Hallo Leute, ich bin Abdul Basith. Ich komme aus Tamil Nadu in Indien. Meine Muttersprache ist Tamile und lerne ich Deutsch sehr lange. 

I've been learning German for a long time and am quite familiar with the online sources for learning German. I would like to share my experience with fellow German learners. Like so many people out there, I started with Duolingo. It was so exciting to feel the fact I am learning German and can understand phrases. I was transcending the tree at a good pace. I started using a notebook and practiced some sentences. Though I felt learning German, I wasn't, which I realized at a later point of time. Because of the shifts in interests, there was a long gap in my German-learning. 

However, I started successfully again from scratch. Again the same Duolingo. I came to know of the German learning communities spread over the Internet. My first go was Facebook where I got to read posts by members of the group. It was quite a new feeling when I read people's experiences. It informed me of the other methods and sources of learning. 

Now, let me squarely come to the point. I planned to write this to let German learners know of one of the most beautiful and efficient way of learning German. It is the radio podcasts. There are so many podcasts out there. 'Deutsch warum nicht?' was the first of that sort I listened to. It was such a nice experience. Recently, I bombarded myself with Youtube videos by various channels like Easy German, smarter German, Learn German etc. They were good of course. But the feeling I got with 'DWN' is something different.

Learning through listening is more effective than videos. We use only our ears and give life to the characters in our own way. This is a crucial aspect of learning a language, I think. This imagination helps to grow stronger memories than lectures and videos. Especially, when there is a plot in the course it makes the process more interesting. One need to be cautious, not to expose too much of ourselves to content as they are available in complete. i.e. All the podcasts that were aired one by one in certain frequency are now available as a single package. So, we tend to consume them straight away till they are used up. We should remind ourselves that Language learning is not anything kind of race. It is a practice and its efficiency depends upon how we do?, how often we do?, how well we do? 

Now, few words about DWN. It revolves around a young man who is working part-time alongside studying. The plot goes like, What are the situations he face at his workplace? How he makes a living? and lot more stuff. So far, there's been four set of podcasts released. I have completed listening the first part twice and am feeling better than before. I wish to listen to the other parts from the series too. So, I ask you people here to try this if your schedule permits and share your thoughts. 

There is another wonderful source for learning German from DW- Nico's Weg. Do check out this. May be I'll write my thoughts on that. Vielen Dank. Tschüss..