“When it comes to speaking, I feel like I look silly or mess up.” 

Have you ever felt like Freya, "looking silly" due to the fear of messing up when it comes to speaking:

Or have you ever felt like Lyn, feeling stressed around German speakers:

Let’s be blunt.  

Your ultimate goal is to speak German.

Fluently, confidently, and accurately.  

To understand your conversation partner and be able to express yourself.  

And all of this in your day-to-day life.  

In your town, when you go shopping in a supermarket:

With your neighbours when they ask you:  

At work with your colleagues when you are at a coffee break:  

In a meeting when a client is asking you: 

You want to speak German in your REAL life, in your everyday life.  

But what is holding you back?  

Why speaking and understanding German seem so hard in your day-to-day life  

Have you noticed that all of the scenarios I described before, like 

• talking to a supermarket employee;
• talking to your neighbours;
• talking to your colleagues;
• talking to a client; 

have one thing in common?  

Yes, you name it: you’re talking to a native speaker in most cases.  

Of course, I mean you’re living in a German-speaking country.  

So, you’re actually constantly trying to have a conversation with someone who is at least at a C2 level when you’re maybe still at a beginner (A1/A2) or an intermediate (B1/B2) level.  

Of course, this is hard.

Of course, this creates tension.

And of course, this can easily lead to frustrating situations.  

In many cases, you might often feel hesitant to even start a conversation in German... 

But it can even be frustrating for the person you’re talking to because they don’t know how to deal with it.  

Many of my students even have a significant other who is a native German speaker.  

But they tell me how difficult they find it to have a fluent conversation in German even with their spouse...

And there’s actually no one to blame for it.  

The native speaker is not a teacher and doesn’t always know how to “downgrade” their German to a level where you can understand them...

And you’re still not at a level where you can talk like they do.  

Your language skills and conversation flows are just on two very different levels.  

So what do you resort to?  

You usually end up switching to English where you find a more common ground, don’t you? 

What if your environment would adapt to YOUR level of German?  

Imagine that, at least for one hour a day, your environment would adapt to YOUR level of German.  

That you would be able to understand what the other person is saying.  

Because they speak clearly and not too fast.

Because they’re not using too many unknown words or too complicated grammar structures.  

What if you could practice speaking without the fear of saying something wrong or making mistakes?  

A space where you could just focus on expressing yourself, step by step, without pressure or second-guessing.

How much easier would it be to speak if you could build fluency gradually, at your level, in your rhythm, with the right support?

How much progress would you make this way, day by day, week by week, and month by month? 

What if you could not just “practice speaking”, but “practice correct speaking”?

At the beginner and intermediate stages, what works best isn’t just “speaking more” — it’s guided speaking practice.

Not just "practicing speaking" with a language partner, but structured, guided, contextual speaking practice that helps the right patterns stick.

Because here’s the issue with “practicing speaking”:

When you speak too early or without structure, it often turns into practicing incorrect speaking.

You repeat the same mistakes over and over, and those mistakes become habits.

Over time, it’s like developing your own version of German… one that feels fluent, but isn’t quite right.

This is how so many learners end up stuck in the intermediate plateau for years.

Not because they didn’t try hard enough, but because they were practicing the wrong way.

And once those habits are ingrained, they’re incredibly hard to break.

But what if, instead of “practicing speaking” with a conversation partner, you practiced speaking with structure, support, context, and repetition, so the correct patterns are more likely to stick?

It’s like learning a sport: You don’t just start sparring.

You train with a coach.
You master the moves.
Only then do you start sparring.

Speaking works the same way.

What if you could go from speaking like this …

to speaking like this …

Introducing “Double Your Confidence in Speaking”  

A step-by-step course to help you speak more fluently, more confidently, and more accurately in real-life situations through the power of guided speaking practice based on real conversations.

Here's how the program will work:

Just like a sports athlete, you’ll follow a specific weekly "training plan" from Monday to Friday where you’ll listen interactively to a series of podcasts on our Herr Professor App while commuting, while going for a walk or while having breakfast, and this way not wasting one extra minute of your valuable time.

You’ll go through a simple 5-step process in every lesson that will take into account whatever level you’re in right now and which will help you to take it to the next level.

At no point you’ll need to “memorize” anything or “learn” anything. 

We'll be focusing on interactive guided speaking practice based on real conversations.

