German: How to Speak and Write It (Beginners' Guides)

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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher. Modern course, with strong phrase material and a wealth of pictorial and amusement aids.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: BN Publishing
Pub. Date: 11th September 2008
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 384
Ean: 9789650060350
Isbn: 9650060359

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USER REVIEWS

Not Good
~ Written on Jan 24, 2010. 1 out of 4 users found this review helpful.


I thought it was completely not good, and think that for me, personally, this method of learning is unhelpful and counterproductive. As an ESL teacher, I would not teach english in this way. It is a confused, unorganized barrage of unnecessary (for beginner speakers) vocabulary from the beginning. The core vocabulary that should be taught at the start is not included until later, and even then isn't well organized.

How to speak and write German
~ Written on Dec 16, 2009. out of 1 users found this review helpful.

I found it a little hard to grasp the different sounds,
it has a lot of good grammer lessons.Instant Immersion
was a better buy for me.


same book, updated cover
~ Written on Nov 12, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

I just reviewed the "look inside" place of German: How to speak and Write It. The front cover is updated, yet the material inside is the same as when it was first published. I would recommend this book as a supplement to the Rosettastone German course and to a regular college course in German. Even though the pictures are out of date, it still is a good refresher course in German. One example of this book being out of date is no referrences to the computer or modern cell phone.

great setup but a bit old-fashioned
~ Written on Sep 15, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

As a German tutor and native speaker, I really appreciate the way this book is set up and systematically builds one lesson on the next. In the exercises, it reviews information learned in the last few chapters.
In my opinion, the only little draw back (and the reason that I did not give 5 stars) is that it would need some updating as far as some of the pictures and words are concerned. It is quite uncommon in modern German to use terms like "der Knabe" or "das Fräulein Lessing".

Other than that, I am completely happy with this purchase and would definitely recommend it to any beginning learner.

Awesome and a great book for beginning
~ Written on Sep 4, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

I purchased this recently as i just got a whim to learn the german language...basically as a "hobby". My family roots come from there and i just wanted to get familiar with this language. I know that they say it is one of the hardest to learn but i have plenty of time and in no hurry. It explains it well and how to say it with nice exercises at the end of each lesson. I am not all the way thru but i would suggest this book as a good starting foundation for teaching yourself. The only knock i would have against this book is that it doesnt come with an accompanying CD ;) highly recommend.

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