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Podcasts - How To Use Them
No one podcast is the same. But *all* the podcasts (=audio files with contemporary German language and culture content) give you the opportunity to improve your German listening comprehension.

1) Download the audio files and the transcripts, if they are available.

2) Listen. Read along with the transcripts. Check for words and phrases which still are not clear, and try listening to the podcast without the transcript. Is it easier to understand?

Podcasts Accessible for all Learners -
A. Deutsche Welle Podcasts: To get all the podcasts for "Warum Nicht", click here: @http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2548,00.html --You'll need to click there to get episodes #1-15, unfortunately!

1. Deutsche Welle - Warum Nicht - Series 1
rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_dwn1_en" link="true" description="true" number="10" enclosure="true"

2. Deutsche Welle - Warum Nicht - Series 2 rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_dwn2_en" link="true" description="true" number="10" date="true" enclosure="true"

3. Deutsche Welle - Warum Nicht - Series 3 rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_dwn3_en" link="true" number="20" date="true" enclosure="true"

4. Deutsche Welle - Warum Nicht - Series 4 rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_dwn4_en" link="true" description="true" number="20" author="true" enclosure="true"

Goethe Institute - Friends Without Boundaries
rss url="http://media.goethe.de/podcast/ins/us/mfr/goethe_saf_mfr_01_en.xml" link="true" description="true" length="600" number="5" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"flat

1) Mission Berlin

 * Main website: @http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,9832,00.html
 * Click here to access the audio files for download (though you can also do this by clicking on the page above), or to subscribe in a Feed Reader: @http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_missionberlin_en
 * rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_missionberlin_en" link="true" description="true" number="20" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"

2) Radio D

 * Radio-D Website at Deutsche Welle: @http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,9671,00.html
 * Click here to subscribe to Part 1: @http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_radiod1_en
 * rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/DKpodcast_radiod1_en" link="true" description="true" number="20" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"
 * Click here to subscribe to Part 2: @http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/Dkpodcast_radiod2_en
 * rss url="http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/Dkpodcast_radiod2_en" link="true" description="true" number="20" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"

3) Slow German, which is more suited for people with a little German under their belt, has begun an "Absolutely Slow German". --Check it out at [] --You can just play it from the site and/or download it on your computer. --Just like a music track, you can import it into any Media Player: I-Tunes, Windows Media Player, or whatever you use. --Right under to the "play" button, you will see: "PDF mit der [|Vokabelliste herunterladen]". You can download a vocab for that episode.

Grüße aus Deutschland - A New (2009-2010) Podcast from the Goethe Institute in München

 * Click here to get to this Podcast's Homepage
 * Click here to access the podcasts as downloadable links. Just right-click, save-as, put them into a single folder on your computer. You can import them into I-Tunes, Windows Media Player, etc afterwards. ALSO, you can simply hit "Subscribe" if you are familiar with Feed Readers.
 * You can download the PDF manuscripts for each podcast from their website. Here are the manuscripts for the podcasts published as of January 12, 2010: [[file:Goethe1_GutenAppetit.pdf]][[file:Goethe2_Essen_Bioladen_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe3_Currywurst_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe4_ImRestaurant_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe5_Rattenfanger_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe6_Rattenfanger_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe7_Rattenfanger_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe8_urlaub_text.pdf]][[file:Goethe9_UrlaubfuerSingles.pdf]][[file:Goethe10_WohinimUrlaub.pdf]][[file:Goethe11_warumverreisen.pdf]]
 * rss url="http://media.goethe.de/podcast/gad/rss_de.xml" link="true" description="true" number="20" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"

Slow German
rss url="http://feeds.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/slowsim.xml" link="true" description="true" length="100" number="10" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"

Popkast
rss url="http://media.goethe.de/podcast/popcast/rss_en.xml" link="true" description="true" length="600" number="10" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true"

Listening Practice Exams - Do Online, Get Feedback Online

 * ===For German 1 through German 3 students:===
 * @http://www.goethe.de/lrn/pro/sd1/data/hoeren.htm


 * ===For German 3 and German 4, and enthusiastic German 2 students:===
 * @http://www.goethe.de/lrn/pro/sd2/data/hoeren.htm
 * @http://deutschdrang.com/germanaudioactivities.aspx