German

by Michel Thomas

Teaches the basic grammar of German. This course points out the similarities of the vocabulary in English and German and gives his students the tools to guess the words they do not know, or think they do not know.

5 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2006

About the author

Michel Thomas (born Moniek (Moshe) Kroskof, February 3, 1914 – January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist, language teacher, and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several different Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis (World War II) of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II. After the war, Thomas emigrated to the United States, where he developed a language-teaching system known as the Michel Thomas Method. In 2004 he was awarded the Silver Star by the U.S. Army.

Reviews

[Xavier]

Numerous studies have shown that learning a new language is a much steeper hill to climb the older you get. So I never thought it possible that I'd be speaking and understanding something other than English. Michel Thomas' teaching method will get you to that point where you can speak and understand German in a week. I went to a language exchange to see how much I learned studying his recordings, which total about 8 hours. I was astonished at how much I could already communicate and comprehend. Thomas developed his method to teach soldiers from different countries how to communicate with each other (WWII), so it's very pragmatic and timely. It really showed me how foreign language learning doesn't have to be difficult.