Coffee Break German

This is a very convenient way to listen to conversational German and practice. I listened to it while I’m running.

I am having a great time I think the if they want the most impact they should do a reading lesson

I’ve been learning German for a few months. I’ve been listening to Coffee Break German for 5 weeks now and I’ve learned why things are said the way they are. Listening to Mark learn and having enough time to repeat each sentence or word I learn. I’ve learned about 29 words in under 8 hours. This is super.

Really pleasant to listen to. Perfect companion to a German course or Babbel.

The show starts very easily, but quickly goes to a place that assumes the listener knows a lot about language. Early episodes have a lot of variation in pronunciation which is very unsettling. Mark (the host) is a language teacher and frequently compares German to other languages he speaks, which can get very confusing. The show also assumes a knowledge of linguistics - for instance, the episode about reflexive verbs could take 30 seconds to explain what a reflexive verb means, and that would make the episode much easier to understand. Add to this that a lot of vocabulary is used which is never taught and it becomes an exercise in frustration. I constantly feel like I’m being talked down to.