Learn German With Stories: Cafe in Berlin - 10 Short Stories For Beginners

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.

This is really an excellent book for anyone looking to expand their German vocabulary. Each short story is full of phrases and specific words that are defined at the end of the chapter, which makes understanding the language a breeze. The stories are also funny and interesting, which makes it a real page turner. As difficult as the German language can be to learn, I found this book really helped me understand and appreciate the language to a whole new level.

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.