Here’s how your weekly “5-step plan” will look like:

You’ll listen to a series of podcasts based on real, authentic conversations with beginner, intermediate, advanced students and native speakers.

Step 1: Warmup with basics

In Step 1 you’ll “warm-up” by listening to our “Speak Confidently Beginner” podcast and this way train your basics because, as Kobe Bryant put it: "Never get bored with the basics"

Think about it, even pro athletes train the basics on a daily basis because they account for 80% of their performance. 

Same with German, if you don’t get the basics right, how will you earn the right to get to an advanced level?! 

Once you get the basics right you can work everything else from that.

Step 2: Identify your hidden mistakes

In Step 2 you’ll listen to our “Speak Confidently Intermediate” podcast so you uncover common hidden mistakes that you're probably making.

Think about it, what are the most common mistakes you still make when speaking?

And be honest with yourself.

Still simple structures from A1 like accusative and dative endings, pronouns, two-way prepositions and past tense or A2 structures like sub-clauses, relative clauses, passive voice, phrasal verbs and subjunctive?

Most intermediate students don't need to learn more or new structures, they have to become fluent and confident with what they’ve already learned.

Step 3: Get inspired by what's possible

In Step 3 you’ll listen to our “Speak Confidently Advanced” podcast so you get inspired by advanced students and learn new details of the language.

It’s always good to see examples you can aspire to so you have a clear vision of what your German can sound like in the future.

Step 4: Close the gap with deep correction

Over the course of Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3 you’ll listen to conversations where students will try to express their thoughts and ideas and, of course, also stumble upon difficulties and make mistakes.

We’ll correct those mistakes in the conversations and keep track of all those challenging sentences by writing them down in a document.

Ich musste mich um das Haus kümmern.

• To express "to take care of" we say "sich kümmern um".
• It’s a tricky verb because it’s reflexive and goes with a preposition:
• Ich kümmere mich heute um die Kinder. (I take care of the children today.)
• Hast du dich gestern um den Hund gekümmert? (Did you take care of the dog yesterday?)
• Nein, Peter hat sich um ihn gekümmert. (No, Peter took care of him.)

Those sentences oftentimes contain key elements that act like an unmovable barrier on your way to fluency and accuracy, they hinder you from making progress and keep you stuck at a certain level, which leads to that feeling of being in a plateau.

We’ll take those sentences and review all those challenging sentences in detail so you get a feel for how to express all those sentences correctly.

So in Step 4 you’ll listen to our "Weekly Round-Up" podcast of that lesson and the previous Steps so you get a feel of how things are expressed correctly and in which real contexts they are used.

Step 5: Practice correct speaking

And to finish up your cycle, you’ll do some guided speaking practice with our “Fluency Test” podcast.

It’s a podcast very similar to the Verb-Juggling episodes you might be familiar with from my daily emails but this time you’ll be going through real sentences and comparing yourself to other students so you can test yourself and check your progress. (BTW, listen to the audio and check if you can outperform the students.)

You’ll always try to listen INTERACTIVELY to the podcasts

IMPORTANT: While listening to all these podcasts, you’ll become part of the conversations and you'll always try to listen INTERACTIVELY and ask yourself 3 key questions while listening:

• Can I spot the mistake of the student?
• Am I able to correct the student before the teacher does?
• Am I saying it right?

Let's make a quick test.

See if you can spot the mistake in this example and correct the student:

If you spotted the mistake and tried to correct the student, check now if your take was right:

Then you’ll also take action by speaking OUT LOUD:

• whenever we correct a student and you hear us saying the correct sentence or writing it down word by word

• whenever we ask in the Fluency Test: "How'd you say..."

