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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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I want to start going to the language school in September/October

I basically seem to have three options:
-going in person two days a week near home
-going one day in person away from home with extra homework (I could combine it with going to the office that day which is closer)
-doing everything online (exams in person)
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erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net
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@kitten I did 3 evenings a week for the last 4 months (and will resume in ~September). It was a lot but was good!

My personal non-scientific opinion is

* 1 day a week is just not enough to properly embed things in your head,
* In person is just way better than any online class can be
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@erincandescent yeah... but I'm not sure if I'll have enough time for two in-person days...

this would go until June btw (and then I'd matriculate for the next level)
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erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net
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@kitten CEFR level or?

2 evenings a week x 9 months for one CEFR level seems very excesssive (maybe except for B2 and above where it does indeed get quite chonky)
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@erincandescent yes, CEFR level. either A1 or A2 depending on how much I'm able to achieve on my own by September
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erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net
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@kitten Hmm.

I've been doing things at Goethe, so 6 months for A2 or B1 at 2 evenings a week feels not unreasonable, but for A1 it seems quite extreme.

(Me and my coursemates felt that 72h for A1 was intense but not in a bad way; 72h for A2.1 at least felt a bit excessive and like you could probably squeeze the entirety of A2 into about 2/3rds of the time they spend on it, but YMMV)
(screenshot from https://www.goethe.de/ins/de/de/kur/ang/dak.html)
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@erincandescent yip, 130h/level for any language
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erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net
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@kitten weird, even Goethe Madrid seems to work like that, how bizzare

I sort of get compressing it a bit for courses taught in Germany because you'll get some exposure etc outside of class, but 130h for A1 seems excessive (and boooring!)
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