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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5011 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 9 of 25 26 January 2012 at 4:20am | IP Logged |
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I think most traditional courses will do as they spend less time on conversational and "fun" activities and give you the grammar structures you'll need faster alongside with some vocabulary, rest of which you'll learn well by reading itself.
I'd say everything except for audio courses, like Pimleur, or courses with low amount of input in context, such as Rosetta Stone, will do. For Latin, the advice above with Lingua Latina per se Illustrata was a good one. The book is based on teaching you through reading. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6261 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 10 of 25 27 January 2012 at 1:13am | IP Logged |
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Karl Sandberg's books are great. They are the best courses for those who want to learn read and understand a language, not to speak it. I have the French and the Spanish ones. I am looking for the German, too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Opensecret Triglot Newbie United States Joined 4694 days ago 20 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Mandarin | Message 11 of 25 27 January 2012 at 5:26am | IP Logged |
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I started German using Jannach's German for Reading knowledge (a long time ago with an earlier edition), and I thought it was excellent. I workded on it one summer at home nights, and I had a friend who took a university-level German course that met several hours a day over the same period. When we both took the same standardized reading test, I came out higher than he did.
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| Longinus Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4879 days ago 26 posts - 53 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Polish, Macedonian | Message 12 of 25 27 January 2012 at 3:08pm | IP Logged |
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I used both the Jannach book and the Sandberg book when I was in graduate school and learning to read German on my own. Jannach is not bad, but the Sandberg book is awesome. And no, my copy is not for sale!
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| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5731 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 13 of 25 27 January 2012 at 8:11pm | IP Logged |
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I saw the Jannach book when searching for Sandberg's German course. That's also when I found April Wilson's book.
I was figuring that using a regular course like Assimil or TYS would be enough to gain a reading knowledge of a language. I wanted to see if there were any other courses out there that focus on reading. Thanks, everyone. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| carlonove Senior Member United States Joined 5988 days ago 145 posts - 253 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 14 of 25 28 January 2012 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
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For introductory courses, searching for "direct method" or "natural method" in the target language produces some nice results, like this old German book (in Gothic script):
Erstes deutsches Buch Sandberg's German for Reading is very well-structured, but uses some rather dry, academic text passages. I'm mostly interested in fiction, and since I already have a good grasp of the grammar I started using parallel texts. I try to read each sentence aloud, analytically rather than extensively, although it's hard not to read silently and quickly when you realize you fully understand an entire passage. I write down some words, phrases, and sentences that I think are important in a notebook with a translation, which I carry with me and review when I have a few spare minutes. Reading this way for an hour a day has produced very good results, and helped me get over a boredom spell I was experiencing after finishing Assimil. Something Alexander Arguelles recommends in his most recent video is to read a text in the target language while listening to the same text in your native language. I haven't tried this, but it seems geared towards increasing your reading speed, when you already have the sound of the language in your head, and not a beginner's technique. Anyone interested in this thread who hasn't already should watch Arguelles' last few videos on extensive reading. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5731 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 15 of 25 28 January 2012 at 10:07pm | IP Logged |
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I haven't watched Prof. Arguelles's most recent videos yet.
I'll be sure to look for "direct" and "natural" method books then. Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nzyyang Diglot Newbie New Zealand Joined 6424 days ago 10 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 16 of 25 03 February 2012 at 8:51am | IP Logged |
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Someone has uploaded the pdf files of German for Reading
http://employees.csbsju.edu/mthamert/German%20for%20Reading% 20-- %20Chapters%20as%20Images/German%20for%20Reading%20Pages%20a s%20Images.htm Enjoy~~ 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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