Learn German With Stories: Café in Berlin - 10 Short Stories For Beginners (Dino lernt Deutsch - Simple German Short Stories For Beginners) (German Edition) - Softcover

Klein, André

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492399493 ISBN 13: 9781492399490

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Get ready - it's time to start learning!

You will be amazed at what you can pick up—it's so much more than just a few words here or there. Take your German to the next level and boost your vocabulary, reading comprehension and grammar sense with episode 1 of our short story series for beginners!

Newly arrived in Berlin, a young man from Sicily is thrown headlong into an unfamiliar urban lifestyle of unkempt bachelor pads, evanescent romances and cosmopolitan encounters of the strangest kind. How does he manage the new language? Will he find work?

Experience daily life in the German capital through the eyes of a newcomer, learn about the city and its people, and improve your German effortlessly and instantly.

It's all about immersion! The ultimate goal of any good learner.
Just got started learning the language of poets and thinkers? Memorized a few words but struggle with longer texts? This book is designed to help beginners make the leap from studying isolated words and phrases to reading (and enjoying!) German fiction.

Using simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary you can build upon, this German reader of 10 short stories for beginners is carefully crafted to allow even novice learners to fully immerse themselves in an authentic German learning experience.Each chapter comes with a complete German-English dictionary with special emphasis on collocative phrases (high frequency word combinations), short sentences and expressions designed for improved memorization.

By working with these building blocks instead of just single words, learners can boost their active usage of new material instantly and make the language learning process more fluid and fun.

What You'll Find In This Book

• 10 quirky chapters set in bustling Berlin
• a relatable protagonist and other fun characters
• tons of phrases and expressions you will actually use in daily life
• a detailed German-English dictionary after every chapter
• fun short quizzes to check your text-comprehension (including answers)
• bonus materials including video, flashcards and further exercises
• the beginning of a grand German learning adventure ...

Read, Learn & Collect Them All
Yes! That's right. This is only the first episode of a whole series of exciting German short stories for beginners. Follow our protagonist to Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and many other cities! Before you know it, you'll have travelled half of Europe and picked up more German than years' worth of expensive courses.

Learning German has never been more fun.

What You WON'T Find In This Book

• archaic German words and phrases nobody uses in real life
• dull characters designed by academics and committees
• generic sentences that don't go nowhere
• condescending storytelling that insults your intelligence
• a teaching approach which takes itself too seriously

Welcome to episode 1 of Dino lernt Deutsch: Café in Berlin - the perfect way to step up your vocabulary, boost your grammar sense and have a ball reading in German!

About this title

About the Author

André Klein has more than 15 years of experience teaching languages, both in groups and as a private language coach. While working with students from all over the world he utilized a wide range of different textbooks and teaching tools, both traditional and digital. All of this experience eventually culminated in the creation of LearnOutLive, an educational publishing platform and home of the popular Learn German With Stories series.

Today, his German story books, most notably Dino lernt Deutsch and Baumgartner & Momsen are being used by lecturers and teachers at universities, schools and private institutes around the globe to help engage students in immersive German learning experiences.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 1492399493
• ISBN 13: 9781492399490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 97