Improve your German through reading
What are graded readers and why should you use them?
Graded readers are books for language learners, either a selection of short stories or a novel. They are written with a limited grammatical and lexical complexity and avoid too many different characters and a plot which consists of multiple layers.
Graded readers may be adaptions of well-known books or completely new stories. Learning German through stories is one of the most enjoyable and efficient ways of improving your German skills. Language students who read a lot also write and understand better than those who just work with textbooks. You’ll pick up new vocabulary without even noticing it and quickly boost your language skills.
What you can find here:
Books
Graded Readers with engaging short stories, comprehension questions and exercises for the levels A1 - B2. Available for Kindle or as paperbacks at all Amazon stores and with free audio recordings on the website.
Free Short Stories
As a newsletter subscriber, you'll receive a free and original short story as a PDF and mp3 at the beginning of each month. We vary between stories for beginners and intermediate learners.
Blog
On our blog, we publish texts, stories and dialogues in German for beginners and intermediate students, excerpts from our books, general language learning tips and recommend books of other authors.
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