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German Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediate Learners: Engaging Short Stories to Learn German and Build Your Vocabulary
Do you know what's the biggest obstacle preventing many from learning German to fluency?
It's a lack of vocabulary!
Reading in German is perhaps the most effective way to build up your vocabulary in German.
With our book German Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediate Learners, you can practice reading German while working on your German vocabulary and grammar skills.
The stories contained within this book were written with both beginner and intermediate German learners in mind, so you will find plenty of new vocabulary and German grammar to learn without having to worry about the level of the reading being too difficult.
Our German short stories only use the real German language used by native speakers every day so that you can learn German the natural way. Grab your copy now and get started today!
It's a lack of vocabulary!
Reading in German is perhaps the most effective way to build up your vocabulary in German.
With our book German Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediate Learners, you can practice reading German while working on your German vocabulary and grammar skills.
The stories contained within this book were written with both beginner and intermediate German learners in mind, so you will find plenty of new vocabulary and German grammar to learn without having to worry about the level of the reading being too difficult.
Our German short stories only use the real German language used by native speakers every day so that you can learn German the natural way. Grab your copy now and get started today!
106 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 29, 2019
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August 11, 2020
Very helpful! I particularly enjoyed the feature of the English translation after each story in German.
January 13, 2020
A Good Tool for Your German Language Learning Arsenal
Language Guru has a version of this short story book in several languages. I have reviewed the ones in Italian, Spanish, Korean, and French. All the books are essentially the same, except of course, for the language. They have the same introductory material. They briefly discuss the difference between intensive and extensive language learning, stating that these books are meant for extensive language learning. Extensive learning means that you try to get a lot of exposure to the language without worrying about comprehension. This is unlike intensive language learning where you look up every word and try to get a firm grasp of every nuance of meaning. There's also a section on how to use a book, including a discussion about spaced repetition learning, though they don't really tell you how to incorporate that into your extensive language learning practice.
But the heart and bulk of the book have to do with the eight short stories. Again, these are essentially all the same stories in each similarly titled book of the series, just in a different language. Sometimes they change things up with a little cultural variation (like for the food), but the short story essentially is the same between all the books. Each short story section contains the short story written in German, a vocabulary list, a quiz in German, and the English story translation. In the introductory material, the authors recommend either reading the vocabulary list first or the story first. I find the stories more enjoyable and understandable if I read the vocabulary list first. I don't set out to memorize it, but just familiarize myself with it. For this particular book, I did have a slight advantage compared to most of the other ones I’ve reviewed (except for the French one). I did take German in college some 30 years ago, and while I certainly don't remember everything, I remember some.
All in all, I think this book, as well as the other Language Guru books that are similarly titled, are a nice addition to language learning, especially if you want to give extensive learning a try.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
Language Guru has a version of this short story book in several languages. I have reviewed the ones in Italian, Spanish, Korean, and French. All the books are essentially the same, except of course, for the language. They have the same introductory material. They briefly discuss the difference between intensive and extensive language learning, stating that these books are meant for extensive language learning. Extensive learning means that you try to get a lot of exposure to the language without worrying about comprehension. This is unlike intensive language learning where you look up every word and try to get a firm grasp of every nuance of meaning. There's also a section on how to use a book, including a discussion about spaced repetition learning, though they don't really tell you how to incorporate that into your extensive language learning practice.
But the heart and bulk of the book have to do with the eight short stories. Again, these are essentially all the same stories in each similarly titled book of the series, just in a different language. Sometimes they change things up with a little cultural variation (like for the food), but the short story essentially is the same between all the books. Each short story section contains the short story written in German, a vocabulary list, a quiz in German, and the English story translation. In the introductory material, the authors recommend either reading the vocabulary list first or the story first. I find the stories more enjoyable and understandable if I read the vocabulary list first. I don't set out to memorize it, but just familiarize myself with it. For this particular book, I did have a slight advantage compared to most of the other ones I’ve reviewed (except for the French one). I did take German in college some 30 years ago, and while I certainly don't remember everything, I remember some.
All in all, I think this book, as well as the other Language Guru books that are similarly titled, are a nice addition to language learning, especially if you want to give extensive learning a try.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
January 2, 2020
This book has a very nice idea. Learn German by following a text. Follow Niklas through his life. Exercise, hobbies, work, town and city, at home, family and education: this book gives you an excellent summary of vocabulary. There are questions for understanding answering and every German text is in English as well to test the understanding. It's a nice quick read but:
No native German speaker would speak this way. The vocabulary is right but the tenses are an awful mess. My hope has been that this book is translated free speech but its just one on one translation with the vocabulary. Too bad..
I'm a native German speaker, and I can judge the translation. I've read a hundred books in English and in my opinion you can learn better with colloquial language even if the vocabulary isn't the same one on one.
