DURATION: 10-15 MINS

Be Aware!

This first step is not about understanding much at all. This is your very first exposure to the text and the sound of German words. Just take everything in. Don't worry about not getting a single word even. This course will take care of all that as you proceed. Do not look up any word yet. All you got to do is to listen to the audio while reading along. The first 1-2x times that you listen to the audio, you can and possibly also should pause the audio very frequently to give your brain some time to take in the new information. Finish this exercise by listening through the full audio without pausing no matter whether you understand anything.

A Little But Important Task For You

Note in % how much of the text you already understand. Don't worry if that's 0%. At the end of this first lesson you will read this text again and in 5 lessons you'll find it again in a review. When you get there, write down the percentage of your understanding again like this: 0% - 50%. That's a solid start. If you get less than 50% at the end of this first lesson you've been rushing through this course and need to read my instructions again. Redo the lesson. There's no shame in that. Take your time and you'll reach your goal.

In the reviews you might find that your understanding at first is a bit less than before. That's perfectly normal. The more you work with this course the easier things get.

Do this comparison - understanding at the beginning vs end - for every lesson until lesson 10.

AUDIO

Please note that the vocab tool does NOT work in any "Reading - Warm Up" lectures but only in the ones called "Reading - Comprehension" coming right after this one.

Kapitel 01

Es ist ein schöner Montagmorgen in Berlin.
Die Sonne scheint und
die Vögel zwitschern fröhlich in den Bäumen.
Simone Tesch fährt in ihr Büro.
Es gibt viel zu tun.
Simone ist Privatdetektivin von Beruf und
hat mit ihrem Assistenten Stefan
vor drei Jahren das Detektivbüro Tesch gegründet.
Simone ist etwas dominant,
müssen Sie wissen.
Zusammen lösen Simone und Stefan schwierige Fälle.
Als Simone ins Büro kommt,
sieht sie einen riesigen Kaffeefleck auf ihren Dokumenten.
So ein Mist.
Sie versucht die Dokumente zu retten und
ist dabei sehr vorsichtig.
In diesem Moment kommt ihr Assistent Stefan ins Büro.
Er sieht nervös aus.

On a scale from 0-100 how much did you understand?