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Elizabeth_rb
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19 February 2014 at 1:49pm | IP Logged

I like McGraw Hill 'Practice Makes Perfect' series in which you can get stuff at so
many
levels for general grammar, specific points (such as verb tenses, pronouns and
prepositions etc) and thing like reading, sentence building and other practice
materials.

I have their books for French, German, Italian, Spanish and the new 'Basic Chinese' one
and there are many more on my Amazon wishlist.

I agree totally with Chung about getting them new on Amazon UNLESS the Marketplace
offer
states that the book is unmarked. My experience is that sellers tend to understate the
condition and that they're often better than advertised.

Edited by Elizabeth_rb on 19 February 2014 at 1:53pm
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19 February 2014 at 2:02pm | IP Logged

I haven't recieved it yet (should be here by the end of the day) but I ordered Living
Language Ultimate German Beginner-Intermediate book.

I'm also not very strong on grammar and I'm hoping that this book will be good for
review, vocabulary acquisition, and grammar concepts I don't quite get. It's a huge
book at 448 pages. When I finish with this one, I'll start looking at getting the
Advanced one

*Edit: Screwed up links. Removed.

Edited by Tollpatchig on 19 February 2014 at 2:03pm
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20 February 2014 at 7:24pm | IP Logged

Silvance5 wrote:

Fasulye wrote:

Silvance5 wrote:

I'm finishing up my Beginner German II class
and will be starting Intermediate German I in the fall. I've got a good grasp on most of the grammar, but
some of it I don't feel completely sure on, and would like to get a few workbooks(because the computer
software bores me, I prefer books) to get up to speed on it, as well as to keep my grammar skills up during
the summer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I can recommend you an excellent book:

Dreyer, Schmitt, Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik, Verlag für Deutsch, 1985

You would need to order the "Lösungsschlüssel" as well.

I bought this book some years ago and I hope that is still available.

Fasulye

I just ordered these two. They aren't cheap, but if it will help me then it's worth it. Thanks for the
recommendations.

Unless I'm being really dumb, it's available quite reasonably on Amazon (about £30in the UK). If prices are
extortionate where you are, I'll add that meanwhile, back in
Uzbekistan...

Chung wrote:

I liked 0071789456/ref=pd_sim_b_6/186-1519291-5537966">German Grammar Drills by Swick and
Schaum's
Outline of German Grammar by Elke Gschossmann when I needed extra practice to prepare for my
German exams. It also helps that they're dirt cheap (especially on the used market or in older editions) but
it may be safer to buy them new on Amazon Marketplace (still pretty cheap) since the used books have a
higher chance of being marked up by previous owners.

If you want to do oral drills, one of the old courses from Content.php?page=German">FSI or DLI%20basic%20courses/German/">DLI Modular German should have at least some exercises to
your liking.

I'm a big fan of the DLI courses, Chung, but when I tried to use this for my German, I found the audio and
pdfs on the JLU website didn't match. The FSI course is (of course) great.

Edited by Random review on 20 February 2014 at 7:33pm
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25 February 2014 at 5:28am | IP Logged

Cuz I like books with colors and cartoons:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/
3126754228/
(seperate book for solutions)

I dont have the above book but it seems nice.

There is also:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubungsgrammatiken-Deutsch-B-C-B-Gram matik/dp/3941323105

Copy paste and remove the space between the two m's in Gram matik
(there are also A, and C versions)
The A version has some explanations in English. The B and C versions are pure German.
Solutions booklet is included.

I have the A version, but I have not worked on it yet. Too many books in my
collection.

Edited by Gemuse on 25 February 2014 at 5:33am
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02 March 2014 at 2:44pm | IP Logged

chiagnology wrote:

Along with the grammar book by Durrel I would like to mention one
book that I found while fathoming the internet, it's called a "Practical Dictionary of
German Usage" by K.B.Beaton.
It's just MINDBLOWING (I've got the pdf). Excluding the Duden series, Beaton + Hammer's
grammar are really made to get along with each other and to complement each other.

Durrell's Grammar book is "Hammer's German Grammar and Usage". It's been through
various editions (I prefer the older editions, just to be cranky, but they are all
good).

There is an accompanying workbook, which is known as "Practising German Grammar". This
makes references to the grammar book, but can be used without it.

(Worth doing an Amazon search on "Martin Durrell" and see what you can find).

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montmorency
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02 March 2014 at 2:49pm | IP Logged

chiagnology wrote:

Must be good - it's over £200 on amazon.co.uk!

A review on there says it's like an updated version of Dictionary of German Synonyms"
by
B.K. Farrell, so I don't know if that's worth a look.

BTW, Martin Durrell also does a dictionary of synonyms.

EDIT: I found a bad review of the Durrell synonyms book, which perhaps was not totally
unjustified, but it included this interesting tip:

Quote:

dit: additional note: I have just received Durrell's more recent book "Using German: A
Guide to Contemporary Usage" which appears to be really excellent, incorporating the
interesting bits from this book in a more useful format.

I've noticed that myself, but not got around to getting it so far. Maybe I will.

Edited by montmorency on 02 March 2014 at 2:53pm
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Antanas
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02 March 2014 at 3:25pm | IP Logged

If you like Anki style approach there is an interesting Supermemo course:

Mit dem Erfolg zum Zertifikat Deutsch

It is based on a course by Klett and it will keep your asking to arrange words, type-in words, etc., until you get it right and long afterwards.

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