Reading to learn German: short stories by Olly Richards
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- A quick reminder of why and how reading helps us learn languages and a short reading from Olly Richard's new “Short Stories In German for Beginners” by Olly Richards.
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English - goo.gl/jjE9Q8
French - goo.gl/RfhXjJ
Italian - goo.gl/2Zn2J6
Russian - goo.gl/g1DgwK
Spanish - goo.gl/4sujKJ
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Someone here was offering a very small and informal German class. We used Mr. Richard's Short Stories in German for Beginners. It was actually entertaining, with just the right degree of difficulty. Helpful.
Glad you found the book useful, lennysmom!
Thanks for this! I am interested in getting the Spanish one, and it seems like they will be good for my level. As a German native speaker, I can say that I am quite impressed by your accent. It is not quite indistinguishable from a native speaker, but it is very clear and understandable, and far better than most German learners that I hear. Good job and keep it up!
That's very encouraging to hear, Hanna. Thanks! I hope you enjoy Olly's Spanish book.
Your German pronunciation is really great! Thanks for the review!
Thanks, Zack. I'm not a natural with accents but I do what I can......
@@Howtogetfluent Excelkent video. Please read more of thease books and also review them.
Thanks! Pre-ordered the book as soon as I saw how big it was and how many stories it had. It's very hard to find big volumes of material to really sink your teeth into when you're lower intermediate in your language learning.
Hope you find the book useful, Clifford!
Currently learning German! Thanks so so much for this video very helpfull!
Glad it was helpful, Elise! Viel Erfolg!
I was wondering whether or not I should buy this book but your review was amazing! Thank you so much. Its so hard to find books in German in my country so.. Reviews are great when buying online.
I'm glad you found it helpful, Andreia. Olly does great work. Viel Erfolg beim Lesen!
I am also elearning Japanese actually but books seems impossible for me since I am still straggling with kanji. Don't know if there's Japanese story books with hiragana, I would be extremely happy if you can recommend me. Thank you your German story. Love it
sorry for not replying sooner, Elke, don't know how I missed this. Most learner books have furigana, that's to say small kana written above the kanji, to help learners. You even see this in some contexts in Japanese for natives (e.g. above station name signs on train platforms, as people won't always know how to pronounce the kanji of a place name). The only problem with furigani for oldies like me it that they're often too small for us to read comfortably.
For german, consider books by Angelika Bohn or André Klein, I'd say. They start out a bit easier, but the stories and characters are a bit more colourful. Olly's book does give you more content for your money though.
Thanks for the tips, Daniel. I'll check them out.
Hi Daniel! Do you know whether those books you mention include audio files, or is it just the text? I'd like to read them while listening to them. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the review! Mine should arrive next week, can't wait to read it!
Let me know what you think, Nico!
Thanks for the video and your pronunciation/accent sounds so much better than my Gringo :-)
Thanks for watching! I am still working on my accent, too!
Thanks for the suggestion. I’m going to buy this book for my Deutsche practice. Your video is really helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Thky for the notice of these kind of books
This was such an interesting video, thank you so much. I loved the reading excerpt (especially as I am an early intermediate (I think?) German learner) I am definitely getting this book and will take all your tips. Thank you once again.
Glad you found it useful, Shazza! Viel Erfolg beim Lesen!
Thanks for the run through, Gareth! I was thinking of ordering the Spanish one but wasn't quite sure what it was like. I'm definitely getting one now... :-)
Glad to be of service, Lisa! Hope you like the Spanish version.
How is It going with spanish?
If you want some help just let me know.
Спасибо большое, только субтитров (во время чтения книги) не хватает.
I bought the book and the back cover states that audio files for the stories are available at the teach yourself website. Does anyone know where they are lurking? It would be very helpful to hear the words spoken as I am learning them.
The website given on the back cover no longer seems to work. The audio is available at Audible but you have to pay after the free 30-day trial, as I understand it.
Really helpful video! And one question btw, the book doesn't have audio, right?
Grüße Angela! I've just checked on Amazon and there's an audio version available with Audible (I think that's a subscription service but, if I remember correctly, they may do free trials). Combinng text an audio can be really powerful for dictation, shadowing, variety etc as I'm sure you're very aware.
thank you so much 😊😊
Great content thank you 👍
Glad you found it useful, Simon!
Just what I have been looking for. Thank you !
Hope you enjoy it!
Your German pronunciation is almost flawless. Good job.
Vielen Dank!
Thank you for the review. it was really a helpful review
Glad you found it useful, Anandan!
Awesome, can’t wait to read it!
I hope I can get the German and French story books like that as I am learning German and French. Seems perfect for me. I am happy I can understand what you read. Unfortunately, it's still hard to get one in Indonesia.
Hope you got hold of them. If so, how did you find them?
Thanks for the review. I helps.
Glad you found it useful, Paul!
Ich erinnere immer noch mich an mein Buch. Es war Wörterbuch. Deutsch-Englisch und Englisch-Deutsch. Es war ein sehr gutes Buch, aber ich tauschte es gegen ein anderes Wörterbuch ein.
Do you know if I'll get the audio file as well if I buy the Kindle version of the book? Thanks in advance!
Hi The Rodco. No, I think you have to do the Audible trial to get the audio.
Ver y interesting book, but What about the audio?
I mean, id you dont know how the words sound , badly you can read it properly
It's available as an audio book on Audible, Rondador. You could try Audible on their free thirty-day trial but it's subscription after that, I think.
@@Howtogetfluent thanks a lot for your answer. Great content you have in your channel
Purchased one a few days ago, and I love it! Can you recommend similar books in addition?
André Klein's books are widely-praised, Sava. I haven't tried them myself, but worth a look? Olly also has an intermeidate book in the same series as the one I reviewed. Check out my Intermediate German course as well if you want something more structured (with a focus on listening skills and transcripts). Black Friday sale coming up from 22nd Nov for a week: howtogetfluent.teachable.com/p/weeklyworkouts-intermediate-german1
Who translated the stories in German?
Jörg Malonnek and Maria Weidner. Development Editor Wolfgang Weerman.
Dr Popkins' How to get fluent I have the Norwegian version and I see the Series Editor and Development Editor but no names of translators. I an pretty sure Olly does not know Norwegian (well enough) to translate the stories without help. And yet, no credit for the translators. I hope it’s not translated with google translate...
Gut Video
Vielen Dan, David! :)
Struggling I mean. Typo sorry
boring.....not interesting at all..find another alternative
Can you recommend books you found more interesting for us, Zuli Halme or are you still looking?
@@Howtogetfluent it will be great with subtitle colours,foto that looks more interesting for people to watch and listen
@@zulihalme4163 are you talking about my video? Maybe I could try some different colours. I thought you were talking about the book.