Learn German With Stories: Café in Berlin - 10 Short Stories For Beginners (Dino lernt Deutsch - Simple German Short Stories For Beginners) Paperback – 13 Sept. 2013

I started to learn German at home with a teach yourself book by trying to remember a list of useful phrases/words. At the beginning it was reasonably easy but 6 months later I found going over and over the same words was less and less inspiring. I came across "Cafe in Berlin" by accident and decided to give it a try.The 10 chapters are each 2-3 pages long and each is a self contained story but they also build to create a single simple and amusing story. Important or commonly used words in a chapter are in bold and in a dictionary at the end of each chapter. The stories are long enough to paint a good picture but not too long that they become too much to remember.I started to learn German in Sept 2013 and by Apr 2014 had learnt just enough vocabulary to allow me to start reading this book. I was very slow reading the first chapter but as many of the same words are used in each chapter I found I was reading the chapters faster and faster as I went through the book. Although many words are repeated the sentences are not so that you get to repeat words over and over without the boredom of trying to memorize the same sentences. Since starting to read this book I'm amazed at how much my vocabulary has increased in just 4 weeks.I bought the paperback version which, with quite large spaces between the lines, allows you to pencil in either definitions of hard to remember words or their phonetic pronunciation which I think is a big advantage over an electronic version. As I have started to remember these words I've removed the penciled notes to make sure I'm not reliant on the crib notes.Overall a great addition to a basic teach yourself book.

So I kept seeing this recommended on language learning websites but I'm not a big short story fan so I held off.This was a mistake, because this is the ONLY fun German language learning experience I've had so far (I've not been having a great time). It's not really short stories, it's more like a series of diary entries from a year in Berlin, outlining Dino's experiences. And they are actually funny. The first two chapters you can read/watch on YouTube and they are quite nicely done. After seeing those, I (for the first time ever) actually bought this on kindle (rather than in a real book) because it meant I could tap on the words as I read for translation if I didn't know them (although all the words in bold were highlighted at the end of the section, and my kindle dictionary was not much help translating the bit where a local swimming spot is described as contaminated by hipsters).I read it all in one day. I would agree it's probably around A1-2 level, but it's a nice confidence booster to read and follow the story. With no German at all you would struggle, but if you've even got a bit it's nice to see the language in action. I wanted to read on, rather than felt I was doing German practice as a chore.I will definitely be reading the rest of the series!

New vocabulary is printed in bold and listed at the end of each chapter. You can work out what it might mean from the context, then look it up afterwards.

This is really very good. I wasn't quite sure where to go next after beginning to learn basic German via "Dummies German All-In-One" and I thought it might be good to read some stories. I stumbled on this book by Google and the reviews seemed positive, so I downloaded it. To be honest, I was worried that I might not have enough German to be able to makes sense of whole pages of German text (daunting!). But it's written at just the right level and with a very helpful vocabulary at the end of each short chapter. Rather than being a chore, I enjoyed reading about Dino's life in Berlin. There's a humour in the text that made me want to read more and I found myself able to comprehend more and more as I read through it. The stories are short, but I think that's good at my level - each is a long enough read but not so long as to get bogged down in.As soon as I finished this book, I wanted to get the second one in order to keep on reading, which is in itself a pretty good recommendation. In short, thoroughly recommended!

I have been learning the German language myself for just over a year now and this book of short stories is at my level! They are written in a simple style but in a most amusing manner. They are not childish but describe the day to day events in the life of a young man moving to Berlin and learning the language. At the end of each story the vocabulary is highlighted and explained - not in the middle of the txt which would be annoying. There are some question at the end which perhaps aren’t necessary.More importantly I have the audio version which I can read along with, or just listen to - I find it more difficult to understand German just from the audio so this is also most helpful. All in all I really like this book- Cafe in Berlin and I have ordered the next two in the series.

I am at an intermediate level - completed Pimsleur, Michel Thomas etc and at the point where I am looking for actual material to read rather than just listen and repeat.This is fantastic. Actually really funny short stories all in German, that gave me great confidence as I could read and understand 90% and then there is a guide to highlighted words/sentences at the end of each story.Stories about 3/4 pages long, so you can read through, do the vocab, and then read through again fully understanding (hopefully!).There is also a quiz at the end of each story.Have purchased a couple of the Authors other books, and they are looking just as good.Only downside is its only about 100 pages in total but I will go back and enjoy again once I have read the others. Also a good price - well worth it if you are at a point where you are moving on from lessons, but not quite at the point where you can say watch German TV or Film just yet.Great job André keep them coming!

Es war ein sehr interessantes Buch, das Ich Zum Lesen empfehle, um Deutsch besser zu verstehen.Ich werde alle kleinen Geschichten kaufen !

Learn German With Stories, a série... apesar de ter sempre essa recomendação em tela por parte da Amazon já tinha a curiosidade ainda em adquirir um livro ou mesmo uma amostra. Depois de ter lido uma certa quantidade de livros na língua e ter adquirido uma certa proficiência em leitura no nível A1 e também no nível A2 (algo em torno de ter dominado um nível de iniciante) resolvi procurar audiolivros na plataforma.Na primeira busca mais uma indicação em audiobook, mas o livro não possuia áudio disponível. O que fiz adquirindo pelo Audible, também da Amazon.E quanta surpresa ao ler o livro e escutar o seu áudio.A história é bem simples, acho que mesmo para o iniciante (e que tenha iniciativa) em usar um dicionário como auxílio ou o próprio que tem no final de cada caput. porém em inglês. fará um grande avanço no treinamento da sua leitura.Mesmo sendo simples, a história tem um humor que eu acho peculiar em alemão.Alem disso a história se passa no dia a dia de um estudante estrangeiro que vive na Alemanha, mais precisamente em Berlim.O próprio título do livro é uma ironia. Uma ironia com a linda jovem sueca Ingrid que o nosso personagem tinha interesse.Realmente de uma inteligência e um humor sutilmente sarcástico.

Me gusta el contenido y el vocabulario más importante.

Love that there is a section of vocabulary at the end of every chapter. Would recommend it for beginners!

Très bon manuel pour les "débutants" qui ont des notions basiques de l'allemand. Les histoires ne sont pas trop longues, faciles à suivre. Le vocabulaire est bien adapté à la vie de tous les jours et doit permettre en fin de parcours de faire des phrases de conversation de base. La seule amélioration que j'y porterais est l'ajout d'un CD pour écouter le texte et se faire l'oreille à la prononciation.