First steps in learning German !

One month ago, I started learning German language in my university. Because I speak Arabic, French and English, German doesn't seem weird for me. I noticed that grammar is a little bit similar to French and words are similar to English. But what makes German so special is the very long words which have many letters. I am still a beginner as a language learner, but I expect that I will mistake many words when I will start  writing skills. At this stage, I am trying to learn more and more expressions and words before sinking into the depth of grammar. It is very likely that I will go to Germany next year to continue my master's degree so I'm making an extensive effort to learn German. Fortunately, my courses will be in English there so I won't have a big problem with the work even though English is my third language.
I am aware that the process of learning demands a lot of patience and motivation; however, I have no choice but to do it with pleasure.