Radio Lora broadcasts a Swiss German course for foreigners
The Zurich-based alternative radio station Lora teaches its listeners Swiss German. Starting this Friday, a Swiss German lesson will be broadcast every two weeks.
The program will focus primarily on explaining the unique features of the dialect and pronunciation, the broadcaster wrote in a statement on Wednesday. To that end, native Swiss speakers will sit in the studio with immigrants and listen together to interviews, songs, and cabaret sketches in Swiss German. They will then discuss and explain what they have heard.
The goal of this ten-part course is to develop listening comprehension in Swiss German. The course is primarily aimed at foreigners who have already studied Standard German in classes and are having difficulty with Swiss German. While Swiss people are generally very considerate, However, the broadcaster notes that, especially in groups, people often speak quickly and fluently—so quickly that non-native speakers often can’t keep up.
The goal of this ten-part course is to develop listening comprehension in Swiss German. The course is primarily aimed at foreigners who have already studied Standard German in classes and are having difficulty with Swiss German. While Swiss people are generally very considerate, However, the broadcaster notes that, especially in groups, people often speak quickly and fluently—so quickly that non-native speakers often can’t keep up.
