Let’s face it – you only get better at learning German by listening to the pronunciation of words (as well as practicing what you’ve learned, too). Here are a variety of German learning podcasts which will help you improve your ‘aussprache,’ by tuning into their weekly lessons. It usually takes only a few minutes out of your day, and is totally worth it to help build your vocabulary, exercise those grammatical muscles or just listen in to conversation.

One Minute German
http://radiolingua.com/shows/german/one-minute-german/

Learn German with Podcasts
http://www.dw.de/learn-german-with-podcasts/a-2917951

Survival Phrases
http://www.survivalphrases.com

GermanPod 101
http://www.germanpod101.com

German Ling Q
http://germanlingq.com/

The DeutschAkademie app offers over 22,000 vocabulary and grammar exercises

Learn German 6,000 Words categorizes words by 15 topics and 140 sub-topics

Der Die Das has an archive of 17,000 words to get you memorizing the German vocabulary

King of German Article has an endless gender quiz

AnkiDroid flash cards

Yapping Puppy offers German learning games

German Verb Trainer offers customizable tests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNFowSM5ko

Who says Germans have no sense of humor? Fritten zum Mittag is a German comedy show with closed captioning in German. It is a great way to watch, follow and listen to common German conversations — outside of the typical textbooks and daily news. You might get a laugh out of this episode, where the „Fritten Frau“ turns the tables on her customers.

To keep you motivated during frustrating times.

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Name: Saskia Mitreuter

Age: 27

Profession: German instructor

Location: Wittenbergplatz

Story: Saskia is my teacher at the Deutsch Akademie. She began teaching German in 2009, but revisited it in January when she began teaching level A1.1. A master’s student of psychology at the University of University of Groningen in the Netherlands, even when she is done her studies, she will still be in the classroom. She wants to become a professor. Her mother tongue is German but she knows English, French and Dutch. She likes sharing helpful knowledge in a fun way.

Star quality: She knows how to draw a really good woodpecker!

ITB Berlin is the place where traveling starts. This huge travel fair is happening all weekend at the Messe Nord ICC. Until Sunday, you can check out room after room of countries who have their traditional and contemporary traditions on show, as well as new travel trends, maps and experts. Need to practice your German? Most of the pamphlets and books are all in German. From Iceland to Japan and Egypt, here are some photos from the opening day.