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Podcast: Understanding Train Station
Episode: EP29: Where It All Began - An Interview with Josh's High School German Teacher
Description: +++German-speaking section: From 00:43:08 to 00:47:48. Subtitles in German and English available for that part.+++
How did you learn German? Why do you sound like a native speaker? Josh gets these questions all the time and people are often surprised to hear that he did not grow up in Germany or in a German-speaking family but actually didn't take his first German class until 10th grade. The reason why he became fluent so quickly was a mix of his own motivation and ambition, his talent for languages, and his amazing German teacher that he has mentioned several times on...