German listening practice with transcripts
Work through 60 chapter podcasts from the ChickyTutor German course. Each lesson combines complete segmented audio, a visible transcript, authored key phrases, and a speaking challenge.
Published lessons
60
Audio segments
1,095
Course levels
A1–A2–B1
1. Listen without reading
Play the complete sequence once and notice what you understand.
2. Replay with the transcript
Open individual segments and connect the sound to the written form.
3. Say the challenge aloud
Use the chapter prompt, then continue in speaking practice.
Unit 1
Build Personal Clauses And Direct Questions
Can the learner identify the speaker, one familiar addressee, another person, and a group in short sein clauses, negate a predicative state, and ask a direct yes-no question without an English auxiliary?
Place Yourself With Ich Bin
Start with a two-part personal clause and say where you are or how you feel.
Address One Person With Du Bist
Change both the participant word and the verb form to direct the familiar clause toward one person.
Refer To Another Person With Ist
Keep the familiar clause and choose er or sie when the sentence is about one other person.
Speak For Groups And Use Formal Sie
Add group speech and formal address with one shared verb form, then use capitalization to read formal Sie correctly.
Negate A State With Nicht
Keep the person and sein form stable, then put nicht directly before the state or place that is being denied.
Ask Yes-Or-No Questions With Sein
Turn a statement into a question by placing the known verb first, without adding an English helper.
Unit 2
Control Present Actions And Information
Can the learner ask a practical W-question with a known sein clause, control regular present forms for ich, wir, du, er, and sie, negate a bounded action clause, keep the finite verb second after a time expression, and use haben for possession or availability?
Ask For Missing Information
Ask for one missing detail by starting with a question word and reusing the sein forms you already control.
Build Regular Actions For Ich And Wir
Use one regular pattern to say what you do and what your group does.
Shift Regular Actions To Du And Others
Keep the known verb stem and change only the ending when the action belongs to you or to another person.
Negate A Present Action
Use nicht in two controlled action clauses to deny the action or the known location.
Put Time First And Keep The Verb Second
Lead with the time, then place the action immediately after it before naming who does it.
Express Possession And Availability With Haben
Add one high-frequency verb for having something or being available, then reuse the sentence shapes already under control.
Unit 3
Mark Objects And Connect Complete Clauses
Can the learner retrieve a German count noun with its nominative article and plural, choose a nominative or accusative determiner from the noun's role, negate the noun phrase with kein, replace a direct object with the appropriate accusative pronoun, and coordinate two complete clauses with und or aber?
Learn The Noun As A Three-Part Entry
Build a reliable noun habit: learn who travels with the noun and how the noun sounds when there is more than one.
Name One And Say Whose
Use the noun's known article pattern to identify one thing or say that it is mine or yours.
Mark The Direct Object
Mark what the action reaches. Only the masculine determiner changes shape in this bounded contrast.
Negate The Object With Kein
Say that there is no object to count or possess by using the negative member of the ein-word family.
Replace The Direct Object
Once the listener knows who or what you mean, replace the full direct object with a short object form.
Connect Clauses With Und And Aber
Connect two complete ideas: add information with und or mark a contrast with aber without changing either clause internally.
Unit 4
Build Verb Brackets And Split Verbs
Can the learner select bounded forms of können, müssen, möchten, and dürfen, keep a lexical infinitive at the end, split a separable verb in a finite main clause, and keep that same verb intact after a modal?
Hold The Action Until The End
Open the clause with the form of can, hold the action, and complete it at the far end.
Separate Necessity From No Need
Use one bracket for necessity, then place nicht inside it when the action is not required.
Make A Polite Request With Möchten
Make a polite request with möchte and ask what a familiar or formal addressee would like.
Ask Permission And Mark Prohibition
Ask whether an action is allowed and make clear when it is not allowed.
Split The Verb Around The Message
Start the action in the usual verb position and listen for its final piece at the end of the clause.
Keep The Separable Infinitive Intact
When a modal already carries the person and tense, send the complete separable infinitive to the end.
Unit 5
Mark Recipients And Governed Case
Can the learner mark recipients with dative pronouns, give a full-noun accusative theme to that recipient, use bounded dative determiner chunks after mit and bei, and retrieve helfen with its lexical dative government without inventing a universal case rule?
Write To Me Or To You
Mark who receives the writing, without adding message content or another object.
Give A Thing To A Recipient
Keep the receiver and the thing separate: mark the receiver with dative and the thing being transferred as a familiar direct object.
Extend The Recipient Set
Keep the recipient role stable while expanding who can receive the writing or transferred object.
