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| Fredwc1 Newbie United States Joined 3760 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 1 of 10 04 September 2014 at 7:40am | IP Logged |
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Is there a German language series similar to French In Action or the Spanish Destinos?
I've already discovered "Extra". Thanks, Fred 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Glarus Girl Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4581 days ago 50 posts - 108 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swiss-German | Message 2 of 10 04 September 2014 at 11:10am | IP Logged |
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I think the nearest thing to French in Action in German is Fokus Deutsch - you can find
it on YouTube. (Can't get the link to work!) There is also on Deutsche Welle, two series of a 'soap' called 'Jojo sucht das Glück' with exercises. Edited by Glarus Girl on 04 September 2014 at 11:16am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6603 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 3 of 10 04 September 2014 at 3:45pm | IP Logged |
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Do you want video? For the "awesome narrative" factor, I'd recommend "Deutsch? Warum nicht!", but it's audio (+pdf).
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| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5106 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 4 of 10 05 September 2014 at 2:00am | IP Logged |
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Fokus Deutsch is often cited as the German answer to French in Action, but if that is
the case, it is a very poor one in my opinion. I found it to be very boring and the fact that the professor is not a native German speaker really turned me off. Deutsch plus is pretty good. It's a story about a Romanian immigrant in Germany who has to learn the language while finding a job, home, etc. The characters stop to watch television from time to time so it's kind of like the points in FIA where they go on "ommercial break." My next suggestion was made for children, but I find it to be useful. Anna, Schmidt und Oskar is a bit like a German Sesame Street but humans are the main characters and puppets take a back seat. Anna is the young neighbor of Schmidt and Oskar is his dog. There is also Muzzy which is another kid's show. Since it purposefully introduces you to each character and has breaks that deviate from the story in order to communicate important German lessons, it could arguably be the most FIA like of the bunch, but it is clearly aimed at a young audience. Finally, I recommend that you try out Deutsch Aktuell, which is not at all current like the name would suggest. It's basically a teen drama, but the actors speak very basic German very slowly so it's easy for newbies to follow along. It doesn't have any comedic or instructional breaks like Deutch Plus or Anna, Schmidt und Oskar, but it's good stuff if your level is low. Edited by Darklight1216 on 05 September 2014 at 2:04am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5571 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 5 of 10 05 September 2014 at 9:54am | IP Logged |
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I agree Fokus Deutsch missed the trick - it is still useful (I didn't find that Robert
Di Donato got in the way, however) and the rest of the course is very comprehensive. However, the plot is so dour that you want to kill the characters by the end of episode 3 and go and do something less boring instead. It also at times breaches the rule of 'comprehensible +1' found in French in Action and goes too far for a true beginner. I would put my vote in for Deutsch Plus - which is available in its entirety on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lk9rS7n-4Q) and is a very good beginners course in total. The material is generally available at good prices second hand on Amazon etc. if you want the course book and exercises. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Fredwc1 Newbie United States Joined 3760 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 6 of 10 06 September 2014 at 3:41pm | IP Logged |
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Danke! I appreciate everyone's input. Fred
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| Fredwc1 Newbie United States Joined 3760 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 7 of 10 08 September 2014 at 6:12am | IP Logged |
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I'm hooked on Deutsch Plus.....
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| Fredwc1 Newbie United States Joined 3760 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 8 of 10 18 September 2014 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
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When I was young, there was a show on PBS here in the USA called "Guten Tag". Does anyone
know if it's available? I can't seem to find it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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