Speak and Read German, Vol. 1

This instructional album by Eric W. Bauer, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, provides the listener with a means to learn the German language by building on the foundational knowledge of how to pronounce words. Organized into the long and short sound each vowel makes, the album also details variations and exceptions to phonetic rules.

Track Listing

101	Vowels- long a, short a	Eric W. Bauer	03:52
102	Long e, short e	Eric W. Bauer	02:55
103	Long i, short i	Eric W. Bauer	03:19
104	Long i, long e; short I, short e	Eric W. Bauer	02:14
105	Long o, short o	Eric W. Bauer	02:59
106	Long u, short u	Eric W. Bauer	03:47
107	Long u, long i; short u, short i	Eric W. Bauer	03:46
108	Variations of the Schwa-sound	Eric W. Bauer	02:43
201	Vowel-consonant comb. Prefixes	Eric W. Bauer	06:00
202	Umlaute - Long ä, short ä	Eric W. Bauer	01:28
203	Long ä, long e	Eric W. Bauer	03:41
204	Long ö, short ö	Eric W. Bauer	01:42
205	Long ö, long e	Eric W. Bauer	03:00
206	Short ö, short e	Eric W. Bauer	02:10
207	Long ü, short ü	Eric W. Bauer	02:10
208	Long ü, long ö; short ü, short ö	Eric W. Bauer	03:25