16 “You Need to Learn German First!” – Well, Really?!

One of the biggest myths I hear all the time: “You need to learn
German first.”


I share why learning too much High German first can sometimes
actually make Swiss German harder later on, and why starting
early — even with just a few words — can make a huge difference.


I also tell the story of one of my students who went from being
too afraid to speak Swiss German… to doing job interviews in
Swiss German.


Transcripts: The Swiss German transcript of
every episode was written by myself, by hand — because no
software can truly capture the beauty of the
dialect.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get it here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.