German materials for beginner and intermediate learners
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Ein Sommer in Heidelberg – Probekapitel
Ein Sommer in Heidelberg German Short Stories for Intermediate Students B1Available for Kindle and as a paperbackA captivating story about two young women whose lives turn up-side-down after the mother ...
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Ein- Und Auswanderung
Deutsche Texte B2 Ein- und Auswanderung In diesem Text findest du Informationen über die Einwanderung nach Deutschland und die Auswanderung von Deutschen in andere Länder. Vielleicht willst du selber nach ...
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Valentinstag in Deutschland
BEsondere Tage Valentinstag This is a text for intermediate students which gives you some information about origin of Valentine's Day. The first part is written completely in German and without ...
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Ein Sommer in Heidelberg – Behind the Scenes
Ein Sommer in Heidelberg - Behind the scenes Being a language learner and an enthusiastic story reader myself, I've always found it interested to find out what inspired an author ...
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Texts in German: Ein Tag im Leben von Alina, Ärztin aus Rumänien
texts in German (B1) Alina, Ärztin aus Rumänien This is a text in German for the low intermediate level (B1). As an online German teacher, I've worked with some students ...
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Texts in German: Bharat, Programmierer aus Indien
texts in German (B1) Bharat, Programmierer aus Indien This is a text in German for the low intermediate level (B1). As an online German teacher, I've worked with some students ...
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Easy texts in German – Früher und heute
Are you looking for easy texts in German? Below, you'll find two short texts with vocabulary German - English and audio recordings for the A2 level. Two women of two ...
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Bücher für Deutschlerner – 6 Romane von deutschen Autoren
Bücher für Deutschlerner Sprichst du schon sehr gut Deutsch (B2+) und liest gerne? Dann werden dir diese Buchtipps hoffentlich gefallen. Mit Ausnahme von "Tintenherz" sind es die Bücher, die ich ...
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Alternative Lebensstile
B1 Niveau Deutsch Alternative Lebensstile Im folgenden Artikel für das B1-Niveau Deutsch findest du fünf kurze Texte über Menschen, die sich für einen sogenannten alternativen Lebensstil entschieden haben, d.h. sie ...
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Reading in a Foreign Language – Strategies
Strategies for reading in a foreign language Reading is a great way to boost your language skills in a fun and brain-friendly way. However, it can also overwhelming and intimidating ...
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German text for beginners – Bernd möchte ein Haustier
German dialogue for Beginners Bernd möchte ein Haustier Are you looking for easy texts in German? Here's a dialogue for beginners (A1/A2 level). A boy called Bernd and his parents ...
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German Short Stories and conversation books by Olly Richards
German Short Stories and conversation books by Olly Richards If you're a bit familiar with the world of language learning and well-known polyglots, you've probably come across the name of ...
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Learn German with Stories – Dino lernt Deutsch series
"Dino learnt Deutsch" series by André Klein Whenever students asked me if I could recommend interesting books to get started with reading in German, I mentioned the series "Dino lernt ...
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Deutschland in der Nachkriegszeit
Deutsche Texte B2 Deutschland in der Nachkriegszeit If you're interested in history, you'll enjoy this text about post-1945 Germany. You'll get some information about the situation of the people back ...
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German Grammar Practice through reading
How reading improves your grammar when you learn German German is one of those language where grammar changes depending on whether you speak or write the language. If you take ...
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Advantages of Reading when you study a foreign language
Advantages of Reading when learning a foreign Language As a German teacher and also as a fellow language student, I've worked with numerous textbooks. Don't get me wrong, there are ...
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Easy texts in German – Leben auf dem Land
Two young people tell you why they prefer to live in the countryside. With vocabulary German - English and audio recordings. Easy texts in German (A2) Leben auf dem Land ...
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