Duolingo Stories (Beta), German

[JohnFox83697]

I would love to have "...Stories" in German. Has the Spanish and Portuguese been successful enough to launch German? Please shed any light on this as you can. I have been extremely grateful for the German tree I am working on. I am half way through and need to make plans to expand my fluency. I am entertaining going with another program like Rosetta Stone or the myriad of others available out there. I don't wish to DEFECT, as you will. But I fear I will be topping out of the limited German tree here at Duolingo. Is the Duolingo Plus available for German yet? Thank you.

[Ontalor]

A good option once you finish the tree is Clozemaster.com, which actively aims to be a resource to be used after Duolingo.

[Elizabeth528513]

That's pretty good, if a bit clunky. Enjoyed it.

[xLuigiM]

Thanks a lot! This is really useful!

[KVRMx]

I hope to look forward to stories being available in Polish as well. (We can always hope/ dream : ) )

[Jack.Elliot]

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Powinienem napisać dla ciebie po polsku historię

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/04/sithe-ballad-of-sir-patrick-spens.html

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/02/how-to-cook-a-pancake-with-chocolate.html

and here is your flower which is shared with the new Scotland (Nova Scotia)
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[KVRMx]

Thanks Jack! : )

[InuzukaShino]

Yes, this would be great!

[Jack.Elliot]

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here are some stories in German

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/wo-wohnt-die-maus-auf-deutsch.html

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/die-suppe-auf-deutsch.html

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/der-bose-junge-klaus-auf-deutsch.html

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/mieze-im-kinderwagen-auf-deutsch.html

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/regenlied-auf-deutsch.html

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http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/der-schultasche-auf-deutsch.html

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Enjoy

[InuzukaShino]

Nice idea. But as I told you in another post, it would be good to revise your texts a bit, because there are formal and spelling errors in every short rhyme or story, which could confuse a beginner (not a native speaker). It´s because you offer them to learners and they shouldn´t read texts with errors.

One example for spelling errors are the German 'Umlauts' (ä, ö, ü), which are important for the understanding and pronunciation.

An example for a formal error is:

Sie sagt: ,,Die Suppe schmeckt nicht!"

No need to use the exclamation mark after the colon here.

[Jack.Elliot]

thank you

I will edit once I get a chance

thank you for this kind comment

all the best I am off to the mountains

http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/06/caspar-david-friedrich-the-romantic-painter.html

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[SLeason]

Thank you! :-)

[JohnFox83697]

Thanks Jack

[SLeason]

I definitly agree. And I would like it in French. Because French has more learners than Portuguese, and so does German.

[Robin11034]

Hier ist auch einige Kindergeschichte

http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/?location_id=922

[AmalieB39]

Thanks for sharing this website!

[Hinkleberg]

I'm hoping they expand the stories into German, although for the time being I'm using German news ( tagesschau.de ) to look at some native German language. There's usually words that I don't know, so I use Leo Dictionary ( dict.leo.org ) to help me through, and Google Translate if I'm completely stuck. I hope this helps you!

[sunadashi]

I would also like to see the stories in German. So far, I've read a couple of the Spanish ones. They were fun.

[fadyrezkalla]

I'm using Memrise, Busuu and Lingvist alongside Duolingo, I was told about Rosetta Stone before, has anyone used it?

[Robin11034]

I homeschooled my children and used Rosetta Stone with my children for German. Here are some of my impressions of it. These are neither good nor bad, just my impressions.

• It is an immersion program
• there are little to no grammar lessons which wasn't a big deal for us since I was acquainted with the grammar
• I believe it has released a new edition that has updated features, but I believe there are still no grammar lessons
• as with any immersion program you simply must try to make word substitutions. The sentence is "I have a ball." How would I say, "I have a rock ... a hat ... a blah blah?"
• it is expensive
• although we never used it, I believe you can have online conversations with native speakers
• if you complete it, I believe you will have completed the equivalent of an American freshman and possibly sophomore college level. THEY may say it is higher.
• it is very useful for vocabulary

I've thought about digging our older version out ... IF I still have it. My last child has already been out of college for two years so it is entirely possible that I sold or gave it away.

[fadyrezkalla]

Well when it comes vocabulary nothing beats Memrise, but grammar has been a problem for me, busuu is the best I could find, thanks though. :)