Lesson series

Doktors Idee

You will read your first German story, be able to ask and answer questions, learn colors, bodyparts and drinks.
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Stories

5 stories

Video

3+ hours

Assessments

132 questions

Workbook

16 pages
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Why should I take this course?

"Doktors Idee" is Part 1 of the Jumpstart with Cognates Curriculum.
It uses words you recognize already to teach you basic sentence structures, colors, numbers, body parts and more...
Learning a language often starts with the basics, like "to be", "to have", numbers, colors and introducing yourself. This course teaches you this, but goes well beyond that.
With the help of a simple, short story, you constantly link old and new knowledge. You repeat previous topics and are free to divert and adapt the storyline to your needs. You concentrate on the content instead of worrying about the linguistic form.
This has many advantages:
  • It's fun and not boring memorization.
  • Your use of new words is much more flexible.
  • You can remember new things better as they are connected to other knowledge.
  • And best of all: You don't have to consciously think about grammatical structures; after a while, you can simply rely on your gut feeling.


This course also comes with a community access, therfore you can ask your questions, get feedback on texts/exercises and even use other students' posts as input.

What will I learn in this course?

A natural language aquisition means that I have no ideawhat you'll pick up from the input. But my input and the assignments are, of course, tailored in such a way that there are specific topics that you should have mastered by the end of the course.

Numbers

I can count and use the numbers 1-10 and a few others.

Meeting people

I can introduce myself and others with name, age and hobbies.

Bodyparts

I can name bodyparts in singular, pluaral and can describe them.

Questions

I can ask and answer who?, what?, where? and Y/N-question.

Colors

I know colours and can describe the colour of things.

Sentence structure

I can form simple sentences and use the connectors and, or, but.

This is not all...

As mentioned, these are just a selection of topics. You will learn adjectives, how to form negative sentences and build up your own individual vocabulary.

What is included in this course?

You are unsure if the price is worth it?
Let's me show you, what you'll get...
The course is a self-study course. This means you will get access to my platform, where you can work through the course independently.
On this platform you will find:
  • ebooks with the stories
  • audio versions of the stories
  • various video formats with language input
  • grammar pop-up videos with explanations
  • interactive exercises with feedback
  • a forum where you can post questions and texts
  • a workbook with exercises
  • video solutions to some of the workbook tasks
  • tips and hints on how you can continue learning in your everyday life
communication is key

We believe languages should be leaned naturally

To ensure that we remain true to this principle, we pay attention to the following things:
  • native speaking teacher
  • video and audio input
  • make use of cognates
  • fun little stories
  • engaging interactive activities
  • tips to repeat during your day
  • practise reading, writing, listening and speaking
  • worksheets for offline learning
created by

Kathrin Hudelmayer

Kathrin is the heart and brain behind “comprehensible GERMANi”. She is a passionate language teacher who studied childhood education and was trained by the TPRS founder Blaine Ray. 
She loves the beauty of natural learning and language acquisition.
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