Is your response rate slow, when speaking German and what can you do about it?

Try to respond "In your own words, formulating your own thoughts, as simple as possible..." 

Whilst listening to a paragraph I’m reading aloud, all the passive vocabulary in your brain is reactivated. But then you’ve to think about word order, tenses, cases etc. in order to respond and you can’t find the words. That’s where the response rate slows down.

Your brain is searching, you understood, so why can’t you reply? Because the new words are not stored in your long term brain, the vocabulary is not ready to use.

… but when you learn how to rethink your response in a more simple way, the magic happens. It will not only give you confidence to speak, but also “motivation”, hence, you'll feel happy and you will want to do more... German.

You can find the text and exercises on: www.growyourgerman.com