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27 lines
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# Mission: German Fluency
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## Why
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Living and working in Heitersheim, Germany, with a German employer (cn-mobility GmbH) and children in German schools. The gap between passive survival-German and confident, fluent German is costing real connection — with colleagues, with the community, and with my children's daily lives. This is about belonging, not just communicating.
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## Success looks like
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- Speak without searching for words or restructuring thoughts mid-sentence
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- Write work emails in German confidently, without second-guessing register or grammar
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- Understand German TV, radio, podcasts, and films without subtitles
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- Join conversations at school events, with neighbours, and in community settings without anxiety
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- Read German news (e.g. Badische Zeitung, Der Spiegel) fluently
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## Constraints
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- B1.2 level, attending Goethe Institut twice a week (class already handles systematic grammar)
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- 30-60 minutes per day available for self-study (reading, listening, speaking practice)
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- Native English speaker — Germanic false friends and article/case system are the main structural hurdles
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- No budget constraint mentioned; apps, courses, and resources are fair game
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## Out of scope
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- Academic German (literary analysis, formal register beyond professional email)
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- Translation or interpretation work
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- Dialect study (Alemannic/Badisch) — standard Hochdeutsch is the target
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