Why You Still Can't Speak German (And how to fix it!)

About

Description

Salome Kolb (native German teacher, Frankfurt) breaks down the 4 real reasons why speaking German feels impossible even when you understand it: pronunciation gaps that undermine confidence, vocabulary holes, sentence structure confusion, and the confidence barrier itself. Each bottleneck has a different fix — the video helps you identify which one is actually holding you back.

Notes

• 4 bottlenecks to speaking German:
  1. Pronunciation (1:25) — bad pronunciation kills confidence before you even start; the problem feeds itself
  2. Vocabulary (6:32) — not enough input; you can’t say what you haven’t heard enough times
  3. Sentence structure (9:31) — called the “biggest blocker”; German word order confuses output even when you know the words
  4. Confidence (12:58) — the result of the other three, but also its own problem

→ See Language Learning

Transcript