First Thousand Words in German: With Internet-Linked Pronunciation Guide [Paperback]

Heather Amery (Author), Nicole Irving (Editor), Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

This book has large pictures for looking and talking, surrounded by small, labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things, to build up and practice German vo cabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wit h pronunciation guides. '

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Language Notes

Text: English, German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing; Revised edition (December 8, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0746023065
• ISBN-13: 978-0746023068
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > German
  • #9 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Multilingual > General
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be a kid again! This is a fun way to learn vocabulary., June 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: First Thousand Words in German (First Picture Book) (German and English Edition) (Hardcover)

This is a completely graphical learning guide - just like when we learned to read and speak as kids. Each page has a different scenario: pages of rooms from and around the house, school, city streets, stores, restaurants, etc. At the center of the page is a very busy picture showing all kinds of activities which relate to the page topic. Then, the actions and items shown in the picture are shown separately around the border of the picture with their names. As a game, you can study the item's names, then try to identify them in the picture. Surprisingly, it is very effective. As an adult toying with a second language, this is a fun book to pick up off the coffee table and play with for a couple minutes each day. Good luck to you and have fun!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic vocab for any age!, February 13, 2005

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Jennifer (Sammamish, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Thousand Words German Internet Linked (German Edition) (Hardcover)

I absolutely love this book! The pictures are great as well as the pronunciation guide in the back. Definitely a must-have for anyone trying to teach multiple languages. My 2.5 year old absolutely loves this book.

The other fabulous plus to buying this book is the ONLINE pronunciation guide! If you go to their website, you can listen to / download little sound clips with perfect pronunciation for each page of the book (it's organized by page number on the website). I do sight-reading with my little ones (rather than phonics) and I made a powerpoint presentation with many of the words from this book and attached the sound files that I downloaded from their website. It worked perfectly!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great starter book, February 12, 2002

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Wendy Somerlot Bittel (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Thousand Words in German (First Picture Book) (German and English Edition) (Hardcover)

This book has been a fun way to introduce my kids to German and helped me refresh on something I haven't taken since high school. While my kids are still pretty little (1 and 2) we've had a fun time learning that there are other words out there for dog, cat, bike, etc. The illustrations are great and keep my kids attention as well.