Becoming fluent in German: 150 Short Stories Paperback – April 1, 2020

These simple, everyday short stories were helpful in learning the flow of the language. The audio files were a great addition to help me see how well I could understand the spoken language.

This book helped me improve upon my German immensely! The short stories are great for improving your ability to read German in real life situations. All the stories are relatable and are easy to understand. At the end of each story, there is a list of vocabulary words that you may not have known. There is also questions at the end of each story that relate to what you just read so that you can make sure to understood everything. This book has helped me improve my German in indescribable ways! Would def recommend reading! 10/10!

This is the book you need to perfect your German language skills. I have been learning German for almost one year now through various platforms like YouTube channels and online courses but I reached a point where I felt I was stuck. That is when I came across this book here at Amazon and I bought a kindle version of it. So far I am really improving and I have come to learn a lot of vocabulary in sentences which has more impact to language learning as opposed to just craning the words. So get this book if you need to take your German language learning to the next level.

So far, the stories themselves look better than other beginner's German books I've read; they're simple enough for beginners (as the cover suggest, level A2), but complex enough that it doesn't look like a children's book in disguise. The first stories give you a bigger word list to reference to if you don't know the meaning of a word or phrase, and as you progress that word list gets shorter, so I assume the author reinforces these words through some repetition, though I can't confirm. In the texts they write out a number as well as putting the numerical version in parentheses, like this: vier (4); this is especially important since not all learners know their numbers, and oftentimes I've seen other books only use the numerical form. However, the downside is the formatting. You have the short story up top (basically just a paragraph), questions directly below, and then the word list below the questions. It's not very visually pleasing, and I personally find it better to have these on the other side of the page or at the end of a chapter so I can try using context clues and/or comparing it to English then checking on how accurate I was. The questions are all in German, which is a plus, and having them below the story isn't a huge deal. There also aren't any pictures (which also isn't a big deal, but some people do like them for assistance). The size of the book also would've been better smaller, as the size it is now leaves a bunch of white space at the bottom of the page. Maybe you could add your own doodles or make some notes, who knows.Overall, the book is worth a read if you're just starting out, so don't let the formatting get in the way if you're picky like me.

Great stories with a vocabulary list at the bottom of each story. Only 1 issue. The publishing house bound the book with very minimal margins so you have to practically break the binding to read the story flat, but it is doable. I hope they resolve this with the next issue. The German stories are well done.

I finally opened this book up and I like the style very much. The 150(!) stories are brief and full of useful vocabulary. One learns about Germany too. I am subscribing to Mr. Eich's Youtube channel now too. Danke!

Very short stories in increasing difficulty make this a fun time! The author includes access to online audio files to help with listening skills, and helps you with your pronunciation.

I like the stories and included questions and vocab lists. There is a wide variety of topics. I am disappointed in the typos. Sie and Ihnen aren't capitalized in the stories I've read and there are occasional other grammar errors, such as verb endings.