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| anime Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6361 days ago 161 posts - 207 votes  Speaks: Spanish, Swedish*, English Studies: German, Portuguese, French, Russian | Message 9 of 15 22 August 2013 at 8:02am | IP Logged | ||
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There's no doubt though that books contain more "bang for the buck" especially if you're short on cash like I
am. A good idea is probably to start with an autobiography or similar about a person or subject you're already familiar with and interested in. I've studied my fair share of languages at the University and normally in the beginning they focus on watered down "easy read"-versions of works by the "Great Authors" etc, in French it was like Cyrano de Bergerac and such. Not only do I find these incredibly boring most of the time, but I also don't like this artificial type of watered down text for beginners. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4534 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 10 of 15 22 August 2013 at 10:11am | IP Logged | ||
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I started reading German books on a Kindle when I was high-A2/low-B1. The Collins German/English dictionary (8 Euros) works very well with it. At first it can be a bit of a hard slog, but after a few hundred pages it gets much easier to read. I would recommend books aimed more for teenagers as they tend to have a simpler syntax (so Hunger Games or the Harry Potter series - HP is a bit easier - Game of Thrones is also relatively easy).
There are lots of comics and graphic novels in German if that's what you want. I personally find these harder to read than e-books, as you don't have a pop-up dictionary at hand, but I know some people swear by them. Deutche Welle has a lot of free resources for German language learners at all levels so you should definitely check them out. Edited by patrickwilken on 22 August 2013 at 10:12am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anime Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6361 days ago 161 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Spanish, Swedish*, English Studies: German, Portuguese, French, Russian | Message 11 of 15 22 August 2013 at 10:39am | IP Logged | ||
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I would read everything online, it will save you a lot of money, unfortunately I don't find it very relaxing to be in
front of a computer screen all the time, especially at night before sleeping Harry Potter is a good suggestion, I think I will try that first for German Edited by anime on 22 August 2013 at 10:40am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 12 of 15 22 August 2013 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Than invest in a Kindle. You can put your ebooks there and the screen was specifically developed to imitate paper (unlike computer screens) so that the eyes wouldn't hurt. My boyfriend got one and it is realy comfortable.
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| anime Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6361 days ago 161 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Spanish, Swedish*, English Studies: German, Portuguese, French, Russian | Message 13 of 15 22 August 2013 at 3:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sounds cool, do you have one? Can you put your own pdf files on there you think?
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 14 of 15 22 August 2013 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't have one, I've got ipad. I can still cary many books with me in it and it's great in many ways. But the display is a classical one and therefore not that comfortable for the eyes. But I spent some time with my boyfriend's kindle and it is awesome. It feels nearly like reading paper, I can get lost in a book similarily to a paper one for ours without realizing I am not holding paper and without my eyes or head aching. It doesn't support pdf but most ebook formats can be either transfered right away or very easily converted to the kindle ones.
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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4534 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 15 of 15 22 August 2013 at 5:25pm | IP Logged | ||
You can look at PDF files on a Kindle, but I find it too difficult to read. My old Kindle recently broke and I bought the Kindle 5 e-ink (not the PaperWhite) for about 60 Euros. It works really well, and it's probably a bit easier to look up words using an in built dictionary. Calibre is free software that allows you to store and convert across different ebook formats. So if you have books in, say, EPUB format, you can use Calibre to convert them to MOBI format for the Kindle. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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