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Short Stories in German for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn German the fun way! (Teach Yourself Short Stories) (German Edition) by [Olly Richards, Alex Rawlings]

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Short Stories in German for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn German the fun way! (Teach Yourself Short Stories) (German Edition) Kindle Edition

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An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.

"I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers

Short Stories in German for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading.

What does this book give you?

· Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary
· Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently
· Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability
· Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!'
· Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way

Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including

· A glossary for bolded words in each text
· A bilingual word list
· Full plot summary
· Comprehension questions after each chapter.

As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in German for Beginners will make learning French easy and enjoyable.

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Publisher

Teach Yourself
Publication date

October 4, 2018
Language

German
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About the Author

Olly Richards speaks eight languages and is the man behind the popular blog: I Will Teach You A Language. He started learning his first foreign language at age 19, when he bought a one-way ticket to Paris...

With no exposure to languages growing up, and no special talent to speak of, he had to figure out how to learn a foreign language from scratch. Fifteen years later, Olly has studied ten languages and has decided to reveal how he accomplished his goal of learning foreign languages quickly.

Although he started the I Will Teach You A Language blog in order to document his latest language learning experiments, his useful and actionable writing quickly transformed the blog into one of the most popular sources of language learning advice on the web. He now produces language books and courses across a variety of mediums with the goal of helping other people to successfully learn a new language.

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"As researchers in language acquisition, we need to study people like you"―Stephen Krashen, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California

"Olly's advice on language learning is the real deal, and I recommend you pay attention to what he has to say!"―Benny Lewis, Fluent in 3 Months

"When we wanted to create a free online course on how to learn a language we asked Olly to write it with us".―Dr Tita Beaven, The Open University

"Learning a language is challenging, but it's one of the best things you can do for your brain and your learning skill set... Olly Richards is doing some seriously incredible work to empower more and more people to rise to the challenge".―Jonathan Levi

"Olly bridges the gap between theory and practice by helping you to use scientific principles to get real results with your language learning".―Anthony Metivier, Magnetic Memory Method --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HWPYWHM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Teach Yourself (October 4, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 4, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ German
File size ‏ : ‎ 3504 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #86,356 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2 in Literature & Fiction in German
- #4 in German Language Instruction (Kindle Store)
- #5 in Language, Linguistics & Writing in German

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Olly Richards is a foreign language expert and teacher. He speaks eight languages and has authored over 30 books. He has appeared in international press, from the BBC and the Independent to El País and Gulf News. He has featured in language
documentaries and authored language courses for the Open University.
Olly started learning his first foreign language at the age of 19, when he bought a one-way ticket to Paris. With no exposure to languages growing up, and no natural talent for languages, Olly had to figure out how to learn French from scratch. Twenty years later, Olly has studied languages from around the world and is considered an expert in the field.
Through his books and website, StoryLearning.com, Olly is known for teaching languages through the power of story – including the book you are holding in your hands right now!
You can find out more about Olly, including a library of free training, at his website: www.storylearning.com
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Alex Rawlings
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Alex is a citizen of the world. He was born and grew up in London, UK. As a child, he would spend long summers in Greece, visiting family and wondering why he couldn't understand anyone. He quickly realised that if he could learn to speak other people's languages, rather than waiting for them to speak English, life would be much more interesting.
After misspending his adolescence learning languages like Dutch, Catalan and Hebrew, in 2012 he was named Britain's most multilingual student after being tested for fluency in 11 different languages. His studies of German and Russian at Oxford University led him to live in provincial Russia and Berlin. After graduating, he packed his bags and took a one-way flight to Budapest, where he studied Hungarian for a year before living in Spain and then returning to London in June 2016. He moved to Barcelona in November 2018.
Now having studied more than 15 languages, Alex spends his time writing about language learning and the importance of multilingualism. Barcelona is now where he calls home, but you'll also find him passing through Johannesburg, London, Budapest, Athens or Berlin.
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Danny Glenn

Fun stories

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 29, 2022

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The stories were fun for me to read. I like the way unusual or idioms could be clicked, and the definitions are immediately there. I have been reading stories such as these for a couple if years and I can notice my fluency in German is really improving.

