Slow German - Lesson 1

Listening, reading, and repeating - in order to get your mind used to recognizing words and phrases in another language, you'll need to do all three.

I absolutely love the Slow German podcast with Annik Rubens. I highly recommend language learners of all levels listen to podcasts and try to repeat everything the host is saying to get your mouth and muscles used to using different parts of your throat. Even though it might feel uncomfortable, it's important to practice speaking in the target language. It will get easier for you to isolate words the more often you hear phrases being used in conversations and you'll eventually be able to use the phrases on your own!

Inspired by Annik Rubens,  I created a short video clip of myself slowly speaking in German. There are both English and German subtitles available.

{Deutsch/German}: Heute ist Freitag und ich dachte ich könnte euch ein bisschen deutsch unterrichten. Also eine Methode die ich sehr gut finde ist ‚langsam gesprochene deutsch.‘ 

Zum Beispiel, es gibt vier Jahreszeiten: Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, und Winter. Jetzt ist der Sommer vorbei und der Herbst beginnt.

{Englisch/English}: Today is Friday and I thought I could teach you all a bit of German. So, one method I really like is ‘slowly spoken German.’

For example, there are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Now, the summer is over and the autumn is beginning.
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I hope you find this helpful! 

​Please let me know if you have any questions or if there are any specific topics you'd like to see covered in slowly spoken German.