From a book for beginners learning German, Märchen und Erzählungen, comes story #3 titled: Der Hausvater.

These stories all are effectively lessons in Vocabulary and Grammar. They aren't just another set of engaging stories. As the editor relates in the Preface, they are carefully written to repeat throughout so as to help the reader better remember the vocabulary. 

Have you ever heard about people that are professional reciters? That is, those who train their brains to remember vast amounts of information and turn around to recite it from memory. I had heard that they all use a certain technique that associates words or figures with certain images or ideas. Many of those reciters have said that the more silly the association the more likely they are to recall the target vocabulary, etc. 

In a way, It seems that these stories are quite like the reciters' techniques for memorizing. The stories presented in this volume are very silly stories that have contain an aspect that is quite absurd, according to our reality. Story #3, Der Hausvater, has two extremely silly elements. 1) There is an old man who is scarcely as big as a little child. 2) The traveler must ask who he assumes to be the Man of the House, but is referred to another man, and then another, an so. 3) (Listen in to find out if there is a third element of silliness. --Is it about age?)

To read the stories for yourself and share your recording with me or in your own podcast, go to Gutenberg here:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794

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I've never taken Norwegian lessons apart from the lessons I've completed in Duolingo. This is purely and exercise for fun. How many of you learn a language only for fun? There is one other motivation, but it has no bearing of me being able to speak it. Because many of my ancestors were Norwegian it would be fun to read and speak in their mother tongue. 

This episode consists of:

This poem is a great example of the ideal person. This something I hoped I would be able to do, or at least, mostly and most of the time. 

Hopefully, it will spur me and someone else on to greater aspirations.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

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GOAL: To read all stories from this title Märchen und Erzählungen Heft 1.

I highly recommend this reader for learners of German. 

This story comes from a German reader for beginners. Really, it for the elementary level and specifically if you have a basic knowledge of German. It is repetitive in the sense that one reads the same and nearly the same sentences multiple times throughout the story. 

Take a look at it for yourself.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794

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There's a great book for German learners who already have a decent grasp of the language to practice. 

Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, by: H. A. Guerber

Fairy Tales for Beginners is a book specifically written and designed for learners of German. They don't write stories like this nowadays. It is worth your while to check out.

With all the repetition you are likely to remember more grammar and vocabulary. The author continually makes reminders of initial vocab. and grammar in a rather flowing way. Yes, it is redundant and no native speakers would likely ever read a book like this to their own kids. (Tell me if I'm mistaken.) However, it does serve those of us who wish to learn German and do so in the environment of elementary readings. 

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Learning a language is good for the brain. I have learned German. Now on to Norwegian. Although I speak other languages I'm always nervous about doing it. However, I thought it would be interesting to put this out there for others to hear. Who else is learning Norwegian?

Do you think DuoLingo is useful? Can it be employed in similar ways to traditional methods or as a supplement too?

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Hi and welcome!

This podcast is not really about language or reading helpful stories. It is not really about learning vocabulary. The purpose of this podcast is to let out some long-time, pent-up steam. I have always liked learning languages and have been conversant in German for about 15 years now. Chinese is something of a chance encounter but am not able to get around but not quite able to hold my own. Not too long after going abroad to learn German I had realized that Norwegian would be somewhat of an easier undertaking after having become conversational in German. Not only that, it would be fun to learn something from the language of my ancestors. 

SO, here I am, posting episodes of me learning Norwegian vocabulary with Duolingo, reading little stories in German, and also reading some poetry and prose in English. These are things that I take quite a bit of pleasure in. Although I'd like to have hundreds of listeners, I don't expect to have but a few if that. To those few who use their valuable time to listen in, Thank You.