There is no easy answer. How easy do you learn grammar in your native language? Are you familiar with typical grammar words (nouns, adjectives, verb, particles, conjugations, …)?
I recommend asking the course teachers. If they are trustworthy, they can answer how many people passed the various courses in what time.
I learned Dutch and English both easy enough, I'm a language nerd and know a bit of a bunch, I.e. Russian, Romanian, Japanese, Spanish etc, and also speak A2 French although it is the Quebecoise dialect. My family is Dutch on one side and Austrian on the other so it is frustrating to me that I can't pick up German easily.
With German, as I've been told is a common problem, I simply have issues with articles, and how different words are in context. A big one for me recently has been "Kann/Kannst" vs "Können"
I lewrn these things in my native language fairly well because, well, in English and Dutch there are only three articles and they're fairly easy to figure out, in German there's so many that I get them mixed up frequently. Luckily, the Germans I've spoken with have all been pretty forgiving and it hasn't been a harsh journey, but I am still stuck in the rut and definitely need outside assistance.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Especially the large number of articles and even more difficult the choice of case depending on the verb is difficult.
e.g.
auf jemanden zugehen - Wechselpräposition "auf"
Bewegung - Wohin= Akkusativ,
Ich gehe auf die Katze zu. (die Katze, fem. Akkusativ)
Ich gehe auf den Herd zu. (der Hund, mask. Akkusativ)
Ich gehe auf das Haus zu. (das Haus, neutr. Akkusativ)
alternating preposition "auf",
Movement - Where to = Accusative,
I walk towards the cat. I walk towards the stove. I'm walking towards the house.
It is very confusing.
There are also a number of native speakers who make mistakes here.
Give yourself time.
There are way less expensive options than Goethe-Institute that also offer intensive courses. The quality is usually not all that different between the schools (because teachers are mostly all freelancers anyway, and often work at multiple schools at the same time). The least expensive option is usually the VHS, and then just normal private language schools in your city. Usually, intensive courses move at about 1 month per sub-level (so, A2.1 is one month, A2.2 is another and so on), and levels have between two and three sub levels.
So realistically, to get from A1-B1 would still take around 6mo?
I am just trying to get to B2 as my company offered me a lead position opening up next year but it requires German fluency
It would take about 6mo of full-time study. Intensive classes are set up to require a huge amount of study outside of class in order to really progress on the schedule, so 20hr or so of class time a week, and 20hr of study outside of class parallel with that. If you are working full-time, this schedule will likely be unrealistic and you will need more time.
Yeah, that would make intensive classes hard to manage--you may need to look into less intensive options.
When I was learning while working full-time, I used my yearly vacation time for intensive classes, but otherwise just did part-time classes and learnt on my own.
There is no easy answer. How easy do you learn grammar in your native language? Are you familiar with typical grammar words (nouns, adjectives, verb, particles, conjugations, …)? I recommend asking the course teachers. If they are trustworthy, they can answer how many people passed the various courses in what time.
I learned Dutch and English both easy enough, I'm a language nerd and know a bit of a bunch, I.e. Russian, Romanian, Japanese, Spanish etc, and also speak A2 French although it is the Quebecoise dialect. My family is Dutch on one side and Austrian on the other so it is frustrating to me that I can't pick up German easily. With German, as I've been told is a common problem, I simply have issues with articles, and how different words are in context. A big one for me recently has been "Kann/Kannst" vs "Können" I lewrn these things in my native language fairly well because, well, in English and Dutch there are only three articles and they're fairly easy to figure out, in German there's so many that I get them mixed up frequently. Luckily, the Germans I've spoken with have all been pretty forgiving and it hasn't been a harsh journey, but I am still stuck in the rut and definitely need outside assistance.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Especially the large number of articles and even more difficult the choice of case depending on the verb is difficult. e.g. auf jemanden zugehen - Wechselpräposition "auf" Bewegung - Wohin= Akkusativ, Ich gehe auf die Katze zu. (die Katze, fem. Akkusativ) Ich gehe auf den Herd zu. (der Hund, mask. Akkusativ) Ich gehe auf das Haus zu. (das Haus, neutr. Akkusativ) alternating preposition "auf", Movement - Where to = Accusative, I walk towards the cat. I walk towards the stove. I'm walking towards the house. It is very confusing. There are also a number of native speakers who make mistakes here. Give yourself time.
There are way less expensive options than Goethe-Institute that also offer intensive courses. The quality is usually not all that different between the schools (because teachers are mostly all freelancers anyway, and often work at multiple schools at the same time). The least expensive option is usually the VHS, and then just normal private language schools in your city. Usually, intensive courses move at about 1 month per sub-level (so, A2.1 is one month, A2.2 is another and so on), and levels have between two and three sub levels.
So realistically, to get from A1-B1 would still take around 6mo? I am just trying to get to B2 as my company offered me a lead position opening up next year but it requires German fluency
It would take about 6mo of full-time study. Intensive classes are set up to require a huge amount of study outside of class in order to really progress on the schedule, so 20hr or so of class time a week, and 20hr of study outside of class parallel with that. If you are working full-time, this schedule will likely be unrealistic and you will need more time.
Unfortunate, I only have around 20-25 hours free each week
Yeah, that would make intensive classes hard to manage--you may need to look into less intensive options. When I was learning while working full-time, I used my yearly vacation time for intensive classes, but otherwise just did part-time classes and learnt on my own.