So to summarize, in this 5-step process you’ll basically listen to 3 types of podcasts:

In our Speak Confidently podcasts:

• You'll listen to real-life talk and real-life conversations as if you were talking to a colleague or friend, this way you'll learn the real 80% of words and structures you'll use in everyday conversations
• You'll overcome little by little the fear of speaking by listening to students who are going through the same challenges as you are
• You'll learn things you still struggle with from students at your level and new details of the language from more advanced students

In our Weekly Round-Up podcasts:

• You'll learn the "gaps" between what you want to say and what you are able to say, so you notice what you do not know or only know partially when trying to express something
• We'll dig deeper into this "gap" and the EXACT grammar and vocabulary that keeps you still stuck at a certain level and hinders you from making progress
• We'll help you get unstuck by showing you the hidden difficulties in the sentences students made mistakes with
• We'll help you get a feel for how things are expressed correctly by showing you examples and scenarios in which those difficult words and structures are used in context

In our Fluency Test podcasts:

• You’ll do some quick translations similar to the Verb-Juggling episodes, so you can do some guided speaking practice
• You’ll see how other students are doing in these tests so you can overcome little by little the fear of speaking by listening to how they are going through the same challenges as you are
• You’ll be able to test yourself, check what you’ve already acquired and check your progress  

Repeating this 5-step cycle consistently, lesson after lesson, you’ll go from speaking like this

To speaking like this:

How can you check if this is true?

Very simple, by measuring it regularly.

How to make sure you’re making REAL progress

Oftentimes it's hard to see or notice your progress on a day-to-day basis.

I always tell the story that when my parents come to visit us, the first thing they say when they see our children is:

"Wow, look at how tall they've gotten!"

Of course, they are surprised because they see their grandchildren every few months and the change is obvious.

But not so much for me, since I see my children every day.

So what's the best way for YOU to check YOUR progress?

Very simple, we'll check how you spoke a few months ago and compare it to how you're speaking right now.

So, every few months, I'll send you an email to check your progress in terms of becoming more fluent and more confident at speaking.

In the program I call this Growth Progress Review (GPR).

This way you'll be able to keep track of your progress.

We'll record a short audio, 1-2 minutes:

You'll find your personal "Growth Progress Review" podcasts with your recordings in your podcast app:

FAQ

How will we access the podcasts?

You'll access all podcasts through our Herr Professor podcast app:

In the program you'll get step-by-step instructions on how to download our app and get started.

Do I need to listen EVERY week to ALL podcasts of the 5-step process?

No. 

Always adapt the pace and volume to your personal situation.

First: the 5-step process represents a learning cycle, one lesson.

Some students might be able to go through the cycle in one week, some might need more and some might need less.

Adapt the time you need to complete a cycle and a lesson to your situation.

Second: The 2 most important podcasts are the “Weekly Round-Up” podcast that is like a summary where we review all challenging sentences of the previous Step 1, 2 and 3 and the “Fluency Test” podcast where you can do some guided speaking practice.

So see the "Weekly Round-Up" and "Fluency Test" podcasts as your "minimum core 2-step plan”:

Then, depending on whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced, add those podcasts as you see fit and as described below.

I’m still a beginner, do I also need to listen to the intermediate or advanced podcasts?

Not necessarily, but you can try in  the beginning.

As long as you can understand 80% or more, it would make sense. But if, for example, the “Advanced” podcasts are incomprehensible, just skip them for now. 

The 5-step process is not written in stone. Adapt it to your needs and remember, you can always switch to the “minimum core 2-step plan” and just add to it the "Beginner" podcasts in the beginning.

I’m an intermediate, do I also need to listen to the beginner podcasts?

I would suggest, yes, at least try. 

As mentioned before, see it as a warm-up and check if you really can outperform the beginner students by spotting their mistakes and being able to correct them most of the time.

If that's the case, then yes, most likely you’ll find them too easy. In that case, just skip them and add the "intermediate" podcast and/or the "advanced" podcast to the “minimum core 2-step plan”.

I’m advanced, do I also need to listen to the beginner and intermediate podcasts?

Same as before.

At least, give it a try and check if you really can outperform the beginner or intermediate students by spotting their mistakes and being able to correct them most of the times.

If that's the case, then yes, most likely you’ll find them too easy. In that case just skip them and add the "advanced" podcast to the “minimum core 2-step plan”.

I’m quite advanced but still struggle to understand real German TV. 

In addition to the podcasts of the 5-step process you’ll also have access to our “Speak like a native” podcast series with native speakers for the most advanced of you.

The problem with real German content is that it’s still oftentimes too fast spoken and unclearly pronounced which makes it incomprehensible.

In the “Speak like a native” podcast series you’ll listen to native speakers who still speak clearly, not too fast and still go into some details of the language.

These podcasts represent your last step before you can listen to real German content.

Do we just listen passively to the podcasts?

Not at all. 

