Complete German: A Teach Yourself Program (Teach Yourself Language)
Complete German with Two Audio CDs provides a clear and comprehensive approach to German, designed for anyone who wants reach an intermediate level in all four skills--reading, writing, listening and speaking.
This unique program allows you to master German at your own pace through authentic conversations, detailed language and grammar explanations, and extensive practice and review. You will learn what you want to say and when to say it―everything from giving opinions to planning events.
Reviews (207)
Just another textbook...except smaller.
I was extremely disappointed when I started to flip through this book. It's essentially a miniature version of a standard German textbook. I was excited to receive it because I had purchased this publisher's teach yourself Norwegian and I LOVED the formatting because it wasnt the same old thing that you find in literally every single college textbook about foreign language. It felt fresh. This one? Not so much. The gaudy colors and overabundance of the pictures, the excessive amounts of exercises, and the lack of breaking the information down into manageable chunks of information are a bit of a letdown. It's all about perspective, I know. If you're just getting into German, this will probably be a useful resource, but for someone who already has a university textbook on the subject, save your money. You already have pretty much the same thing. It comes with a CD, which is the same thing as what you can download for free through their app. I'm being generous with my rating because I know this book will help some people.
Great Teach Yourself Product As Always!!!
The Complete German book was very informative and thorough, just as every other teach yourself book I bought. The dialogues are engaging and the online audio is a big help to comprehend spoken German. I love the overall setup of this book and would highly recommend it to anyone wanted to learn German whom has little time to study for large portions every week. Just 10 minutes a day makes a big difference!
Incredibly Helpful
My fiance's parents only speak German and Bosnian, and I only speak English so I needed to find a way to learn German without begging my partner to teach me. When I received this book, I was happily surprised with how easy it was to start learning.
nice learning course and especially if you can get it ...
nice learning course and especially if you can get it for a low price. be sure your getting the CD if buying used.
good book!
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Very good presentation on the language but kinda superficial.
This is a very good book. The quality of the material is excellent and the audio recordings as well. However, although it covers content from B1 and B2 it is VERY SUPERFICIAL. A exemple: It only talk about Nebensätze (subordinate clauses) on the last 2 chapters while this is an topic for A2 level. Not to mention that it is limited to the use of "dass...". No "deshalb", "trotzden", "damit", "dafür", etc... So, if you are a newcomer and has no purposes such as proficiency exams etc... This book will be great for you. You will be able to read and understand a lot of things. But, if you ALREADY studied German, and need to be prepared for the B1, I strongly recommend this one: http://www.amazon.com/Gehts-Noch-Besser-Goethe--Osd-zertifikat/dp/3126758541/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1431205100&sr=8-2&keywords=so+geht%27s+noch+besser
Love it!
I really like most of Teach Yourself products and have yet to be disappointed. If you're expecting in depth grammar you will be disappointed but I find the conversation easy to follow and I find that I do remember most of what I listen to but then I'm also a language freak so perhaps the best way to figure out if you like this is to just try it!
Excellent Resource
Excellent self-learning resource. Worth taking your time and really absorb and build on the exercises. Deceptively good book.
I loved it! It was a great surprise!
I didn't know a word in German, today I have quite a solid basis to go further into the language. I didn't know "Teach Yourself" either, I had never heard of it, but while making a research I found some good reviews on it on websites talking about self-learning methods. So, I got myself this pack and I completely fell in love with it! I loved to see how I was making progress day after day. Sometimes I found its pace a little too fast, but it's not a problem at all. There's good balance between listening, reading, grammar, exercises and so on...! And everything seems so well thought, it's very precise! But, I do think this course is just a beginning, one has to get immerse in the language learning process, and find other sources to practice what you learn and to learn more in different ways. But I am sure: Teach Yourself is a great beginning! Now I am anxious to learning French, Italian and Russian! See you Teach Yourself in a near future! Thanks! ;)
Fluff packaging, solid materials.
Loss of one star not due to content, but the "fluff" of the packaging. It's a book and CD set, why surround it by so much plastic and cardboard? Only one reason, to make people think there is more in it than is actually in it. Other than that it's a 5 star book/cd.
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