Learn German with Stories

In this sequel to "Digital in Dresden", Dino and Elisabeth follow an invitation to attend a prestigious event, but when nothing goes as planned they suddenly find themselves on a strange quest through Germany's 6th largest city. With a worried relative in tow they hunt for clues across the valley basin of the capital of Baden-W rttemberg, enlisting unlikely help from a local to unravel a mounting mystery. Explore Stuttgart, learn about local culture, history and cuisine, and improve your German effortlessly along the way This book is designed to help beginners make the leap from studying isolated words and phrases to reading (and enjoying) naturally flowing German texts. Using simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary, this collection of short stories is carefully crafted to allow even novice learners to appreciate and understand the intricacies of coherent German speech. Each chapter comes with a complete German-English dictionary, with a special emphasis on collocative phrases (high frequency word combinations), short sentences and expressions. By working with these "building blocks" instead of just single words, learners can accelerate their understanding and active usage of new material and make the learning process more fluid and fun.