What should I do as the first step in learning German?

First of all, I declare that I am a German student of the Sino-German Institute of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, and if you don't understand anything, you can ask me (if you want to add a note, thank you).

I think the most important thing for beginners is to learn the German pronunciation and spelling rules first. Compared with English, the pronunciation and spelling of German are more regular, basically how to spell or how to spell it, unlike English, which often has changes such as stress (I have been learning pronunciation for the first few months of the first semester in school, and now I can basically read any piece of text, Germany is a strict country, pronunciation is the best embodiment, how they pronounce it is fixed, unlike English). Once you have a good grasp of the spelling rules, you will also be more comfortable learning them.

Secondly, you must ensure that you have at least half an hour to learn every day, and it is best to have a fixed time (**Listening yourself spends ten minutes listening every day, and listening to any language is very important). In the beginning, you don't need to pay too much attention to grammar, you just need to memorize all the sentences and articles you hear. You must memorize it, but it is useless to read it.

Once you have a vocabulary of about 200 (I personally feel that you can decide it according to your situation), you can slowly start learning grammar. Because you already have a lot of content in your sentence library at this time, you can take out sentences casually and analyze them, which is easier to understand and helps to memorize. Third, persistence.

I didn't do that, because my work was delayed, and I couldn't pick it up as soon as I put it down. It's a pity that I finally have a sense of language and it's gone. I advise you to stick to it, and you must not stop learning the language at the beginning.

That's all I have to say, I sincerely wish you a happy study and play or study in Germany in the future!

Learn the pronunciation well. The foundation must be solid.

The first step in German is pronunciation, and a good foundation can do more with less.

Then there's the basic grammar and sentence structure.

Then there is word and repetition training, memory formation.

I learned German, German and English belong to the same Germanic language family, there are similarities in grammar, and the letters are almost the same, English is not the basis of German, who learns first and then learns the same, if you say so, then Germans are born not to learn English before they can learn their native language, hehe, but if English is learned well to learn German will have some auxiliary effect, because there will be similarities in grammar, but there are also disadvantages that it is easy to confuse the two languages, In general, German grammar is more complex and rigorous than English, and it is more difficult than English.

Thank you for the trouble to adopt!

You don't have to learn English to learn German first. Although both English and German belong to the Indo-European language family and have some similarities, it does not mean that you must first master English to learn German. You can learn German from scratch and work your way up by learning the basics of German grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Of course, if you already have a good grasp of English, there may be some help when learning German, as you can take advantage of some similar grammatical structures and vocabulary to speed up the learning process. However, it is not necessary, you can learn German directly, you don't need to learn English first.