German: Complete Course

by Paul Coggle, Heiner Schenke

From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:
-- Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues
-- Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises
-- Step-by-step guide to pronunciation
-- Practical vocabulary
-- Regular and irregular verb tables
-- Plenty of practice exercises and answers
-- Bilingual glossary

The new editions also feature:
-- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
-- Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
-- Website suggestions to take language study further

Genres: German Literature, Nonfiction, Language, Reference

354 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[John Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

You vill read zis book, and you vill lern all zee lessons. Zat is an order!

[Tarcisio · Rating 4 out of 5]

The course is pretty solid in its method: it mixes the basic information needed to survive in Germany (that is, basic phrases, greetings, politeness, buying stuff, culture, and the like) with grammar explanations, following a steady pace, taking care to show one thing at a time. The way they handle vocabulary may not be to everyone's taste though: it starts out very thorough with translating new vocabulary, but become less and less as you progress units. If you're the type that likes a challenge, or was already acquainted with language (for example, through Duolingo, like I was), you may like this, as it makes you try and infer the meaning of the "non-critical" vocabulary in the used texts and audio, or test the vocabulary you already before. Otherwise, you may find this book a bit frustrating.

Please note this is NOT a complete course of German: it does not teach future tense at all, for example. But it is still a good introduction to the language, and it may be supplemented through other sources (the Teach Yourself Series has other books such as Improve Your German, Further German and Enjoy German, for example). If you're looking for a book with a complete course though, you may need to look elsewhere.

[Yedija Messa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice introduction for beginners

[Nakawala Lillian]

I hate you good reads so hectic

[Anthony Naprstek · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Teach Yourself book series is one of the greatest educational set of books that you can possibly read! The German edition is no different. It takes you through many scenarios, and helps with a great deal of vocabulary. The book does go into grammar, however not too much to bore the reader. One does not need a large amount of grammar to utilize language effectively. This book is a great first step for any learner of the language, and takes you past the A1 ability so that you can be confident while speaking the language with a native.

[Farnaz]

let me to finish it!

[Apoorva]

A tiny grouse so far: no proper pronunciation guide, scattered all over the book.

[Mohammed · Rating 5 out of 5]

is a good book will hel a lot if u want to learn german.

[Mithyl · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book

[Sebastián Alarcón · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Basic book. It leaves you eager to learn even more and master it.