Echan's Learning Journal

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Onleihe German Digital Library


www.goethe.de

 

Recently a free service called Onleihe came to my attention. It's available for the desktop, as an iOS app, and Android app.

By signing up for the Goethe Institute library, you can use Onleihe to access thousands of German ebooks, audio books, emagazines/newspapers, and evideos.

... None of which I can understand at this point in time.

I had a look at the emagazine series "Deutsch perfekt" which I assume is targeted for intermediate German learners. Because I can still remember some German that I learnt back in high school, I can recognize a few words here and there. But after reading one sentence and not having a clue what I just read, I usually give up at that. 

For some reason I have more patience with reading Korean -- enough to study a short article with 300 words per day, anyway.

I am looking forward to the day when I'll be able to enjoy and reap the benefits of this new Onleihe thingy.

Hope this helps.

Echan