Podcast for beginners and intermediate Students
- Insights from a German abroad (Looking at things at home from a distance)
- Honest, educational & funny (but not always politically correct)
- With content about Latin America (in German, of course)
- Suitable for introverts (definitely no episodes about partying or other huge social events)
When you are learning a language, you need a lot of input to make progress. Podcasts that suit your level are a great way to immerse yourself in your target language. Ideally, they should be about topics that interest you and use casual language. Language students who regularly listen to podcasts say that certain grammatical structures, idiomatic expressions, or words stick automatically because they hear them repeatedly. Unlike videos that require full attention, podcasts can be listened to while taking a walk, doing household chores, or performing monotonous tasks at your computer. Therefore, they are ideal for people who do not have a lot of free time but wish to work on their target language daily.
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The episodes of the “German with Stories” podcast alternate between episodes for beginners and episodes for intermediate learners. The beginner episodes consist of a short text that you will hear first in German, then sentence by sentence with an English translation and then once again in German. All texts connect to a story, so please start listening to episode no.2 and then continue with all even numbers. In the episodes for intermediate students, you will listen to all kinds of topics in everyday German, only in German and at a normal speed. All episodes with odd numbers are for intermediate students.
Transcripts & Worksheets
Many successful language learners and polyglots use podcasts to bring their skills to perfections. This works best when you don’t only listen to the podcast but work actively with the content to improve your grammar and pronunciation and extend your vocabulary. Therefore, German with Stories podcast episodes are accompanied by a full transcript with vocabulary German-English, comprehension questions and a worksheet with language tips, vocabulary and grammar exercises. Sign up for the FREE plan of the GWS Club to get access to all the materials for the first 10 episodes.
Transcripts & Worksheets Season 1 (Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2024)
The first season of the German with Stories Podcast consists of 25 episodes for beginners and 25 episodes for intermediate students. You can get access to them by becoming a BASIC or PREMIUM member of the GWS Club or by purchasing one of the packages below. When you purchase the beginners or the intermediate package, you will get immediate access to all transcripts and worksheets that have already been released and every Monday, the transcript and worksheet of the latest episode will be sent directly to your mailbox. Sounds great? Then order your package now and start learning German with the German with Stories podcast.
Season 1 Intermediate
After purchasing your package, the content behind each link will be accessible for you
- Episode 1: Willkommen beim GWS Podcast
- Episode 3: Stereotypen über Deutsche
- Episode 5: Freundschaften aus der Kindheit
- Episode 7: Social Media und Sprachenlernen
- Episode 9: Gedanken über Deutschland und Lateinamerika
- Episode 11: Freust du dich auf Weihnachten?
- Episode 13: Die Deutschen und ihre Fremdsprachenkenntnisse
- Episode 15: Bücher lesen
- Episode 17: Taxifahrer
- Episode 19: Kann man in Deutschland über die Nazizeit sprechen?
- Episode 21: Stromausfälle und andere Katastrophen
- Episode 23: Interview mit Polyglott Dr. Gareth Popkins (FREE ACCESS)
- Episode 25: Erinnerungen an 2020
- Episode 27: Wird die nächste Generation noch Sprachen lernen?
- Episode 29: Eindrücke aus Chile
Season 1 Beginners
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- Episode 2: Luises Familie
- Episode 4: Ein ganz normaler Abend
- Episode 6: Margarethe erzählt
- Episode 8: Paula bei der Arbeit
- Episode 10: Luises Kinder
- Episode 12: Weihnachtsmorgen
- Episode 14: Ein neues Jahr beginnt
- Episode 16: Es schneit
- Episode 18: Besuch aus Mexiko
- Episode 20: Margarethe erzählt von ihren Geschwistern
- Episode 22: Überraschung für Paula
- Episode 24: Besuch in der Bücherei
- Episode 26: Der Osterhase war da
- Episode 28: Luise trifft sich mit ihrer Freundin
- Episode 30: Anruf von Marlene
The packages and membership options for the podcasts give you early access to every episode. Each episode is available one week before it’s officially published.