German: Short Stories For Beginners - 9 Captivating Short Stories to Learn German & Expand Your Vocabulary While Having Fun

by The Language Academy

Are you bored of the traditional methods people tell you to use to learn German? Are you bored of all those dusty grammar books that pile up making everything look so hard? What if we told you there’s a better, more enjoyable way to learn German and grow your vocabulary exponentially? Well, guess what? There is! The best way to learn German is by reading short stories The problem? You might feel like you don’t know where to start, or you may feel lost trying to read whatever pops up on the internet. And that’s exactly why we created this book.


We know how difficult it may seem to learn a foreign language from scratch, let alone trying to put all that learning into practice. But what you might not realize is that it's fairly easy to fully incorporate the essentials of a language once you frame that learning into a certain context (for example, a short story). Short stories allow you to put what you’ve learned so far into practice, allowing you to expand your vocabulary quickly, make sense of ideas, understand new concepts, and overall get a better grasp of the German language.

Short stories work because they eliminate the stress of forcing yourself to learn. Instead, when you read the 10 captivating short stories we’ve prepared for you, you'll learn German without even realizing you’re learning it! Your goal is to simply focus on one story at a time (they only a take few minutes to read). The stories consist of multiple genres, including adventure, fantasy, mystery, romance, just to name a new . We wanted these stories to be fun, interesting, and appealing, motivating you to keep on reading to find out what happens next. That’s the very best way to learn, don’t you think?


In this book you’ll find a total of 10 short stories in German. Each story is divided into three chapters. You start by reading Chapter one, then you go to the Annex, and you’ll find there a quick summary of what you just read, a vocabulary list, and several multiple choice exercises intended to help you forge a deeper understanding of the story as it goes. Once you’re done with this section, you move on to Chapter 2, then Chapter 3, and then you move on to the next story. It’s so easy and fun you won’t believe it.


"German Short Stories For Beginners" contains a multitude of vocabulary lists including words and phrases you can incorporate to grow your German vocabulary to unprecedented levels. We chose each of those words carefully, aiming to support the beginner and intermediate student alike. We are absolutely sure will love all our stories, and we sincerely hope they help you learn German much, much faster.


Short stories are absolutely ideal to learn German while having fun. All you need to do is pick one from this book, and start reading.


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Genres: German Literature

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 7, 2016

Reviews

[Gayatri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has everything a new German learner can ask for. Simple language, stories with interesting characters and plots, meanings of new words, phrases and summary of every chapter in both English and German, although I must mention, English summaries of many chapters were rather odd. German summaries were fine.
But overall this book is nice. Stories are interesting and that keeps you going.
I would recommend this book to all German learners. Its language is simple and grammar-wise it is okay, but the use of different phrases, and use of Umgangssprache makes it worth reading even for B2 level students!

[Steve Ruprecht · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll give this a shot...

Wenn Sie bereit sind, Ihr Deutch über Niveau a2 zu verbessern, kaufen Sie dieses Buch. Die Geschichten waren leicht zu lesen, aber es wurde nicht langweilig, was oft mit deiser Art von Buch passiert.

When you are ready to improve your German past the a2 level buy this book. The stories were easy to read but it didn't become boring, which can often be the case with this type of book.

[Marina Alonso · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book for people learning German.

[Amy Hengst]

ausgezeichnet! These stories are cute and fun, probably more for intermediate learners, but each short section is followed by a German recap, followed by an even shorter English language summary and some reading comprehension questions and vocabulary lists. So for beginners through to late intermediate, there is something to learn. The audio version felt natural but slow enough to be easy to listen to, with entertaining narrators speaking clear deutlich high German.
I hope they will put out an "intermediate" and "advanced" reader in audio format next.