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The Oxford German Cartoon-strip Vocabulary Builder [Paperback]

Neil Morris (Editor), Roswitha Morris (Editor), Claire Bretï¿1/2cher (Illustrator)
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July 13, 2000 0198603053 978-0198603054
[SERIES COPY:] This informative, colorful, and fun-to-use series of guides is perfect for anyone who wants to learn a second language quickly and easily. Each volume employs the amusing and always true-to-life cartoon strips of Claire Bret�cher--an artist renowned in Europe for her witty and controversial cartoons--to not simply explain but illustrate the words and wording of a given foreign language in its common, everyday use.

While there are other cartoon dictionaries on the market, most of them provide only single cartoons. This attractive series, on the other hand, provides whole strips which tell a story and effectively bring context and other memorable features to one's learning. And only this series offers cartoons done in full color, and written by a popular cartoonist. These vocabulary-builders are the perfect starting place for people who want to begin, or else strengthen, their acquisition of French, German, or Spanish.


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`All the short cuts to sounding up to date in new guide to colloquial Germsny... One page stories have lively, true to life charaters and make learning German enjoyable.' Day By Day

Product Details

  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 13, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0198603053
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198603054
  • Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #470,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book - well worth it., July 30, 2006
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I accepted a short-term exchange assignment in Deutschland this summer and needed to rapidly ramp up my 30 year old German. The cartoon strip book was an invaluable aid in improving my vocabulary and at the same time was quite funny (wirklich, kein Quatsch). I strongly recommend it to anyone trying to increase their German vocabulary, especially as the language is really spoken in Deutschland. It does assume a basic konowledge of German grammar and usage.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sullen and Cranky, April 17, 2001
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These cartoons are great--the teenagers are sullen and cranky, the characters find themselves in embarrassing situations, just like real life. I've used the French edition of this series, too, and this German version is just as good. You learn useful words such as "das Handy" (cell phone) and phrases like "im Internet surfen" (to surf the Internet. Very effective and a lot of fun.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The first cartoon is too hard, November 29, 2008
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I put this book aside because the first cartoon in the book had words in it that were not defined in the accompanying word list. For me this cartoon book is at too advanced a level of German to be useful for a beginner like me. I recommend instead purchasing "Michel Thomas German Language Builder" on CD.

This cartoon book in my opinion is not useful to anyone who has not had a least a full year of German instruction in a formal course of study.
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