My German is rusty - horribly rusty. 25 years ago, I lived for a year in Germany, and quickly achieved that benchmark of fluency - DREAMING in a foreign language. All that German I once knew must still be in there somewhere, surely?
In an attempt to kick-start my hopefully just dormant German, I tried to find some Medium- or Long-wave German radio stations to listen to on long car journeys. Nichts, or rather, such poor reception that:
1. I could tell it was German, but no more than that
2. the level of interference gave me a headache after 5 minutes
3. when I could get a good signal, it turned out to be an unlistenably inane chat show
Solution? Der Podcast! DeutschlandRadio have most of their programmes available after transmission "als Podcast" Here are just a few:
- Bücher für junge Leser
- Büchermarkt
- Campus & Karriere
- Computer & Kommunikation
- Corso
- Das war der Tag
- Deutschland heute
- DLF-Magazin
- Eine Welt
So get down to D-radio, download some Podcasts, burn to CD, and rack-tzack*, lovely clear German radio for your own use, or as a teaching resource.
* I seem to remember this is the German equivalent of "bish bosh", but I can't find it written anywhere, so can't vouch for the spelling - please advise!
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