Sep 2007

Episode 26 – Saying Goodbye to Ayhan

It's a sad day in the Radio D office. Ayhan is saying goodbye and moving back to Turkey. Although his co-workers have prepared a surprise for him, the farewell party can't lift the blue mood. Paula comes to work in the morning to find everyone is preparing for a party. But she do ... Show More

14m 40s

Sep 2007

Episode 25 – Greeting the Ships

The journalists try to understand the term "getürkt" and visit an unusual port where every ship is greeted in a particular way.At Port Willkomm-Höft, each ship is greeted with the national anthem of the country whose flag it's flying under. In their radio play, Paula and Phil ... Show More

14m 59s

Sep 2007

Episode 24 – The Editor's Desk

Eulalia the owl helps get Paula and Philipp on the right track. They discover that their co-workers from the Hamburg newspaper are in on the game. Paula, Philipp and Eulalia find out that the Hamburg newspaper thought up the shark in the port basin and staged the whole thing in o ... Show More

15 m

Jan 2015

001 - Direct and Indirect Questions in English

Direct questions are the “normal” questions that we can ask to friends, family members, and people who we know well. Example of a direct question:“Where’s the bathroom?” Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know ve ... Show More

9m 25s

Sep 2007

Lektion 12 - Hörerpost

Wenn man etwas nicht verstanden hat, ist Nachfragen eine gute Lösung. Der Professor beantwortet die Fragen der Hörer zu den vorangegangenen Episoden: eine gute Gelegenheit zur Wiederholung und Vertiefung der Inhalte.

14m 30s

Jun 2010

Lesson 8: The time – Uhrzeiten

How do you ask 'What time is it?' and how do you respond? Expand your vocabulary with the Audio Tutor. Here you can learn new words and improve your pronunciation.

3m 49s

Aug 2008

Lektion 37 – Hörerpost

Sämtliche Fragen zu den bisherigen Episoden sind beim Professor gut aufgehoben. Anhand verschiedener Audiobeispiele zeigt er den Hörern, dass sie schon viel verstehen können, ohne jedes gesagte Wort zu kennen.

15 m

Sep 2009

Episode 52 – Quiz Time

To finish with, German students can test their listening comprehension once again with a little quiz. Eulalia and Compu present four listening exercises that need to be solved. Which words are missing? For the last episode, the team at Radio D have thought up something special. E ... Show More

15 m

Jul 2023

185. What To Say When You Don't Have The Answer + Q&A Rise, Raise, Arise

Recently I received an email from a listener who said this:Other topic that could be interesting I think that it is about the manner to reply a message when you do not have the response at this moment. For example, is it correct to say "I come back with the response as soon as po ... Show More

24m 19s

Jun 2010

Lesson 63: Asking questions 2 – Fragen stellen 2

How do you ask about hobbies and interests so you can get to know someone better? Expand your vocabulary with the Audio Tutor. Here you can learn new words and improve your pronunciation.

3m 58s

Oct 2019

341: My teachers just don't get it...

Phil asks a really tricky question: "I am feeling extremely frustrated with the Chinese teachers I've found on there. They don't seem to understand that I want to practice speaking. They all seem to insist on trying to go over grammar rules, shovel loads of new vocabulary on me, ... Show More

23m 26s

Mar 2022

Listening practice for beginners • Asking for clarification

¡Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Español. Today’s practice is focused on two really useful questions that are gonna help you get unstuck when you don’t know a word. If you want to use a word but y ... Show More

6m 22s

Episode 12 - Mail from Listeners