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German Short Stories for Beginners
- German Audio: Improve Your Reading and Listening Skills in German
- Narrated by: David Greiwe, Markus Kasanmascheff
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 16-08-17
- Language: English
- Publisher: My Daily German
Regular price: £19.39
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Summary
Improve your German reading, pronunciation, and listening skills. Make learning new vocabulary so much easier with 10 fun and engaging German stories.
Reading and listening to short stories is an effective and enjoyable method of learning German.
For those of you who can't just slip away from life, travel to Germany, and immerse yourself in the language in order to learn it, this is your solution! Listening to native-spoken German stories is the next best thing.
You have at your fingertips the audiobook that allows you to:
- Gain a greater vocabulary that you can use immediately, every day. You will add 1,500+ German words and expressions to your repertoire through the encounter of descriptive sentences and casual conversations woven throughout the stories.
- Sharpen your comprehension of the spoken word by listening to a native German speaker.
- Learn how to pronounce German words properly.
- Familiarize yourself with a wide range of grammar structures and put them to use today.
- Avoid the monotonous task of memorizing grammar rules. How awesome is that?!
Each story is recorded by a native German speaker at a natural speed for learners to understand what is being said.
All stories are written using vocabulary that you could easily use in your day-to-day conversations.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
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- Luke
- 11-10-17
Definitely worthwhile
When I started listening to this audio-book I was slightly put out, since I haven't studied German in over ten years now. After a short while however, things really started to come together. After about half an hour I actually started to begin building up a decent picture of the stories, first by picking out the key words and then by inferring some that I hadn't heard before. I was actually very impressed, I thought I'd all but lost my initially limited knowledge of the language, but the stories are structured in such away to make them very accessible. I'm not sure how somebody with zero initial understanding of the language would cope, but i'm by no means conversational and this was definitely beneficial to me.
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- Poorani
- 17-10-17
Great audiobook or beginners
Interesting and clear audio which is very easy for the beginners like me to understand German. Since I am new starter I have taken print out of all the chapters which helped me to understand well. Speaker was very slow and I felt comfortable and easy to learn. Chapters are well organized with proper pronunciation. Repeating the words and recap helped a lot in memorizing. When compared with websites and books I felt audio version as the best one.
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- Kathleen
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- 05-10-17
German made easy!
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- Leo
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great for learning
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- Christina
- 03-03-18
A very effective learning tool!
Any additional comments?
Having briefly learnt German during school, I found this as a great refresher to get me back into the mind set of learning a language. The stories were fun to listen to and the glossaries at the end of each chapter were especially useful when it comes to learning new words as well as improving my pronunciation. It was surprising how quickly things came back to me! I also found the supplementary PDF useful because, as a visual learner, I do like to have something to look at and this PDF provided the perfect aid for the learning experience.
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- Ben
- LONDON, United Kingdom
- 30-11-17
Very helpful publisher, great resource!
This audio book compliments other learning methods. Clear easy to follow but do make sure you get the pdf, vital!
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- T. Klees
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom
- 09-05-18
Well worth it
There's a real limit to how complex charachters and plot can be in a book for language learners. Working within that limit this manages to entertain. There is also a lot of material here for the price. Suited to A and B level in my unprofessional opinion.
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- Marcelo Resala
- 01-05-18
I recommend it all the way!!
"It's the first time I use an Audiobook, and I would recommend it all the way! I find it to be a very good resource when learning a language. I've been learning German for 2 months now and the Audiobook provided me what classes couldn't: listening passively! The Audiobook helps me to train my listening. I can just push play and listen to the stories while trying to understand the context and words in the train, in the bus or when I just have 10 minutes to dedicate to learning. I come from the Spanish language so it's great to start listening to a really different language like German. It also helps to get vocabulary since it comes with a glossary translation of a good amount of words from every story. I find it useful to listen to the story, go listen the glossary and try to find that vocabulary listening again the story. I would also like to highlight that the Audiobook comes with a PDF to follow the stories and also see and learn how the words are spelled. To sum up, I find it really useful, fun and easy to listen, and good to start learning and practicing a language, even if your knowledge level is still developing. I would definitely recommend it, and encourage anyone who's interested in trying to do so!"
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-04-18
Wonderful
It’s been a while since I practiced my German language skills so this audio book was great refresher for my forgotten words and I learned some new ones too! This book is great for beginners and andvanced in German language. Loved it!