Use Bounded Dative Noun Chunks
Use a small, reliable set of full noun chunks after two prepositions that always require dative here.
Learn Helfen With Its Case
Learn the case together with the verb: the person receiving help is marked dative after helfen.
Keep Recipient And Theme Roles Separate
Bring the case patterns together without guessing: say the governing item, identify each role, and choose only forms already learned.
Unit 6
Navigate Place Time And Direction
Can the learner distinguish selected origins, destinations, and locations, then combine one known place expression with an explicit future time while preserving main-clause V2?
Name A Geographical Route
Use one route pair to keep destination and origin distinct while speaking.
Go To And Come From A Service
Build a practical there-and-back pair with a person or service destination.
Locate Someone Inside A Place
Mark location inside a place without implying movement toward it.
Move Into A Familiar Place
Change the case to show movement into a place rather than location inside it.
Schedule A Future Trip
Schedule a familiar trip by adding a clear future time and keeping the finite verb second.
Choose Location Origin Or Destination
Bring the unit together by choosing the intended route or location frame rather than guessing from an English preposition.
Unit 7
Tell Completed Events In Spoken German
Can the learner form bounded spoken Perfekt statements and questions with haben or sein, select the taught participle pattern, and retain the clause bracket while reusing familiar time and route language?
Report A Finished Regular Action
Open a sentence with haben, hold the middle, and close it with one regular participle.
Use Two Irregular Participles
Keep the perfect frame and replace the regular ending with two high-frequency participles learned as whole forms.
Leave Ge Out In Two Patterns
Notice two bounded participle patterns that close the perfect bracket without ge-.
Put Ge Inside A Separable Participle
Keep the prefix attached in the final participle and place ge- inside it.
Use Sein With Two Travel Verbs
Change the auxiliary for two common completed journeys and keep the participle at the end.
Retrieve The Completed Event System
Tell a short completed-event sequence using only forms already practiced in this unit.
Unit 8
Handle Practical Interaction And Past Background
Can the learner give one practical command in informal and formal address, express a bounded attempt, ask about availability, supply brief past background, compare two familiar options, and continue retrieving known Perfekt forms?
Ask Someone To Wait
Use one practical command while keeping informal and formal address distinct.
Say What You Are Trying To Do
Say that you are trying to understand something with one controlled complement frame.
Ask What Is Available
Check whether an appointment is available and give a clear positive or negative answer.
Add Brief Past Background
Set brief past background, then continue with a completed event you already know how to report.
Compare Two Familiar Options
Compare two travel options with one stable adjective pattern.
Manage A Practical Past Exchange
Bring practical interaction and past narration together without adding new grammar or vocabulary.
Unit 9
Connect Reasons Conditions And Information
Can the learner connect a familiar main clause to a reason or condition, report content, ask indirectly for missing information, and retrieve these patterns with earlier Perfekt forms in a short guided exchange?
Give A Reason With Weil
Add a reason after weil and hold the finite verb until the end of that reason.
Report Content With Dass
Put a complete piece of reported information after dass and use the same final-verb pattern already learned with weil.
Set A Condition After The Main Clause
Say the planned action first, then add the condition after wenn with the finite verb held until the end.
Lead With The Condition
Start with the condition, finish it with its verb, and then begin the result with the finite main verb before the subject.
Ask For Information Indirectly
Keep the familiar W-word, remove direct-question order, and close the embedded information clause with its finite verb.
Connect Reasons Conditions And Missing Information
Bring the unit together in a short exchange using only the words and clause patterns already practiced.
Unit 10
Speak Flexibly And Repair Live
Can the learner use a small reflexive set, soften a wish or request, state a preference, embed a yes-no question, and repair a connected response using only the selective early-B1 structures taught in this unit?
Turn Known Object Forms Back To The Subject
Reuse familiar object forms when the subject and object refer to the same person, but learn each verb together with its required complement.
Soften A Wish With Würde Gern
Make a wish sound less direct by opening with ich würde gern and completing it with the action at the end.
Request Politely With Könnte
Soften a request or possibility with a changed form of können while keeping the action at the end of the sentence.
State A Preference With Lieber Als
Reuse the familiar comparison connector als, but compare choices with lieber instead of comparing adjective qualities.
Embed A Yes Or No Question With Ob
When the missing answer is simply yes or no, introduce the embedded question with ob and hold its finite verb until the end.
Repair A Connected Response Live
Use the course's existing repair phrases while you connect a wish, a question, a condition, and a preference in one manageable exchange.
Turn the phrases into a conversation.
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