While listening to all these podcasts you’ll become part of the conversations and you'll always try to listen INTERACTIVELY and ask yourself 3 key questions while listening:

• Can I spot the mistake of the student?
• Am I able to correct the student before the teacher does?
• Am I saying it right?

Then you’ll also always take action by speaking OUT LOUD:

• Whenever we prompt a student to correct himself
• Whenever we correct a student and you hear us saying the correct sentence or writing it down word by word

How can I “practice speaking”?

At Herr Professor, we believe strongly in guided speaking practice at the beginner and intermediate stages.

Not just "practicing speaking" with a language partner, but structured, guided, contextual speaking practice.

Here’s the issue with “practicing speaking”: when you speak too early or without structure, it often turns into practicing incorrect speaking.

You repeat the same mistakes over and over, and those mistakes become habits.

Over time, it’s like developing your own incorrect version of German that can leave you stuck for years in the intermediate plateau, because those bad habits are very difficult to break once they’re ingrained.

Instead, at Herr Professor, we focus on practicing correct speaking.

That’s exactly what we do, first, in our podcasts with other students, where, while listening, you’ll be invited to predict, correct, and speak out loud, step by step.

And most importantly, in the Fluency Tests inside the course, where I give you a clear prompt — “How would you say this in German?” 

You get a few seconds to respond, then I provide the correct version, like in our Verb-Juggling lessons.

This way, you’re practicing speaking with structure, support, context, and repetition, so the correct patterns are more likely to stick.

It’s like learning a sport: first, you train with a coach to master the moves, and only then do you start sparring. Not the other way around.

Speaking works the same way.

How do I know if I’m at a beginner, intermediate or an advanced level?

Simple.

Check if you really can outperform the beginner, intermediate or advanced students when listening to the podcasts of Step 1, 2 and 3 by spotting their mistakes and being able to correct them.

Of course, not all the time, but most of the time.

And be brutally honest with yourself: Can you spot the mistake and correct it before the student gets corrected or do you just think you knew the answer after hearing the correction.

What if I miss a lesson?

No worries, every week a new lesson will be released, but you can refer to it whenever you're ready.

For every lesson a new 5-step plan will be released and you’ll keep access to all released lessons.

Every lesson represents a new opportunity to learn and grow.

In addition, you can review, and repeat the lessons any time whenever you feel like it.

How long will I have access to the podcasts?

You’ll have access to all released podcasts as long as you’re subscribed to the program.

Does this program also include Live Calls?

Yes.

One of the hardest challenges to learning German is doing it on your own.

• What do you do when you have questions about the program or the German language?
• What if you get stuck?
• How do you stay motivated?
• Who can you reach out to?

This is tough!

Every student is highly motivated at the beginning, but as we all know, motivation depletes over time.

Even with a step-by-step plan, questions arise.

Every student is different. Every person is different.

How can you get feedback on YOUR questions based on YOUR situation?

Now you can.

Let's go through the process together!

Every week we have a 1-hour live Zoom Q&A Call at 12:00 and one at 20:00 where I'll answer 1on1 all your questions about the program or the German language.

How can we get support and accountability on a daily basis?

You'll get access to my private Student Community.  

You'll meet other students at all levels, like beginners, intermediate, and advanced learners, and be part of an engaging community, all on the same journey to help each other.

In this group, I'll answer any questions you have about this weird German language.

I even go one step further and will make sure to keep you motivated, inspired, and challenged EVERY DAY so you are on the right track with your German. 

What is the cost of the program?  

It’s a monthly or annual subscription model.

The investment is only 59€/month for the monthly subscription (billed monthly) or 29€/month if you choose the annual subscription (billed annually).

For just 59 €/month (or 29€/month if you choose the annual subscription) you can join our weekly live Q&A calls and you will have access to 20+ hours of interactive podcasts each month on our Herr Professor podcast app that will help you double your confidence in speaking consistently through the power of guided speaking practice based on real conversations.

The investment is the same as just a couple of sessions with a professional teacher.

And I promise you, in my program you’ll learn 10x more than with any professional teacher.

Do I bet on this? YES!

Try one complete month, and if you're not seeing results or you don't like my program, send me an email and I’ll refund 100% of your money. 

No questions asked!
   

My program comes with no strings attached.

You have a 30-day money-back guarantee and you can cancel your subscription at any time. Just email me and let me know.

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