I think one of the main reasons is that it is extremely hard to maintain the discipline every single day when you’re in it all by yourself. I found myself studying for hours on few days and hardly opening the book on a few days. And I’m pretty sure that that’s one of the worst ways to learn a language. You learn a little everyday and you gradually master it.

Anyway, once I started going to the course, I was doing exactly that. There is also solace in the fact that you’re not learning alone. Better yet, you have companions to make mistakes with and a teacher to correct those mistakes.

There is also the most obvious motivator which works for many things – money. You remind yourself that you got to make it count. The other important motivators being the material, occasional tests, monthly Stammtisch and the daily Hausaufgabe!

Ankitha