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Dino lernt Deutsch #6
Learn German with Stories: Plötzlich in Palermo – 10 Short Stories for Beginners
Ciau! Take your German to the next level and boost your vocabulary, reading comprehension and grammar sense with episode 6 of the bestselling Dino lernt Deutsch German short story series for beginners! In this special follow-up to Ahoi aus Hamburg, Dino travels back home to his place of birth, Palermo – coastal city and capital of Sicily – to join the wedding party of his big brother Alfredo. Excited about the prospect of meeting old friends and family, and a special guest from England, Dino stumbles into the nuptial celebrations completely underdressed, when a strange incident suddenly throws everyone's plans into turmoil. Discover the culture and cuisine of northern Sicily, learn about sights and sounds of Palermo and improve your German effortlessly along the way. Learning German Doesn't Need To Be A Struggle Just got started learning German? Memorized a few words but struggle with longer texts? We've all been there. This book is designed to help beginners make the leap from studying isolated words and phrases to reading (and enjoying!) naturally flowing German narrative. Using simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary you can build upon, this set of 10 connected short stories is carefully crafted to allow even novice learners to fully immerse themselves in an authentic German language 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 learning process more fluid and fun. What You'll Find In This Book 10 chapters about an exciting road-trip across northern Sicily a balance between cozy vocabulary and introduction of new words tons of phrases and expressions you will actually use in daily life fun facts about Sicilian culture and cuisine a detailed German-English dictionary after every chapter enough support to make following along easy, without spoiling your own efforts fun short quizzes to check your text-comprehension (including answers) a relatable protagonist and other fun characters hand-drawn illustrations by the author the beginning of a grand German learning adventure ... Read, Learn & Collect Them All Yes! That's right. This is only the sixth episode of a whole series of exciting German short stories for beginners. Follow our protagonist to Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg, 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 parallel translations that may seem convenient but don't teach you anything dull characters designed by academics and committees interspersed English sentences that take you out of the reading flow archaic Ge
90 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 20, 2015
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André Klein
108 books282 followersAndré Klein was born in Germany, grew up in Sweden and Thailand and currently lives in Israel. He has been teaching languages for more than 15 years and is the author of short stories, picture books and non-fiction works in English and German.
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October 6, 2024
Another lesson, another banger! 😤
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December 15, 2022
"Stranger in a Foreign Land"
This is volume six in the Dino Learns German series of graded readers by André Klein. In this edition, Dino takes some time off from touring German cities to head home to Palermo, Italy where his brother is getting married. During the wedding, Dino pulls a drowning refugee from the sea, and gets involved in smuggling her to family. I said at the end of my review of the last book that I didn't see how his trip to Italy could match the experiences he had in Hamburg, simply because he would not be in Germany. But, I was wrong on that count! Like with Hamburg in book five, the reader's vocabulary has expanded to the point that the plot takes off, making the story a much more meaningful part of the experience of practicing reading in the German language.
My next read in the series will take me to Vienna, Austria. I hope to read the rest of this series in January and February. I read these books in Kindle and Audible, reading first from the e-text, then following along again with the audio for practicing my pronunciation. I recommend this series for German language learners of all ages. Learners will make much progress with the new vocabulary lists, questions, and answers provided following each chapter; while learning more about the culture of Europe by reading quality stories that match their own reading level.
This is volume six in the Dino Learns German series of graded readers by André Klein. In this edition, Dino takes some time off from touring German cities to head home to Palermo, Italy where his brother is getting married. During the wedding, Dino pulls a drowning refugee from the sea, and gets involved in smuggling her to family. I said at the end of my review of the last book that I didn't see how his trip to Italy could match the experiences he had in Hamburg, simply because he would not be in Germany. But, I was wrong on that count! Like with Hamburg in book five, the reader's vocabulary has expanded to the point that the plot takes off, making the story a much more meaningful part of the experience of practicing reading in the German language.
My next read in the series will take me to Vienna, Austria. I hope to read the rest of this series in January and February. I read these books in Kindle and Audible, reading first from the e-text, then following along again with the audio for practicing my pronunciation. I recommend this series for German language learners of all ages. Learners will make much progress with the new vocabulary lists, questions, and answers provided following each chapter; while learning more about the culture of Europe by reading quality stories that match their own reading level.
