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    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch
    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch
    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch
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    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch

    By Kristi Winters

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    Learning a foreign language demands lots of time, ambition and patience. In everyday life it is often difficult to connect these requirements with one ́s job, family or studies. Learners of English and German need stories that fit into daily life and are easy to access. Especially in the beginning of the learning process, it is difficult to find texts that match one ́s limited grammar and vocabulary, texts that contain many words you know and others that you can infer from context.
    The following e-book tries to fulfill these requirements as it offers simple and realistic stories that can easily be integrated in everyday routines. When reading the stories you will extend your vocabulary and at the same time broaden your grammatical awareness of the foreign language.

    Das Erlernen einer Fremdsprache erfordert oftmals viel Zeit, Ehrgeiz und Geduld. Jedoch ist es im Alltag oftmals sehr schwer Beruf, Familie oder Studium mit diesen Erfordernissen in Einklang zu bringen. Personen, die Deutsch und Englisch lernen (so wie du), brauchen daher Geschichten und Berichte, die sich in die täglichen Gewohnheiten einfügen lassen und zudem leicht zugänglich sind. Insbesondere zu Beginn des Sprachlernprozesses ist es oftmals schwierig Geschichten und Texte zu finden, die sich mit dem begrenzten Vokabel- und Grammatikkenntnissen decken und Vokabeln enthalten, die du bereits kennst oder deren Bedeutung du aus dem Kontext erschliessen kannst.

    Durch einfache und realitätsbezogene Kurzgeschichten, die leicht in den Alltag integriert werden können, versucht das folgende E-Book diesen Ansprüchen gerecht zu werden. Wenn du die folgenden Geschichten liest, wirst du dein Vokabular erweitern und zugleich dein Bewusstsein für bestimmte grammatikalische Eigenschaften der Fremdsprache schulen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKristi Winters
    Release dateMar 28, 2012
    ISBN9781476489513
    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch
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    Kristi Winters

    An English speaker learning German who could not find inexpensive German-English ebooks for sale. I found a native German speaking friend and we wrote the book that we wanted to buy. We hope you find it helpful.

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    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch - Kristi Winters

    A little bit in English o(de)r ein bisschen Deutsch

    Simple Stories in English and German /

    Einfache Geschichten auf Englisch und auf Deutsch

    By / von

    Kristi Winters & Carolin Abelein

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    Copyright © 2013 by Kristi Winters and Carolin Abelein

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    ISBN: 9781476489513

    Notes:

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the authors.

    Dieses E-Book ist nur für ihren persönlichen Gebrauch lizenziert. Es darf nicht weiterverkauft oder an andere weitergegeben werden. Falls Sie dieses E-Book zusammen mit einer anderen Person nutzen möchten, bitten wir Sie für jeden Nutzer eine zusätzliche Kopie zu erwerben. Wenn Sie das Buch nicht gekauft haben und dennoch lesen, oder falls Sie es nicht nur für Ihren Eigengebrauch erworben haben, bitten wir Sie ihre eigene Kopie des Buches zu kaufen. Vielen Dank für ihr Verständnis.

    Table of Contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis

    Preface: How to read this book / Vorwort: Aufbau und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten des Buches

    Simple stories (paragraph by paragraph)

    Chapter 1 The new apartment - Die neue Wohnung

    Chapter 2 Many questions - Viele Fragen

    Chapter 3: Dear Diary - Liebes Tagebuch

    Chapter 4: The shopping list - Die Einkaufsliste

    Chapter 5: Hide and seek - Verstecken spielen

    Chapter 6: Bella’s walk - Bellas Spaziergang

    Simple Stories (full version)

    Chapter 7a: The new apartment

    Chapter 7b: Die neue Wohnung

    Chapter 8a: Many questions

    Chapter 8b: Viele Fragen

    Chapter 9a: Dear Diary

    Chapter 9b: Liebes Tagebuch

    Chapter 10a: The shopping list

    Chapter 10b: Die Einkaufsliste

    Chapter 11a: Hide and seek

    Chapter 11b: Verstecken spielen

    Chapter 12a: Bella’s walk

    Chapter 12b: Bellas Spaziergang

    Notes / Anmerkungen

    Preface: How to read this bilingual e-book

    Learning a foreign language demands lots of time, ambition and patience. However in everyday life it is often difficult to balance these requirements with one´s job, family or studies. Learners of English and German (such as you) therefore need stories that fit into daily life and that are easy to access. Especially in the beginning of the learning process, it is difficult to find texts that match one´s limited grammar and vocabulary, texts that contain many words you know and others that you can infer from context.

    The following e-book tries to fulfill these requirements as it offers simple and realistic stories that can easily be integrated in everyday routines. When reading the stories you will extend your vocabulary and at the same time broaden your grammatical awareness of the foreign language.

    These stories were written with a certain purpose. These contain vocabulary for someone who is starting to learn German or English. They were also written with specific elements of grammar in mind. For this reason, many stories contain similar phrases but with different words. In our view this repetition of sentence structure reinforces learning by demonstrating the variety of sentences the reader could construct simply by changing a few words.

    Designing a bilingual ebook, in contrast to a printed bilingual book, was a challenge. Many such books contain English on one page and German on the other. This was not possible with an ebook. Instead we have provided two versions of the same stories, two books in one. Section 1 presents the stories in alternating paragraphs of English and German. If you are just starting to learn the language or do not have much confidence in your ability you should start with this section and become familiar with the words.

    If you are more confident with your language ability, or when you have read through the paragraph by paragraph versions a few times, you can skip to Section 2 where the stories are presented in their entirety. The reader should aim to read the entire story in the language of your choice and know each and every word.

    We hope you enjoy practicing your new language and that you find this book useful.

    Kristi Winters

    Carolin Abelein

    Vorwort: Aufbau und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten des Buches

    Das Erlernen einer Fremdsprache erfordert oftmals viel Zeit, Ehrgeiz und Geduld. Jedoch ist es im Alltag oftmals sehr schwer Beruf, Familie oder Studium mit diesen Erfordernissen in Einklang zu bringen. Personen, die Deutsch und Englisch lernen (so wie du), brauchen daher Geschichten und Berichte, die sich in die täglichen Gewohnheiten einfügen lassen und zudem leicht zugänglich sind. Insbesondere zu Beginn des Sprachlernprozesses ist es oftmals schwierig Geschichten und Texte zu finden, die sich mit dem begrenzten Vokabel- und Grammatikkenntnissen decken und Vokabeln enthalten, die du bereits kennst oder deren Bedeutung du aus dem Kontext erschliessen kannst.

    Durch einfache und realitätsbezogene Kurzgeschichten, die leicht in den Alltag integriert werden können, versucht das folgende E-Book diesen Ansprüchen gerecht zu werden. Wenn du die folgenden Geschichten liest, wirst du dein Vokabular erweitern und zugleich dein Bewusstsein für bestimmte grammatikalische Eigenschaften der Fremdsprache schulen.

    Die folgenden Geschichten wurden mit einem bestimmten Zweck verfasst. Sie enthalten alltägliche Vokabeln, die Jemanden, der gerade anfängt Englisch oder Deutsch

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