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| Himmel Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5331 days ago 19 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Norwegian, German, Dutch | Message 1 of 5 22 March 2011 at 9:03pm | IP Logged |
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Hi all!
So I've been working on Rosetta Stone German as part of an introductory course at my school. I'm nearing completion of it, and feel like I haven't learned anything. I'm looking at purchasing some new material once I finish, as I'm really determined to learn German. Does anyone have any reccomendations? Right now, I'm looking at the Assimil, Linguaphone, and TellMeMore programs, but I'm not sure which one will give me the best bang for my buck. Thanks alot! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7149 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes  Studies: Uzbek | Message 2 of 5 22 March 2011 at 9:23pm | IP Logged |
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I think most forum members who've used them would highly recommend Assimil and Linguaphone (the old Linguaphone course, and not the new "All Talk" course) pretty highly.
But another VERY extensive resource, which though a bit dated, has far more practice material than anything else out there, is the FSI courses that you can sample and use for free: http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=German (You can start either with the Programmed Introduction or with the Basic Course. The other two courses listed are less comprehensive, but still provide useful materials.) Edited by daristani on 22 March 2011 at 9:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5880 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 3 of 5 22 March 2011 at 11:12pm | IP Logged |
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I second the FSI Basic course and the FSI FAST German course! The basic, as stated, is a bit dull, but it will help.
Another course is the Living Language Ultimate German Beginner-Intermediate course. These Ultimate courses are always good. I've used both the Spanish and Arabic ones with much success. If you want you could get the Teach Yourself Complete German course along with Colloquial German course. Both of these are good. There is also a great site (http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2548,00.html) Deutsche Welle, which has a beginner course (warum nicht?) and a bit tougher course (wieso nicht). Both are great and free. Hope these help you out! For the courses you are looking at right now, I would say go with both Assimil and Linguaphone. Can't go wrong with both of them. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| fortheo Senior Member United States Joined 5041 days ago 187 posts - 222 votes Studies: French | Message 4 of 5 23 March 2011 at 5:48am | IP Logged |
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Michel Thomas German foundation course is suppose to be very good. Unlike Rosetta stone, Michel Thomas's method focuses a lot more on grammar and being able to form your own sentences.
good luck! Edited by fortheo on 23 March 2011 at 5:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rob_Austria Heptaglot Groupie Austria Joined 5007 days ago 84 posts - 293 votes Speaks: German*, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Croatian, Mandarin, Russian, Arabic (Written), Turkish | Message 5 of 5 23 March 2011 at 7:16am | IP Logged |
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Hello,
I met an American on the Internet who studies German and we talk via skype from time to time. He uses the "Teach Yourself German" book. I have not seen the entire book but we sometimes practise speaking German based on the dialogues in that book. The ones I have read so far sound very natural and contain lots of high-frequency and useful structures. Besides, that guy says he only started studying German about four months ago. If that is true, the Teach Yourself course must have some merit because he says he currently only uses that book and when I first heard him speak I was totall blown away. His pronunciation is excellent and he says he acquired that by listening to the CDs that come with the course. As for Assimil, I guess the method is quite good. I only have the Assimil for Russian and I like the way they present the material even though I have to say that I find most of their dialogues a bit outdated and not as practical for immediate use as the ones I've found in other language learning resources. Rosetta stone is something I was very interested in when I first heard about it because it seemed to pursue some sort of an intuitive approach. However, I must say I would never buy that product again (I bought a starter kit for Russian). I simply find it quite boring and considering its high price I believe it does not provide enough content to work with. Anyway, I think you should try and get a couple of courses to work with. Linguaphone seems to be good as well. So, to sum it up if I were you I'd go for Teach Yourself, Assimil or Linguaphone (which doesn't mean that there aren't other great materials out there - if you have some material I could have a look at I could tell you what I think about it from a native speaker's point of view). Best, Robert 1 person has voted this message useful |
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