 2 courses named Questions and Market. Hence in 3 months, I’ve completed 11 courses of German on Duolingo, surpassing +10,000 XPS (points) solely in the German language and missing no days in those 3 months meaning I had a streak of 90 days of German language solely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, throughout my 3 months of learning the learner profiles I exhibited are knowledgeable as I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge due to my learning, and also I became more knowledgeable than previously I was. Then, thinker as I did critical thinking throughout the time period I was learning German as in order to complete the courses and exercises, I constantly needed to speak, write, listen, and read German. Adding on, I was a communicator as well especially when I needed to complete my courses and exercises for German by speaking which has improved my communication skills in German and can really help me in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lastly, the learning outcomes I portrayed were L1, L2, and L4 as I identified my strength which is my enthusiasm, dedication, persistence, and interest in learning a new language from past learnings of French and Spanish while my weakness\/developing area was to sharpen my cognitive skills, creative thinking, etc. which I felt I needed to develop and by learning German it helped me tremendously as study showcase that by learning a new language it can bring vital benefits such as a better creative thinking, cognitive functioning, etc. Then I faced challenges initially while learning German such as being unable to remember the words, pronouncing the words correctly, etc. however due to my commitment, persistence, and regular practice I was able to overcome challenges but another major challenge was a lack of time due to my assignments, examinations and my ongoing French and Language studies. I overcame the challenge by making a timetable and balancing my time and reducing my free time. Here I exhibited a learner profile which is balanced as I balanced my time and schedule with this new learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrapping up, I enhanced and sharpened my cognitive functions, cognitive skills, memory, etc. through a very interesting (on a personal level) way. I also obtained a new set of skills that could definitely help me in the future, especially where the German language\/culture is prominent. Below is the evidence (video) ;<\/p>\n\n\n\n