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- Hayley
- 28-11-17
Extremely helpful
The narrator's voice is clear and slow enough to make the stories easy to follow; I also found that following along with the PDF version was very helpful. My German is fairly basic but I found myself able to understand more and more as the stories went on. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to expand their vocabulary and their understanding of the language.
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- Jeremiah
- 24-09-17
Do it in a German way!
I tried books, school, and any other medium to learn at least “basic” German language and none of them caught my attention.
Tried this app, listened for a minute “thinking oh well I can give this a chance or something”, then another minute, and another, till I almost finished an hour!
I am a dynamic person and love to feel what I learn. The thing about this audio book makes it real, the narrators are good that as if they are beside you, although you cant see them but was able to visually describe things for you.
Will keep this on my phone!
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- Juan Carlos Ortiz
- 26-09-17
Amazing Language Learning Tool
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- Kristy Morgan
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Would you listen to German Short Stories for Beginners again? Why?
Yes, I've been listening to it regularly to help with my German.
What was one of the most memorable moments of German Short Stories for Beginners?
The parts where vocabulary is explained is really useful.
What about David Greiwe and Markus Kasanmascheff ’s performance did you like?
The stories were read in a very natural way, not too fast, and not too slow.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes.
Any additional comments?
I just started studying German and I was having a lot of trouble with learning proper pronunciation. I saw the reviews on this audiobook and thought I would give it a try.
I love that the stories aren't too complicated but they're not boring either. This audiobook comes with a PDF file that you can use to read along as you listen. I found that very useful because sometimes I'll see a word and not be sure exactly how to pronounce it, but with the PDF and audiobook together, that isn't a problem.
I also love the fact that the stories are read in a very natural sounding way. A lot of audiobooks for language either go way too fast or way too slow. I think the narrator reads at a normal, natural pace. If you're looking for a fun way to practice or start learning German, I highly recommend this book.
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- judith
- 23-12-17
Very helpful book and I highly recommend it!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
After listening to 33 chapters of the book, I can really say that it's worth having it. I learned a lot of German words. My pronunciation is better now. This book helped me so much. One of the great things about it is they have chapters of translation from English common phrases and sentences to German which are very useful especially for a beginner in learning German language. I highly recommend this audio book.
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- Amanda Nowak
- 04-10-17
Building Skill
This short book was very entertaining and informational. Reading and listening to these stories furthered my interest in studying German seriously. The availability of flash cards is such a helpful tool. Helped me to build a beginners German vocabulary and grammar skills. Hearing the pronunciations so clearly made following along while learning possible. Thank you for sparking my interest in German and helping me to take the first steps in learning a second foreign language.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-09-17
Perfect listening practice
I am currently studying German, and it goes really hard. A lot of rules, and to understand somebody speaking German seemed impossible.
Then, I found this audiobook. Didn't know if it will help. Turned it on, and Oh God! I could understand some words. After like 5 minutes I could even understand the story line.
Some of the words I heard I didn't know, but this audiobook gives all of the words with translation and right pronunciation: slow and clear, so I could repeat it.
I'm totally in love with the book. It helped a lot.
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- Amanda Nations
- 27-02-18
Great way to understand and learn German!
I always thought German was among the most difficult languages I had heard spoken. I found this audio book quite helpful as it speaks the German word, then gives the English word, and uses the word cluster in sentences. This made it easier to understand the language itself. There are many of the words I recognized just from my native English language that are spoken pretty much the same. I even picked up on a few words I have head but didn't know the meaning of. If you are beginner of the German language I recommend starting here.
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- Dorothy Stuart
- 10-12-17
Good pace, easy to listen to
This is a good introduction to the German language in a literary setting. Narration is clear and at a pace that is easy for a beginner. But the pace, and voice inflection is such that it would hold the interest of a more experienced student of the German language or even one for whom German is their native tongue.
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- Marilyn
- 14-01-18
The stories are great and very helpful!
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This book was really helpful for me. I listened to this book while I was driving and I also listened to it while reading the book. By having an audio companion, this book really helped me to learn how to read and pronounce German. I like how there were multiple readers, it allowed for a variety of speakers just like how it is in the real world. Aside from the short stories, this book also included German vocabularies that had English definitions, which definitely helped me learn the words. I also liked how at the end of each short story there was a short quiz about it, the quizzes helped me see if I understood or comprehended the story. Overall, I recommend listening to this book while reading along to allow for maximum comprehension.
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- Liubov
- 20-12-17
Nice audiobook
It’s my first audiobook in German and I actually like it a lot. Very good vocabulary. However, it would be great if your would say article before every noun. Thanks !
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