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Beginners’ German: Places and people
Beginners’ German: Places and people

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Beginners' German: Places and people

Introduction

This free course focuses on planning and preparing for a journey through German-speaking countries. You will read and hear about a range of places and people.

You will learn the names of things you need to remember when travelling and, most importantly, you will find out what it’s like to read and listen to German in real contexts, and about developing strategies and studying useful phrases, which will help you to cope in a range of situations.

You will also find out how to order and pay for things in cafes and restaurants.

This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from a previous edition of the Open University course L193 Rundblick: beginners' German [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .