Episode description

Half way through the course! In this twentieth lesson of Coffee Break German you’ll join Mark as he is tested by Thomas on everything he has learned so far in the course. In this lesson:

• test yourself on what you’ve learned with the translation challenges set by Thomas;
• translate from German into English and from English into German;
• join Kirsten for a useful review of the main grammar points covered so far in the course;
• find out about music from Germany and Austria in our Cultural Correspondent segment.

Here are links to some of the songs mentioned by Julia:

• Nena: 99 Luftballons
• Rammstein: Du hast
• Tokio Hotel: Durch den Monsun
• Xavier Naidoo: Ich kenne nichts
• Falco: Rock Me, Amadeus
• Wir sind Helden: Nur ein Wort
• Herbert Grönemeyer: Mensch

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