November 3, 2019
I love this book series! The perfect level of vocabulary for me right now, and the stories are actually interesting. I would highly recommend to any German-learners out there.
August 31, 2024
Dino abisinin düğünü için Palermo'ya gelir ve Elizabeth de gelir. Onlarda misafir olacaktır. Dino uzun zamandır görmediği amcası Vicente'yi de görür. Alfredo ve eşi çok mutludur ama düğünün ortasında bir kadın gelir ve rahatsızlanır. Alfredo'nun eşi hemşirelik eğitimi almıştır ve Elizabeth de Arapça bilmektedir. Fadiyah adındaki kadın Libya'dan çıkıp Münih'teki kardeşinin yanına gidecekken tekneleri batmıştır. Ona yardım etmek isterler. İtalyan polisi kimliğini sorunca Vicente onu engeller. Sonrasında bir arkadaşının balıkçı teknesine bindirecek ve onu gönderecekti. Bir sim kart ve telefon numarası alır. Elizabeth de onun yaşadıklarını onun izni ile blogunda yayınlar. Başarıyla kardeşinin yanına gittiklerini öğrenirler ve çok mutlu olurlar. Bu arada bir medya patronu Elizabeth'in bloğunu okumuş ve çok beğenmiştir. Ona iş teklif eder. Ama bu iş Viyana'dadır. Dino da ona ne zaman gideceklerini sorar. İkiliye Avusturya yolları görünmüştür. Acaba bundan sonra neler olacaktır? Keyifle soluksuz okunan bir kitap.
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July 20, 2022
I love this series. With this series, I feel I am reading more for enjoyment than just to improve my German. I think this may be my favorite book in the series so far. The vocabulary is getting more difficult, so the reading was a little slower. But the characters are wonderful, and the plot is engaging.
October 23, 2020
This installment of the Dino series finally starts to feel like an actual book with a plot. Some action, a bit of social commentary, some budding romance. All while keeping the vocabulary and grammar at a reasonably simple level.
October 18, 2017
The story took a weird, unexpected turn that really doesn't make a lot of sense. But it helps with learning more complex words and sentences. This series has been very helpful!
April 27, 2019
I just love learning German with Dino. I read them aloud and my husband has commented on how much more fluently I am reading now compared to when I started book 1 (Café in Berlin).
February 27, 2020
Wow these books Are getting better!
May 12, 2020
Excellent book
Great book to learn German with; I look forward to hearing from Dino in Austria next. Entschuldigung sie bitte, das ist Dino.
Great book to learn German with; I look forward to hearing from Dino in Austria next. Entschuldigung sie bitte, das ist Dino.
February 21, 2025
Thoughts and Notes on Plötzlich in Palermo...
“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”
~ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Recommended reading if you are curious to discover the culture and cuisine of northern Sicily, want to learn about the sights and sounds of Palermo, and improve your German effortlessly along the way.
By working with "building blocks" instead of just single words, learners can accelerate their understanding and active usage of new material and make the learning process more fluid and fun.
Content...
1: Wieder zu Hause
2: Die Hochzeit
3: Der Sonnenuntergang
4: Die Rettung
5: Der Morgen danach
6: Kaffee und WLAN
7: Der Plan
8: Mittagspause
9: Die Überfahrt
10: Auf Wiedersehen, Sizilien
Viel Spaß lesen und lernen!
“All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher.”
~George Whitman
“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”
~ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Recommended reading if you are curious to discover the culture and cuisine of northern Sicily, want to learn about the sights and sounds of Palermo, and improve your German effortlessly along the way.
By working with "building blocks" instead of just single words, learners can accelerate their understanding and active usage of new material and make the learning process more fluid and fun.
Content...
1: Wieder zu Hause
2: Die Hochzeit
3: Der Sonnenuntergang
4: Die Rettung
5: Der Morgen danach
6: Kaffee und WLAN
7: Der Plan
8: Mittagspause
9: Die Überfahrt
10: Auf Wiedersehen, Sizilien
Viel Spaß lesen und lernen!
“All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher.”
~George Whitman
April 13, 2023
My German comprehension is improving. This is the Sixth book in the series. The way to improve is to read the chapter twice before looking at the vocabulary. Then read it a third time before answering the questions. I plan to reread the books again.
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