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The Grammatik aktiv practice (one or two per day) has proven to me the importance of grammar drills. By reviewing A1 level grammar, I'm now a bit faster at ein/eine/einen/einem, kein/keine/keinen/keinem, dieser/dieses/diesen/diesem, mein/meine/meinen/meinem, wer/wen/wem, welcher/welches/welchen....
It feels like I'm not progressing in some respects because of so much review. I already knew all this stuff... But knowledge isn't enough! I never built up the speed or confidence, the "skill" of using these little grammar things.
I'm beginning to enter the A2 level drills. I've also flipped to the end to look at the B1 drills, all look quite doable because I kinda know all the theory.
But when I'm trying to read or listen to my daily German material (Kurz und Leicht, or various podcasts...) It's clear that my biggest weakness remains vocabulary. 5 words/day on Anki has always been on the lighter end of German review. I might have to "crunch" vocabulary practice somehow.
Sigh: it's like every skill I have is so inadequate. Progress in one skill (grammar) reminds me of the weaknesses in other skills (vocabulary).
All in all: yes. Grammar is important, even if it's boring. These were the things I made lots of mistakes with when I was trying to talk or write in German. So hopefully my output (speaking/writing) has improved.