#87 – Die Netflix-Methode: Vorm Fernseher Deutsch lernen
Would you like to start the new year relaxing with a Netflix series on the couch and still improve your German? Then pay close attention now, because in this podcast episode I will explain to you step by step how you can effectively use Netflix to quickly improve your German. And I’ll say this much, it’s much more than just watching Netflix in German. If it were that easy, then everyone would speak German and learn German very, very quickly. You know it’s not that easy. This is a very special method. A technique that I also use very often. And if you use it regularly, if you practice this technique regularly, then you will definitely know and be able to use significantly more words in just a few weeks. So, listen carefully now, I’ll explain it to you step by step. Welcome to German Chatter. I am Flemming, German coach at Natural Fluent German. This podcast is for you if you want to improve your listening comprehension, expand your vocabulary, get to know real everyday German and find out more about Germany. You can find the transcripts to read along at www.naturalfluentgerman.com. By the way, German chatter is also available on YouTube. And now have fun listening. Good Morning. I’m glad that you’re here again, I’m glad that you tuned in and will continue to hear German chatter in the new year 2024. The year 2023 was very successful for this podcast. There were an incredible number of listeners who listened to this podcast or even watched it on YouTube. And for me it was just very, very valuable to see, important to see that there are thousands of people around the world listening to this podcast. That means a lot to me and that is the best feedback for me. Even though I read again and again in the comments, on YouTube in the comments above all how much this podcast is appreciated. That’s always very nice for me, it gives me a lot. I can get new energy from it or I can always get new energy from it to continue making podcast episodes. So thank you very much for that. And otherwise today is about a very, very helpful, effective and fun, entertaining method, namely the “Netflix method”. That’s the name I came up with for it. You can give this method any other name. In any case, it is a very helpful method to learn really effectively and make rapid progress in a relaxed way with entertaining learning material. The main thing is to expand your vocabulary, but also your listening comprehension if you use the complete method. I’ll tell you that in a moment, I’ll explain everything to you in more detail. I will give you a step by step plan or instruction on how to improve quickly using this method. Yes, one more important thing beforehand, namely, registration for my language garden for fluent German starts today, so registration starts today on January 3rd and there is a big discount campaign until January 5th, Friday at midnight . This means that the price for registration is reduced by 50%. This language garden only costs half as much for a year. That means it’s worth being quick in this case. Yes, and as a quick reminder, what do you get in this language garden? You get a complete video course with a lot of knowledge about language learning. You will receive exercise plans, for example the listening comprehension challenge or the sentence structure challenge. You get authentic learning material for several months. You’ll have access to a community area for questions and exchange, and you’ll be able to join our monthly live sessions where you, I, and other participants will talk to each other. Questions can also be asked there and there is also an exchange on the topic of learning German. Yes, and if you are now wondering whether this language garden is right for me, should I register now? Here are a few points that might help you. So, when is the language garden right for you? If you are between B1 and C1 and have the feeling that you are no longer making progress, have the feeling that you are stagnating and staying in place, then the language garden is right for you. If you don’t have an effective learning system and simply want to have a really effective learning structure that you can use to learn every day, then Language Garden is right for you. If you can’t find good learning material that you enjoy and challenge. If you would like to exchange ideas and chat with other people learning German, would like to talk about experiences, if you often have important questions about learning languages or the German language and would like answers from experts, if you would like to write and speak better and understand more, If you simply want to feel more comfortable with your German, then the Sprachgarten is definitely the right thing for you, then I recommend that you register for it. If you want that, just click on the link in the episode description, i.e. the text under the small video or under the podcast episode, click on the link, register, by midnight on the 5th, until the 5th This discount campaign is valid in January and I look forward to getting to know you when you’re there. So, now we come to the actual topic of this episode: the “Netflix method”. Starting the new year comfortably from your couch and still learning German effectively is possible, I can tell you that. Yes, it’s no secret to you that you can learn German or learn languages with Netflix, you’ve probably been doing this for a long time, you’re probably already watching series in German or films in German. I do it too, yes, it’s great, Netflix has translated an incredible number of series and films into different languages, so that’s just very,