German for Dummies - Paulina Christensen

I started learning German two years ago when I was planning a weekend break to Berlin. At first, I was only going to learn a few phrases, as my holiday was only two days long. However, whilst on holiday, I enjoyed the city and the language so much that I decided to learn a bit more. I picked up this book because in school I'd only really been taught French, so I needed something really really basic to start me off. The book covers all the areas you'd expect, for example having a meal out in a restaurant, buying things in shops, getting a ticket for a train etc. Some people don't seem to like the 'For Dummies' books because it assumes in the title that you're, ...  Read the complete review

*****German for Dummies**** I didn't start using this book completely new to German-i decided to use it as a quick refresher book and i found it useful. The book comes with an audio cd and is split into five parts.Each part is then split into chapters 1.Getting started-chapter 1 to chapter 3.This had really basic information such as learning the german alphabet,pronouncing vowels,basic German grammar and greetings and introductions 2.Chapters 4 to 10.More basic vocabulary -learn how to talk about yourself,shopping,asking the time ..that sort of thing 3.Chapters 11-16-asking for directions,staying at a ...  Read the complete review