u/idontevenknow313

Hello! I’ve been studying Dutch for about 3 months now, and am about to finish my A1 level course (I was gifted a course that goes up to the B2 level).

I am currently visiting Germany for 3 months and am staying with a German speaking friend. Most of the trip is me by myself in their city/area while they go to work + weekend trips together. Originally, I was planning on continuing my Dutch studies throughout the 3 months to keep up my momentum.

Essentially, my question is if you would think it’s worth it to switch to studying German rather than Dutch? I feel torn because I do very much like studying Dutch, but I recognize this is a great chance to have a fully immersive experience in the language (though I probably won’t make much progress considering the short time frame). I’ve been here a little under a week and have been able to get by just fine with English and Google translate, but is that feasible for 3 months?

I know I would probably want to go back to studying Dutch regardless, so I see it as time I could’ve spent already improving that rather than beginning a whole new language.

Sorry if this is not the appropriate space for this question, but thank you for your help!

(Before I get comments about it, yes there is no single “right” or “wrong” way to study and if it works for you, then it works. It was just that I had some fellow learners were wary of my learning method and wanted to get some outside opinions.)

I’ve been studying my Germanic language (TL) for around 3-4 months, and am still pretty beginner as of now. My language learning routine has been this:

~ I use a course taught fully in my TL from the start. Because it is taught in the language, grammar is not explained all that much other than a few sentence/conversation examples.

~ I make/use my own anki audio-based deck using what’s taught in the class. I don’t use any premade cards or decks.

~ I do an hour of listening daily. It is either beginner level comprehensible input or kids shows translated in the TL.

My other language learning friends were saying that me not studying grammar directly will be detrimental to my learning/understanding in the future. Is this something I should be including into my routine?