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| Ludovicus Newbie United States Joined 4923 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 1 of 9 25 November 2010 at 5:43am | IP Logged |
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I'm trying to learn German, and am working on the FSI tape and book series. If you have any preferred books, tapes,
or other learning materials that have helped you to learn German, please list them in this thread. Thanks. I'm hoping to travel to Germany next year, and want to have some proficiency before I go. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6913 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 9 25 November 2010 at 10:22am | IP Logged |
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I'm currently using:
Assimil German without Toil as my primary course The following for listening comprehension: Yabla EuroNews I've got two grammar books, the first is pocket-sized but packs a real punch in terms of the amount of information crammed into it BBC Active German Grammar Hammer's German Grammar & Usage These are my principal resources at the moment along with some books and readers. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Ubik Senior Member United States ubykh.wordpress.com/ Joined 5126 days ago 147 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish | Message 3 of 9 28 November 2010 at 4:13am | IP Logged |
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THE most helpful thing I have at my disposal is German-flashcards.com. They have like 7
other languages as well, but German, I believe was their first and the best of them all. Its free (unless you want to upgrade for some shinies) to put words and whole sentences into your own collection and there are multiple ways of quizzing yourself. For (almsost) every word, there are example sentences, and they color code the nouns (blue, red, green) for gender, give the plurals, hover over sentences to get each word's meaning. It works like an SRS, but way more flexible, fun, and cool. Secondly, believe it or not, German.about.com. There are tons of articles on there detailing all the crazy aspects of German. There are some really nice preposition, conjugation, etc tables on there as well. I dont really have any other tangible resources to recommend. Im taking German at college right now using Deutsch Na Klar and supplementing as much as possible with teh above-mentioned resources + real conversations with live Germans here + IM Chat. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ibraheem Groupie United States Joined 5175 days ago 84 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Mandarin | Message 4 of 9 28 November 2010 at 6:48pm | IP Logged |
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Mastering German Vocabulary - A Thematic Approach - around 5,000 popular German words, with example sentences for each and IPA pronunciations and stress markings, and a decent grammar overview as well. Drawbacks: Doesn't give the plural for words, the book is strictly German - English.
Teach Yourself German - I used this to begin my German studies, the book is not comprehensive at all but is good for an introduction to the language. Useful Websites: http://german.about.com/ http://www.vistawide.com/german/grammar/german_grammar.htm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5539 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 5 of 9 28 November 2010 at 8:13pm | IP Logged |
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I'd say Deutsche Welle's course, Deutsch - Warum nicht?
I've been going through it & I like it. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Frieza Triglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5163 days ago 102 posts - 137 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German | Message 6 of 9 29 November 2010 at 11:30pm | IP Logged |
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Based on my own experience with free programmes, I'd say:
1. BBC Steps: Not bad for a quick introduction into the language 2. BBC Talk German: Very nice if you want to learn a lot about Bavaria. Not much otherwise 3. Paul Joyce German course: very good for grammar 4. Deutsche Welle Deutsch - warum nicht? : this one is quite good, highly recommend it 5. Deutsche Welle Deutsch Interaktiv : extremely comprehensive, covers a lot of grammar and over 7,000 words, its only flaw is that it takes too long (at least if you go about it the way that I do) And regarding Deutsch Interaktiv, I've just found this supporting material: Basic German Vocabulary Trainer Pretty nifty if you ask me! Edited by Frieza on 29 November 2010 at 11:30pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ic32987 Groupie United States Joined 6150 days ago 50 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 7 of 9 03 December 2010 at 10:51pm | IP Logged |
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I have also just started. My plan at the moment is Assimil German with Ease, the Slow German podcast (to read/listen), and ideally will find a German parallel text with audio for the L-R method? Will keep you updated.
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| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 4925 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 8 of 9 04 December 2010 at 12:54am | IP Logged |
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I was planning on posting this same question soon, since once I reach about an intermediate level in Esperanto I want to get back into my German. So thanks for asking this!
I have definitely seen some useful stuff on German.about.com. The only audio course is Pimsleur, which I enjoy, but which obviously is not enough on its own. Also, Deutsche Welle has programs you can listen to at regular speed and at a slower, clearer speed, if I recall correctly, which can be quite useful for listening practice. EDIT: I just thought of another question I've been meaning to ask. I took a look at one of the FSI German courses online, and it said that it's meant to be done with a native speaker to help you. In your experience, how necessary is the presence of a native speaker? And if very necessary, how much involvement is required? I have some German friends, but I doubt they'd want to spend a lot of time helping me study. Edited by Lianne on 04 December 2010 at 12:56am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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