Learn German With Stories: Café in Berlin – 10 Short Stories For Beginners

You don’t have to travel to Germany to experience the rich culture and language.
These simple German short stories will give you a taste of German culture, food, and language without leaving your home. Take your German to the next level and boost your vocabulary, reading comprehension and grammar sense with episode 1 of our short story series for beginners!

Newly arrived in Berlin, a young man from Sicily is thrown headlong into an unfamiliar urban lifestyle of unkempt bachelor pads, evanescent romances and cosmopolitan encounters of the strangest kind. If only there weren’t this pesky business of learning German.

Experience daily life in the German capital through the eyes of a newcomer, learn about the city and its people, and improve your German effortlessly and instantly.

It’s all about immersion! The ultimate goal of any good learner.

Just got started learning the language of poets and thinkers? Memorized a few words but struggle with longer texts? This book is designed to help beginners make the leap from studying isolated words and phrases to reading (and enjoying!) German fiction.

Using simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary you can build upon, this German reader of 10 short stories for beginners is carefully crafted to allow even novice learners to fully immerse themselves in an authentic German learning experience.

Each chapter comes with a complete German-English dictionary with special emphasis on collocative phrases (high frequency word combinations), short sentences and expressions designed for improved memorization.

By working with these building blocks instead of just single words, learners can boost their active usage of new material instantly and make the language learning process more fluid and fun. You’ll be surprised at what you can pick up!

What You’ll Find In This Book10 quirky chapters set in bustling Berlina relatable protagonist and other fun characterstons of phrases and expressions you will actually use in daily lifea detailed German-English dictionary after every chapterfun short quizzes to check your text-comprehension (including answers)bonus materials including video, flashcards and further exercisesthe beginning of a grand German learning adventure …
Read, Learn & Collect Them All

This is only the first episode of a whole series of exciting German short stories for beginners. Follow our protagonist to Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and many other cities! Before you know it, you’ll have travelled half of Europe and picked up more German than years’ worth of expensive courses. Learning German has never been more fun.

What You WON’T Find In This Bookarchaic German words and phrases nobody uses in real lifedull characters designed by academics and committeesgeneric sentences that don’t go nowherecondescending storytelling that insults your intelligencea teaching approach which takes itself too seriously
Welcome to episode 1 of Dino lernt Deutsch: Café in Berlin – the perfect way to step up your vocabulary, boost your grammar sense and simply enjoy reading in German!

From the Publisher

Easy German Short Stories for Beginners

A fresh, authentic look at German culture and life. Join Dino on his journey through Germany (and beyond) and learn the language effortlessly along the way.

Learn German With Dino

Dino lernt Deutsch is a German short story series for beginners starting at the A1/A2 level.

Using simplified sentences and a basic vocabulary you can build upon, this story series for beginners is carefully crafted to help immerse yourself in an authentic German learning experience.

Meet Dino, a young man from Sicily traveling through German cities (and beyond). Follow his adventures as he learns about the local culture, customs and language. Get a grasp of new words and expressions with our detailed German-English dictionary after every chapter and test your comprehension with simple quizzes.

written in simplified German designed for beginnersintegrated custom dictionary after every chapterquick exercises to check your understanding

Your German Learning Adventure Starts Here

Learning German with stories is a great way to increase your vocabulary, reading skills and gain grammar awareness. Dino lernt Deutsch is written in a simple yet engaging style that will hold your interest as you learn how to make your first steps with the language.

Discover German short stories for beginners and travel through Europe—follow our protagonist to Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and many other cities! Before you know it, you’ll have travelled half of Europe and picked up more German than years’ worth of expensive courses. Learning German has never been more fun.

free workbooks (PDF)free flashcards (Anki/Quizlet)audio narration (available separately)

Fun and effective

Using simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary you can build upon, these German readers are carefully crafted to allow even novice learners to fully immerse themselves in an authentic German learning experience.

Each chapter comes with a complete German-English dictionary with special emphasis on collocative phrases (high frequency word combinations), short sentences and expressions designed for improved memorization.

By working with these building blocks instead of just single words, learners can boost their active usage of new material instantly and make the language learning process more fluid and fun. You’ll be surprised at what you can pick up!

Quick Start Guide

What Level Are These Books?

This series is designed for beginner German learners starting around the A1/2 level. If you can ‘understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases’ this series will slowly ease you into reading and understanding connected sentences and enjoy simple but fun storytelling.

Do They Gradually Get More Difficult?

Yes. You’ll find that the level gradually increases, building up vocabulary and frequently used expressions from various areas of relevance (e.g. personal and family information, shopping, cooking, employment, culture) which are successively utilized to form increasingly complex conversation topics, both concrete and abstract (gently leading up to ~B1/2).

Which Book Should I Read First?

For most learners we’d recommend to start with the first book Café in Berlin and slowly work yourself up from there. However, if it seems too easy, please feel free to skip ahead a few episodes and join the story at a point that suits your individual learning level. While the episodes are loosely connected in their overall narrative, each book tells a self-contained story.

These books come with: funny engaging stories from daily life short & sweet comprehension quizzes a custom German-English dictionary flashcards and more

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00F33E3C0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ learnoutlive.com
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 11, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ German
File size ‏ : ‎ 2.7 MB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 70 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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