It's a nice book to read but if you may talk this way to a native German speaker it will sound wooden. You can also put goo...translate on speaker it may sound the same. (don't get me wrong my English is the same. Wrong tenses, vocabulary and for sure many ridiculous mistakes in choosing the right vocabulary. But it's my own freestyle :) *smile)
This book is suitable for everyone who wants to have a little insight in German language, through a nice short story with short chapters.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Dieses Buch hat eine sehr schöne Idee. Lerne Deutsch, mit einem zusammenhängenden Text. Folge Niklas durch sein Leben. Bewegung, Hobbys, Arbeit, Stadt, Zuhause, Familie und Bildung: In diesem Buch findet man eine hervorragende Zusammenfassung des Wortschatzes. Es gibt Verständnisfragen und jeder deutsche Text ist auch noch einmal auf Englisch, zum nachlesen. Die Idee ist klasse, aber:
Kein deutscher Muttersprachler würde so reden. Das Vokabular ist richtig, aber die Zeiten sind ein schreckliches Durcheinander. Ich hatte gehofft, dass dieses Buch " frei übersetzt" ist, aber es ist nur eine Eins-zu-Eins-Übersetzung der Vokabeln. Schade..
Ich bin deutsche Muttersprachlerin und kann daher die deutschen Texte ganz gut beurteilen. Ich habe viele,viele Bücher auf Englisch gelesen und meiner Meinung nach kann man eine andere Sprache besser lernen wenn beide Sprachen umgangssprachlich ausgedrückt sind, auch wenn die Vokabeln nicht eins zu eins gleich sind.
Es ist ein schönes Buch zum Lesen, aber wenn Sie so mit einem deutschen Muttersprachler sprechen würden , klingt es hölzern, da könnte man auch goog..translate auf Lautsprecher stellen das klingt gleich.(Bitte versteht mich nicht falsch mein Englisch klingt genauso: Ich schmeiße munter Zeiten durcheinander und habe ein schlechtes Händchen bei der passenden Auswahl von Vokabeln: Aber es ist mein eigenes ganz persönliches freestyle - Englisch *grins
Dieses Buch ist für alle geeignet, die einen kleinen Einblick in die deutsche Sprache erhalten möchten.Durch eine schöne Kurzgeschichte mit kurzen Kapiteln
Ich habe ein kostenloses Exemplar dieses Buches über Booksprout erhalten und hinterlasse freiwillig eine Rezension.
No native German speaker would speak this way. The vocabulary is right but the tenses are an awful mess. My hope has been that this book is translated free speech but its just one on one translation with the vocabulary. Too bad..
I'm a native German speaker, and I can judge the translation. I've read a hundred books in English and in my opinion you can learn better with colloquial language even if the vocabulary isn't the same one on one.
It's a nice book to read but if you may talk this way to a native German speaker it will sound wooden. You can also put goo...translate on speaker it may sound the same. (don't get me wrong my English is the same. Wrong tenses, vocabulary and for sure many ridiculous mistakes in choosing the right vocabulary. But it's my own freestyle :) *smile)
This book is suitable for everyone who wants to have a little insight in German language, through a nice short story with short chapters.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Dieses Buch hat eine sehr schöne Idee. Lerne Deutsch, mit einem zusammenhängenden Text. Folge Niklas durch sein Leben. Bewegung, Hobbys, Arbeit, Stadt, Zuhause, Familie und Bildung: In diesem Buch findet man eine hervorragende Zusammenfassung des Wortschatzes. Es gibt Verständnisfragen und jeder deutsche Text ist auch noch einmal auf Englisch, zum nachlesen. Die Idee ist klasse, aber:
Kein deutscher Muttersprachler würde so reden. Das Vokabular ist richtig, aber die Zeiten sind ein schreckliches Durcheinander. Ich hatte gehofft, dass dieses Buch " frei übersetzt" ist, aber es ist nur eine Eins-zu-Eins-Übersetzung der Vokabeln. Schade..
Ich bin deutsche Muttersprachlerin und kann daher die deutschen Texte ganz gut beurteilen. Ich habe viele,viele Bücher auf Englisch gelesen und meiner Meinung nach kann man eine andere Sprache besser lernen wenn beide Sprachen umgangssprachlich ausgedrückt sind, auch wenn die Vokabeln nicht eins zu eins gleich sind.
Es ist ein schönes Buch zum Lesen, aber wenn Sie so mit einem deutschen Muttersprachler sprechen würden , klingt es hölzern, da könnte man auch goog..translate auf Lautsprecher stellen das klingt gleich.(Bitte versteht mich nicht falsch mein Englisch klingt genauso: Ich schmeiße munter Zeiten durcheinander und habe ein schlechtes Händchen bei der passenden Auswahl von Vokabeln: Aber es ist mein eigenes ganz persönliches freestyle - Englisch *grins
Dieses Buch ist für alle geeignet, die einen kleinen Einblick in die deutsche Sprache erhalten möchten.Durch eine schöne Kurzgeschichte mit kurzen Kapiteln
Ich habe ein kostenloses Exemplar dieses Buches über Booksprout erhalten und hinterlasse freiwillig eine Rezension.
January 16, 2020
This is a book of awesome stories to add to your German words. I enjoy the stories and I love learning new words in German. I am able to practice with my friends who help me with the pronunciation.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 6, 2020
A great book that helps me remind my German which is quite rusty. I liked the vocabulary at the end of each story, and I loved the questions to check my reading comprehension. The translation into English was not necessary for me, but maybe it was a good idea for other people.
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