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| shadowzoid Groupie United States Joined 5682 days ago 76 posts - 85 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 9 17 October 2012 at 12:55am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm looking for one that is good for self-study and introduces a lot of vocab. I am in
college now, but by the time I decided I wanted to take German, class registrations were closed. In the next term, I can take a accelerated German class (which is German 1 and 2 packed into one class), but the prerequisite is "some knowledge of German." I don't really understand what that means, but I assume if I work hard to study as much as I can, I'll meet that vague prereq. Anyway, any good reqs? My uni used Kontakte, but I looked at it and it seems more suited for classroom instruction, since there is like no English in it and I find it hard to do excercises without knowing what the excercise is. Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| segueorio Newbie United States docecomoacanela.tumb Joined 4470 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 9 18 October 2012 at 5:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I went to Germany a few years ago on holiday and prepared
with Teach Yourself Beginners German. If you finish that, you'll know the basics of the grammar and have a vocabulary of a few hundred words, which should be sufficient. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 9 18 October 2012 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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My recommendation would be Living Language Ultimate German - Beginner to Intermediate -
with the audio CDS - if you can still get it. Do that course fully and you will be in good stead in any academic class you may join. Apart from that - if you have never done German before and you can get it in the library, Paul Noble's newish audio only course is a nice easy, if slow, introduction to German that introduces word order, the basics of the present, perfekt and futur tenses and how to use three of the cases (he doesn't go into the genitive, instead focusing on the common von + dative construction) in a pain free fashion. It has a tiny amount of vocabulary, but you can pick up words elsewhere. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Laurae Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5037 days ago 51 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Dutch | Message 4 of 9 19 October 2012 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I recommend 'Routledge Intensive German Course' with the accompanying audio. A little expensive perhaps, but worth it I think.
If you want a simpler grammar book with a lot of vocabularly and exercises, try Hodder's German 'Grammar Made Easy'; will take you to A2/B1; I found it very effective. The course book, work book and audio I started with in classes were Hueber's Themen Neu Aktuell 1 ; I found them excellent; they are intended for class use, but the workbook in particular is great. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| taqseem Newbie Switzerland Joined 5693 days ago 34 posts - 47 votes Studies: English | Message 5 of 9 19 October 2012 at 10:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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German Quickly by April Wilson
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| koba Heptaglot Senior Member AustriaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 118 posts - 201 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, French | Message 6 of 9 03 November 2012 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | ||
I have also started with Teach Yourself Beginners German and then continued with the Teach Yourself Advanced German. Personally, I like the approach they use in the books and think they're great to start with. You would get enough vocabulary and grammar so that later you can continue studying on your own. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7014 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 9 04 November 2012 at 11:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm sure that it can't hurt to give Assimil a go.
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| limey75 Senior Member United Kingdom germanic.eu/ Joined 4398 days ago 119 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Norwegian, Old English | Message 8 of 9 10 November 2012 at 5:47am | IP Logged | ||
This is excellent for *reading* academic German, but it won't get you far speaking, listening and writing... Edited by limey75 on 10 November 2012 at 6:36am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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