Are german audio books spoken exactly the way book is written?

I was thinking of purchasing harry potter and the philosophers stone audio book in german and wanted to know if it is worded the same as the written german harry potter book. I know there is a difference between spoken and written german and was wanting to use the first harry potter book to help me learn german by seeing and hearing the words in a story, but is there a difference between them? Is it worth buying as a learning aid?Are german audio books spoken exactly the way book is written?
Audio books are generally just somebody reading the book as far as I know, so yes, it would be the same text. And people generally don't use heavy accents or dialect when recording such things, which is also why you would get proper Hochdeutsch ("high German").



As for the learning aspect, hearing spoken German would benefit you in learning pronunciation. :)Are german audio books spoken exactly the way book is written?
Nein!Are german audio books spoken exactly the way book is written?
Hello Clarissa,



I’d definitely recommend buying the book and audio book. Reading and listening at the same time is a very good and effective method to learn a second language.



I teach German as a second language and I always recommend this method.



1. You’ll learn a lot of new words just because of the content (learn always phrases not only words!)



2. You’ll learn the correct pronunciation because you listen at the same time to the audio.



3. You’ll learn grammar automatically (without learning grammar rules by heart) – just by listening.



If you hear a word order or structure a lot, you’ll suck up the structure automatically. This is why children are able to speak their mother tongue fluently by the age of six/seven without grammar books.



But there is one trick you can make this method far more effective:

If you repeat every chapter several times before going on to the next, it’ll boost your level very quickly.



So why is that?

It’s because everything you perceive enters at first your ultra short term memory and for a few seconds you are able to repeat what you have just heard. But right after that it’ll be deleted instantly from your memory (it’s gone!). This is a protective mechanism of your brain in order to prevent a sensory overload.



You have to imagine there are different filters. The filters try to filter unimportant information and delete them. Information classified as important will get from your ultra short term memory into the short term memory. And only after some more repetitions the information will enter your long term memory.



So by reading and listening to an audio book, your brain gets so many information all at once, it will delete most of it. But you can prevent the erasing by repetitions.



So in short – yep you should buy it! I have another tip for you. There is a great German course via email that uses exactly this method. There are funny stories and audio files to each text (the text is in German and partly translated in English). So you can listen and read at the same time. And the best of all: It’s free. You can subscribe at: Leicht-Deutsch-Lernen.com. So have fun with “Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen”.



PS: I read all of the Harry Potter books! They’re all great and they get better from book to book :-).

Greetings from Germany

Klara