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Love these language books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2021

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I've been using Duolingo for years and recently finished the German course. Someone told me once that a great way to keep up on language skills was to get children's books in that language and that has proven to be beneficial. I saw this book though and decided to give it a shot. Glad I did. These books are a great way to not only extend but to enhance my learning as there are words in here that I didn't learn via Duolingo and it has a glossary for any word in bold. I loved this book so much that I started getting them in the other languages that I am currently learning. I definitely recommend.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 11, 2022

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Having self-assessed to only be around an A2 level around the time of purchase: I found this book to be a great learning aid. With a limited understanding of German, the stories within were written in a way that I could understand the major points of the stories, yet still be challenged with new vocabulary, conjugations, idioms, and sentence structuring. Overall, I found it to be a good tool along the learning journey

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Jim and Tori M.

You will REALLY like this!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 15, 2020

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These stories are wonderful! I had recently finished my Rosetta Stone German course. It took me 4 years! You might guess that working so slowly through the course, I had only a basic understanding of the language. I followed the author’s instructions and read each story through without looking up ANY words. I still got the gist of each story well enough to answer most questions. Then I went back and read the stories again, looking up the words, phrases, or sometimes whole sentences I didn’t understand (easy to do with the Kindle App.) I enjoyed every story, and I am slowly getting a little bit bigger vocabulary. You should have at least a basic understanding of German before tackling this book. I recommend this book to anyone trying to improve their German!

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Amazon Customer

Good book for building on beginner German language skills

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2021

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This book is perfect for those who have a good base of German vocabulary and pronunciation established. I’m three chapters in and I am quite happy with the book and would recommend to anyone that wants to read in beginner German. The chapters are short and are comprised of sentences and paragraphs that make it easy to read for someone that is still learning the language. The review at the end of each chapter is helpful and a good way to check your understanding of what you’ve just read. Key words are bolded in the text and defined at the end of the chapter which makes it easy to look up their definition and continue with the story.

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H_cp

Awesome book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2021

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I love that this book doesnt have that much complecated word, i mean its for beginners. I do love that the stories are very catching. I have learned quite new words, and i feel i have improved my german reading this method. I do like to write on my books and this one is no exception. I write y highlight the word i dont know. I would definitely buy the intermediate book from the same author

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Den

Ausgezeichnet!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 18, 2022

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This book is simply outstanding. I learned German fifty years ago and have not used it much at all. I could understand all of it even though I did not know about five percent of the vocabulary and phrases. Since practice makes perfect I want to read more books with stories like this one.

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Fun and useful, but one story is missing from the purchased version of this ebook.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2021

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I really enjoyed weaving my way through the German language for Beginners on this book 😊 but I'm disappointed that the story "Ferrg der Drache" was not included in my purchased version of the book. I had previously borrowed the book through Kindle Unlimited, and that version included that story. I then purchased the book once the borrowing time elapsed but couldn't find that particular story in the purchased book. Now I don't know how it ends...

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Federico Carretta

I'm trying this learning method and it's really funny and useful!

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on September 9, 2021

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The book presents 8 stories to help your learning journey of the German language, following the method of Olly Richard of extensive reading. At the beginning of the volume, you will find an introduction and the explication of this language learning method, and how to apply it properly with the volume itself. I've only read the first story, but I found it funny, enjoyable and totally understandable for A2 level learners. I followed the instruction about reading the chapter one time straight, then read the summary at the end and re-read it again, and only after that to search for the few words that I didn't know. To my surprise, at the second reading I was already able to understand the core of most of the words that I didn't catch on the first reading, without looking for their translation or other stuff! The short exercise at the end of every chapter are useful tools too, 'cause they help you to understand the core points of every chapter and to reflect about them.
Really good job!

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Gloria

Ottimo libro per chi si approccia al Tedesco per le prime volte, livello A2/B1

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on March 21, 2022

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Libro fatto molto bene, si tratta di brevi racconti di uno o due capitoli di facile comprensione per un livello A2/B1, le stesse parole possono ripetersi più volte all’interno del testo, in questo modo è più semplice ricordarle. Le parole più difficili vengono evidenziate in grassetto e spiegate alla fine di ogni racconto. Vi sono anche piccoli esercizi di comprensione del testo

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Fatto bene

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on March 5, 2022

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Ho letto attentamente le descrizioni e "istruzioni" prima di lanciarmi nell'acquisto di questo libro e devo dire che sono mantenute tutte le promesse. Le storie si leggono facilmente, è una lettura piacevole, facile, proprio come cercavo. Le consiglio assolutamente.

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Nya

Perfect!

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on April 30, 2022

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Ekaterina

Great book

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on December 2, 2018

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A very fast delivery, a great book with fascinating stories, absolutely recommended for low-intermediate learners.

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