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German podcasts

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  • 21-08-2012 12:59pm
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    pointer28
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    Hi all,

    I'm trying to find a podcast for beginners German that is free and available in MP3 format.

    I have found lots via Google but they're either only available on iTunes (I don't have an Ipod, just a cheap MP3 player) or there's always some kind of hidden catch when I sign up. I know I can download iTunes onto my PC and listen to it there but I specifically want it for my MP3 as I do a lot of running.

    I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me.


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    Lawrence1895
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    pointer28 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I'm trying to find a podcast for beginners German that is free and available in MP3 format.

    I have found lots via Google but they're either only available on iTunes (I don't have an Ipod, just a cheap MP3 player) or there's always some kind of hidden catch when I sign up. I know I can download iTunes onto my PC and listen to it there but I specifically want it for my MP3 as I do a lot of running.

    I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me.

    Which Google? The German version?


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    pointer28
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    No, just the standard google.com

    I figured it would be best for English speakers wishing to learn German rather than a German speaker looking for podcasts if that makes sense.

    Do you know of any. Sorry for sounding a bit helpless but I'm a bit of a technophobe and lose my patience with anything more technical than downloading an MP3.


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    Lawrence1895
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    Did you try this one here? I found it via the German version of Google:

    http://www.papagei.tv/de/index


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    pointer28
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    Hi all,

    Just a quick update on this in case anybody else is interested.

    I had no luck in finding what I wanted for free so I signed up to www.germanpod101.com for a 3 month period and I must say I'm very happy with it so far after the first 8 lessons. I only took the basic package which includes the podcasts and the lesson notes and I find it more than adequate. I find it simple to use, easy to understand and well thought out.

    I listen to the podcasts while running and then listen to them again with the lesson notes when I'm home.

    The 1000 words of elementary German on www.memrise.com is a great tool for learning new words and quite addictive too.

    The extr@ auf Deutsch series on youtube is helpful if extremely corny.

    Slowly spoken news on www.dw.de is exactly what it say on the tin. While I still don't understand a word of it, I find it helps just to be able to pick out words here and there and get used to hearing spoken German. Find it under LEARN GERMAN / GERMAN XXL / GERMAN NEWS


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    Sykk
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    pointer28 wrote: »

    The extr@ auf Deutsch series on youtube is helpful if extremely corny.

    I've seen you post this so often I figured ah hell I'll watch it :pac:

    8 episodes in and I'm actually cracking up and some of the stuff that happens. I watch a few episodes every night. Write down words or verbs that I didn't understand and use them on my cards. So far it's working a treat. Nice find ;)


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    MrTsSnickers
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    It's actually hilarious!


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    coffee_cake
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    Following the recommendation of this forum, I bought the audio cd of an agatha christie book. It was perfect for listening to, and I found as I advanced I could understand more and more. At the start it was more a question of picking out the words. Would recommend
    Listen to the news on dw.de now, I tried the slow one but either I understand it or I don't so I'm on the normal one now. Was listening to it there letting most of it go over my head when I suddenly realised I was listening to and understanding the last two articles on it :p


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