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10 historische Romane aus Deutschland

10 historische Romane aus Deutschland

10 Historische Romane aus Deutschland Nach den Artikeln mit Romantipps für fortgeschrittene Deutschlerner und der Vorstellung von 10 Regionalkrimis aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz wird es nun Zeit für ...
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Belinda Reisebüro German A1

Belinda arbeitet im Reisebüro

Easy Text for Beginners - German A1 This short text is for beginners who recently started to learn German. It's about a woman called Belinda who works at a travel ...
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Speaking practice on italki - Avoid these pitfalls

Speaking Practice on Italki – Avoid These Pitfalls

Speaking Practice on italki - Avoid these pitfalls This is the last article about having German or other language lessons with italki teachers and tutors and making the most out ...
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Weihnachten in Deutschland und Peru

Weihnachten in Deutschland und Peru – Ein Dialog

Weihnachten in Deutschland und PerU A Peruvian girl who is going to spend her first Christmas in Germany talks to her German friend and they tell each other what Christmas ...
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Structured lessons on italki

Advantages and Disadvantages of Structured Lessons on Italki

Advantages and disadvantages of Structured lessons on italki This is the fifth article about having German or other language lessons with italki teachers and tutors and making the most out ...
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Umzug nach Berlin – Probekapitel

Umzug nach Berlin German Short Stories for Intermediate LearnersAvailable for Kindle and as a paperback After their exciting vacation at the German Baltic Sea coast, Carla and Henrik move to ...
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How to afford professional teachers when you're on a budget

How to afford professional teachers when you’re on a budget

How to afford professional teachers when you're on a budget This is the fourth article about having German or other language lessons with italki teachers and tutors and making the ...
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Working with multiple teachers on italki

Working with multiple teachers on italki

Working with multiple teachers on italki So you have decided that you would like to learn German (or any other language you're currently studying) and are wondering how to progress ...
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How to work efficiently with an italki community tutor

How to work efficiently with an italki community tutor

How to work efficiently with an italki community tutor So you have decided that you would like to practice speaking German (or any other language you're currently studying) and want ...
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10 deutschsprachige Regionalkrimis

10 Regionalkrimis aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

10 Regionalkrimis aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz Nachdem ich vor einigen Monaten schon mal einen Artikel mit Romantips für fortgeschrittene Deutschlerner gepostet hatte, dachte ich mir, es wird Zeit ...
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Improve your German with italki

Improve your German on italki

Improve your German with italki Reading books and articles in a foreign language helps you to enhance your passive vocabulary quickly and much of that passive vocabulary will eventually become ...
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Die neuen Nachbarn - Short Story for beginner students of German

Die neuen Nachbarn

German Short Story for Beginners A1.2 Two German kids find new friends when an Indian family moves into the house next to them.This is an easy-to-read story for beginner students ...
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German b1 Reader

Ein unvergesslicher Urlaub – Probekapitel

Ein unvergesslicher Urlaub   German Short Stories for Intermediate LearnersAvailable for Kindle and as a paperback Carla and Henrik’s vacation and volunteer work at the German Baltic Sea coast turns into an ...
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erzähl mir von früher - short story german a2

Erzähl mir von früher

German Short Stories for Beginners A2 10-years old Sarah visits her great-grandfather and asks her to tell what life was like when she was a child. Sarah is fascinated by ...
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Probekapitel Jobsuche in München Graded Reader German A2

Jobsuche in München – Probekapitel

Jobsuche in München  German Short Stories for BeginnersAvailable for Kindle and as a paperback Carla, a young woman from Portugal moves to Munich. While looking for a room and a job, ...
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Verschwunden im Möbelgeschäft - Deutsch A2

Verschwunden im Möbelgeschäft

German Short Stories for Beginners A1.2 This is a simple text about a young couple and their 4-year old son Jonas who go to IKEA to buy some new furniture ...
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Verschwunden im Möbelgeschäft - A German short story for beginners

Ostern in Deutschland

This is a text for intermediate students and talks about Easter. The first part gives you some information about Christian and pre-Christian Easter customs in Germany and about what Easter ...
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Carla will nach Deutschland German short stories for beginners

Carla will nach Deutschland – Probekapitel

Carla will nach Deutschland  German Short Stories for BeginnersAvailable for Kindle and as a paperback Easy-to-understand texts introduce you to Carla and her family and will help you to improve your ...
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