Pukka German

Hi folks,

I am a South African based in Freiburg and my girlfriend and I have just launched a service, which I believe will be of interest to the Toytown Germany community. It's a podcast, that teaches "the real German lingo" and it's aimed primarily at English native speakers.

The site is called: Pukka German

I've attached our press release below, and you can visit our website to see what the Badische Zeitung has written about us.

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* Increase your German fluency
* Learn the real language of native Germans
* Get expressive with idioms and proverbs
* Integrate with colloquialisms
* Have a laugh with German slang
* Let out the German in you!

Announcing the launch of Pukka German, a free 'German for English speakers' podcast, to help German learners speak the real German lingo! Pukka German breaks away from dry text book German and focuses on teaching the colourful social German spoken by German natives. Each week the hosts discuss a new topic and compare German idioms, colloquial language and slang with their English equivalents. The primary goal being to help German learners add spice to their language and get more enjoyment from speaking German.

This is a unique service not only in the content that it covers, but also in its teaching approach. The podcasts are a 50:50 mix of English and German and are presented by an English native speaker, Tyler Duncan and his German girlfriend, Lisa Ernst. The show is inspired by Tyler's efforts to integrate into life in Freiburg, Germany and to learn the "cool" language of German natives in the student town. Cultural insights are also discussed from the hosts' personal experiences and perspectives.

Pukka German also provides online activities, transcripts and extras at their website. For a small fee, weekly online quizzes and show transcripts are available. This material reinforces and builds on the material covered in the podcasts.

The podcasts are published weekly and are roughly 10 minutes long. Themes covered are as diverse as life itself. Some upcoming topics include: money, dating, family, work and alcohol.

The Podcasts are distributed automatically as an RSS feed to which users can subscribe for free via iTunes (or any other RSS reader) or choose to receive fresh content direct to their email inbox. It is also possible to download the audio files directly from the Pukka German website.

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I'm looking forward to welcoming you on our site!

Tyler

This is a paid placement posting.

Not sure how I found this website, and I've not really looked into it much yet, but it might well be interesting to some people.

PukkaGerman.com

Here's what is says on the tin:

"Free intermediate to advanced German language podcasts to learn to speak the real German lingo online. Our popular weekly podcast teaches authentic spoken German, common idioms, essential colloquial language and German slang words and phrases to help you understand and speak German like a native."

It is a series of podcasts, which seem to be free to download, and you can become a member to download transcripts and access other resources on the site. After a brief cursory glance, it seems OK. Very strong focus on colloquial krout and idioms, which language schools rarely spend too much time with, but everyone uses them. Do you know what a krout is banging on about if they say they have 'cabbage steam'? Personally, I don't particularly care what they're on about, but I know some of you lot don't share my deep disdain for this foul language, so maybe you'll enjoy this resource.

There, don't say I never do anything for you people. I'll go back to Misc Chat now and look for a decent pikey bashing thread.

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I listened to episode 1 of this the other day. I've gotta say, I've heard alot of TT people talk German (to enormously varying standards) and I reckon a shitload of people would benefit from giving this pukkagerman thing a go. The German part of the pod is very clear and well paced, there is enough English for people at a lower level to still get the gist, and there is a sorta vocab recap here and there. Not a bad learning tool atall I'd say. I would not recommend it for complete beginners, you'll be lost in it really*, but for many people, I think it is a pretty good way to learn to speak a bit mroe colloquially, which lets be honest, is how bloody everybody actually speaks.

*cue arrogant expat replies along the lines of "well acshooooly, I thought it was all really very simple German, and I know everything, and like cyling in the mountains, and eating crap bread, because I am almost a local really. Acshoooooooly. The real way to learn German is get out and talk to Germans, Duh! Acshoooooly." ignore that sort of twat though.

ýeah i looked at this site and I thought it was really good too! especially as if you are a beginner or intermediate its a real kick to suddenly slip a funny german colloquialism into the middle of an otherwise crap and bumbling sentence. german chicks go crazy for that kind of stuff

very very well done.
Adding the youtube links related to the topic is brilliant.
I particularly appreciate the written text, sort of subtitles, since I'm too used to the bavarian accent...

Thanks a lot for your comments don_riina, worm and omjoi. I'm really stoked you guys like our show. Please feel free to send more feedback and suggestions anytime. We're always looking for ways to improve our podcast and make it more useful and fun for folks like you.
Cheers and all the best,
Tyler

May I say, Bravo!

I am studying to be a German instructor on the collegiate level (and because my fiance is German) and this podcast is splendid! I have picked up some colloquial German from my sweetie, but this has explained at least one of his sayings. Things like this are amazing for me to hear because it goes beyond the rigid Hochdeutsch I learn in the classroom.

LOVE IT