Everyday Scenarios

Frau Hilde explains German customs

Otti doesn't understand why children walk with lanterns in November or why everyone opens little doors in December. Frau Hilde explains the customs of the German year.

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Frida volunteers

Every Saturday Frida helps in a neighbourhood café where people repair things together and share food. Learn to talk about volunteering, donations and community.

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Kalle cares about the climate

Kalle sees how dry the forest has become and wants to do something - fewer car trips, less plastic, food from the region. Learn to talk about climate change and about what each of us can do.

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Lotte and social media

Lotte posts a photo of her garden and gets a hundred comments - and one strange message. Learn to talk about posts, profiles and privacy, and about how much screen time is too much.

B1 20 words

Kalle reads the newspaper

Kalle still reads a paper newspaper on his bench by the lake and talks about the headlines with Otti. Learn the words of the news - headlines, events, sources - and how to say whether a report is true.

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Lotte plans a trip abroad

Lotte wants to travel around Portugal for three weeks and plans every day of it, while Frida would rather be spontaneous. Learn to talk about a journey abroad - a visa, the currency, the time difference - and about adventures and wanderlust.

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Frida and Emil fall out

Emil forgot Frida's birthday party, and now she is hurt. Learn to talk about trust, disappointment and honesty, and about how friends make up again.

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Otti and the German idioms

Frau Hilde tells Otti that he has tomatoes on his eyes, and Otti looks in the mirror. Learn to talk about learning a language - accents, dialects, expressions - and to ask what someone means.

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Emil joins a debate

In Lotte's seminar Emil argues that Berlin needs more cycle paths, and he has to convince the others. Learn to give reasons, to agree and disagree politely and to sum up.

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Frau Hilde tells how Berlin changed

Frau Hilde has lived in Berlin for over seventy years and remembers the city with the Wall and the night it fell. Learn to talk about the past and the future and to tell a story in the right order.

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Otti takes the B1 exam

The big day has come - Otti sits the B1 exam, between hope and doubt, while his friends wait outside. Learn to talk about feelings like courage, relief and impatience, and about the parts of a language exam.

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