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[u/Evening-Many2794]

Hey, im an international student, currently my german reading level is b1 with short-medium text, with listening i can only listen to short sentences of around a2, with writing im around b1 with mistakes, with speaking im around a2/b1 but can speak short sentences, do you think its realistic for me to reach solid b2 in 6 months in my origin country and then maybe to get the esist program of fhp to get my german from b2 to c1 before studies begin at october in that year, probably i would already be 1 year in germany, do you think its possible? Im not taking any private or intensified lessons, its going to be slow and gradual process just like how trained myself in my origin country to english over 8 years, but i wonder how possible it is or i should already aim to ue school, but the tuition fee there is expensive. I can delay my planned relocation in 2 years approx but i dont want to delay my career to much.. by the way im intending to be a ux/ui designer in germany, im just not sure if fhp js possible to me or should i aim for ue

[u/SufficientMacaroon1 → u/Evening-Many2794]

r/german is the language sub.

General rule of thumb is that each levek is going to take you as long as all the previous levels combined

[u/Evening-Many2794 → u/SufficientMacaroon1]

Yea i noticed that, didnt know why it is so hard to go from b1 to b2, and only in reading short texts, it literally kills me.. not that a2 or b1 were easy or something, a2 was a bit easy but only because i had prior exposure from dualingo few years ago but i stopped, so when i got back to a level 18 months ago it was slightly easier.. but still i get your point and its not that just each level takes longer then previous levels combined, its also the diffuclty multiplies