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Many learners use both as supplements alongside live classes, which cover the conversation practice that apps and videos can't.","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/best-youtube-channels-to-learn-german\/#faq-question-1784207235101","position":6,"url":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/en\/best-youtube-channels-to-learn-german\/#faq-question-1784207235101","name":"How can I learn German while working full time?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Keep input short and daily: 15 minutes of YouTube on your commute. Then schedule two live classes per week at times that fit your calendar. Flexible options like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/en\/german\/\">Lingoda Flex<\/a> let you book classes around meetings and travel, so a busy week doesn't end your streak.","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87255"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87285,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87255\/revisions\/87285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lingoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}