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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Intermediate Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
18 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #1 - Männer - Herbert Grönemeyer”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
How do you like the concept of this new series?
Wednesday at 7:00 pm
…I haven’t listened to the podcast yet, but..Yeah~ Congratulations to the first intermediate lesson~
I am only at beginner level, will give it a go later.
Once again, congrats!
Wednesday at 7:06 pm
pdf has a broken link at the moment though.
Wednesday at 11:36 pm
oh, it’s been fixed, danke.
Thursday at 2:00 am
Cool, the new intermediate series!
I almost didn’t notice it was there already since there is usually nothing new on Wednesdays.
It’s a nice lesson but I’m not yet entirely convinced by the song lyrics idea. Maybe it’s because that song is kind of weird and repetitive. Also I think a dialog or text made for the lesson would have provided better examples of the grammar point. But maybe other songs will interest me more.
Still there are lots of interesting stuff to learn in there and I’m looking forward to the next intermediate lesson!
Thursday at 3:44 am
I like the idea of the songs as a way of teaching new grammar. I used to do this with German songs when I was in high school–of course, some songs contained a lot of slang, so I had to rely on the exchange students to translate since our German teacher refused
Thank you for the new intermediate lessons!
Thursday at 4:04 am
Just a thought, can we have the whole lyrics read (only lyrics) and included at the start or the end of the audio file? Clear pronuncication could help improving the listening skills.
Friday at 12:38 am
I like Li’s idea of having the whole text read once at the beginning ( like a dialogue) and then broken up. Otherwise the exposure to the german text is really too short. I found the lesson difficult to follow without the PDF, not because of the vocabulary or grammar, bit because of was lost in a “sea” of English and there was no clear cue as to when one explanation was finished, and the lyrics were to start again.
But I guess you shouldn’t judge from just one lesson!
Friday at 9:23 am
Hallo!
Firstly well done for getting the first intermediate lesson out. I think that it’s pitched at around the right level where I understand some of what is said but need to study some words and phrases. The one thing suggestion I have to improve is that when you are discussing the two or three phrases, you repeat each one before the translation - otherwise by the time you get to the third phrase in English, I’ve already forgotten the German to it. I will try it again tomorrow during the day instead of after the pub and maybe I will have more success then!
Bis denn.
Friday at 12:17 pm
Talking about foods named after German geographical locations eg “Hamburger”, “Frankfurter”, etc, I’m sure everyone has heard about JFK’s famous blooper, “Ich bin ein Berliner”.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hH6nQhss4Yc
Saturday at 12:18 pm
I love it! Im anxious to see what songs you will transalte in the future…
Of course, I reccommend Tokio Hotel. Even though I know you wont ever do it, I can dream, right?
Sunday at 3:32 am
It’s an interesting concept, but without the song played during the lesson, I think it is not so charming. Probably you couldn’t include the music due to copyright reasons, but I don’t think that every listener will always buy the song that you present during the lesson.
Monday at 9:44 am
It’s quite fascinating. Your blog is really interesting. To have a good site you should not only to post smth, but do it interesting. You managed with it - thanks.
Sunday at 1:27 am
hehe, i had no idea it was an 80’s song
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb67B1zIvVg
it makes more sense after hearing the song… even from an upside down chin.
Tuesday at 3:58 am
wow.. learning this way is wonderful…
thanks
Tuesday at 6:16 pm
Fantastic, really enjoyed the learning. I’ve always wanted to know more about the lyrics.
Saturday at 11:46 am
Wow! I really love the setup of these lessons. I love the informal conversations, it’s something I’ve never seen (heard) before when learning another language. Great work guys!
P.S. Complaining about not having the song is a bit petty. Just listen to it on youtube … not hard
Thursday at 8:44 am
Exquisite work, das ist einfach toll!
I simply adore this format of learning through listening to some excellent pieces of German music, extremely helpful indeed !!! I had previously listened to Herbert G., he’s one of my favourite German interpreters 
Great job, just keep up the good work you’re doing out there!
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