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Product Reviews:
German: How to Speak and Write It (Beginners' Guides) |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: cool, however make sure you have a supplemental text also.
Comments: This is a neat little book, however the approach it takes will be frustrating to students once they advance beyond the beginner level. As it says at the outset, it seeks to help someone achieve competency at the language through simply absorbing it, rather than conciously using a plethora of grammar rules. This sounds great in principle, however it is not really possible to absorb (in my opinion) a language through a book alone. As such, students looking for clarification on things such as the case systems, subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and other seemingly-pedantic-however-essential rules will not find extensive explanation here. And while I love the illustrations and word keys, the book is so old that it can not be trusted fully with regards to antiquated words. Make sure you have a reliable, up-to-date German dictionary to confirm the translations given. The illustration tables also seem a bit too ambitious...why not just put20 completely different animal illustrations on a page, instead of20 different species of birds? Is learning the distinct German words for a peacock versus a mallard really high on the list of concerns for a German student?
Overall, this is a cool book that has a lot to offer, however is not self-sufficient as a guide to the German language. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: it helps!!
Comments: This book is really great. I had doubts obviously just like anyone would if you were to teach yourself a foreign language, however this book proved me wrong. It has excersises that I am able to do correctly and it makes you think without being too difficult. I am already addicted to this book because I am learning quick however it does get a little more difficult later on which would be normal. I endorse this book to anyone who wants to start learning German. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: DEUTSCH
Comments: I just received Joseph Rosenberg's, "GERMAN: How To Speak and Write It." It is an informal conversational text of Self-Study.
The book's format is well engineered, and cleverly formatted so that even someone of my age can make sense out of what is trying to be conveyed to the reader. Unlike other books, I do not know if, I will ever really "finish" this1because of it's specific purpose, that of... constant learning. However, I would higly endorse this book to anyone who even has an inkling of interest in learning a foreign language, specifically, German. This is a great book for an excellant price!!
The only thing missing in this book is it's ability in..."giving the reader Time to use it"!!
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Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Beginners can not go wrong with this book.
Comments: This book was the fifth1I acquired in a previously unsuccessful attempt to learn German on my own. When it arrived from1of Amazon's "other" sellers, I thought, "Oh no." My copy was so old it had a "standard book number" and an old, creased cover. however it turned out to be exactly what I had needed to steadily begin learning to speak German, and to make my German-English dictionary and the3other books useful references!!
"German, How to Speak and Write It" supplies, with its artwork and approach, the perfect jump-start to begin doing just what the title says. It cost less than any of my other German books, however it has been by far the almost all useful of all!!
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Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Amazingly Informative!!!!
Comments: This is a wonderful book for beginners and more advanced speakers. Ething is clearly explained, and grammar is taught along with great examples. I also love the pictures. This book makes me want to sit down and take the time to do a lesson e day!! I highly endorse it, and the price is unbeatable!! |
