Basic German: Cassette/Book Package [With Coursebook & Dictionary]

by Living Language and Genevieve A. Martin

Speak German with confidence in just 6 weeks! Living Language?German Complete Courseis a complete, step-by-step guide to the basics of German conversation and grammar. This revised course uses the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Audio Cassette
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609602764
• ISBN13: 9780609602768
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Living Language
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 4.6" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

just what the doctor ordered

I started using this course about a month ago and so far I have been extreamly pleased with my progress. The negative side of the course is that it tries to teach to much grammatical instruction to quickly. However, I am already able to have basic conversations in German and have a vocabulary of several hundread words. If you are trying to learn German either for business, or travel purposes this course is for you. While it can be a little boring at times it introduces you to a veriety of different real life situations such as how to order in a resteraunt, introduce yourself, ask someone for a light, etc. Living language says that you can finish this course in 6 weeks if you study half an hour a day. I'm doing that and at my current pace I expect it to take me about 12 weeks but i've always been a little slow in picking up languages.

Extensive, yet not without flaws

I would say that my experience with Living Language German has been generally quite positive. The lessons are comprehensive, including a mix perhaps one-fifth vocabulary, three-fifths worth of phrases, and a fifth of fully conversational material. From my point of view, (this being my first attempt at a foreign language) the learning curve is neither too shallow nor too steep. I wouldn't call the writing itself innately interesting, though. More worrisome, however, are the numerous small mismatches between the recorded material and the text. It could clearly have benefited from more careful editing before being published. Don't let that keep you from picking it up, though. Overall, it's a solid start that can easily be supplemented with more interesting secondary sources.

Good for people who has an initial knowledge

This set is a good set to practice and hear the correct pronounciation of some words. It is easy to follow but, I think it is not enough for someone to start learning German from scratch. It is good pronounciation and review helper but, I think you need to have other book on grammar and beginner german to get more out of it.

Better Than Most

If you're looking to learn German and wonder what you ought to start out with, well this is one of the best. This is a thorough comprehensive set that basically leaves no stone unturned. Can't say much more besides that I recommend it, and it's about the best amongst the other German learning resources.

This set of books, and Cd's was cheep plus taught me german!

I am from the south so I have a southern dialect. I started learning german and despite having a southern view on language, I must say I can speak several things right now and I've only had the set for 3 weeks now. I sound a bit like a southern german, hehe, but I'm able to speak it now. EXCELLENT SET! Cheep price too!