Advanced (C2)
German as native speakers use it: irony, humour, specialised fields, regional colour and slang.
- 16 lessons
- About 10 lines each
By the end of Advanced you will
- Understand irony, jokes and wordplay, and what a sudden switch between du and Sie says.
- Follow specialised talk in fields such as medicine, law, finance and academia.
- Hear the everyday words of Austria and Switzerland next to those of Germany, youth slang and older, bookish styles.
All Advanced lessons
- Day 1 A Bookish Taxi Ride in Bern
- Day 2 Shouting at the Sunday Talk Show
- Day 3 Dad Discovers Youth Slang
- Day 4 Who Gets Grandma's Wedding China
- Day 5 Moving In, Terms and Conditions
- Day 6 Major Revisions, Says Reviewer Two
- Day 7 The Herring Story Stays In
- Day 8 Is It Still My Lego Castle
- Day 9 Selling Half Our Terraced House
- Day 10 A Poem for the House's Centenary
- Day 11 Rehearsing for the Moot Court
- Day 12 She Wrote Letters Like This
- Day 13 The Caterer Cancels at Noon
- Day 14 The Heating Bill's Missing Page
- Day 15 Heuer Is Not a Dialect Word
- Day 16 The Prodigal Son Returns, Again
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