Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder (Practice Makes Perfect Series) [Paperback]

Ed Swick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071599622 | ISBN-13: 978-0071599627 | Publication Date: July 1, 2009 | Edition: 1

Practice Makes Perfect helps you put your German vocabulary and grammar skills together!

You may have all the vocabulary down pat and every grammar point nailed--but without the skill of knowing how to put these elements together, communicating in your second language would be nearly impossible. Practice Makes Perfect: German Sentence Builders picks up from where other grammar books leave off, showing you the variety of structures and how to combine them to make solid sentences. And like every Practice Makes Perfect title, these books feature crystal-clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of opportunities to practice, practice, practice!

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About the Author

Ed Swick taught German for thirty years. He is the author of Practice Makes Perfect: German Pronouns and Prepositions and Practice Makes Perfect: German Vocabulary.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (July 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071599622
• ISBN-13: 978-0071599627
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > German
  • #83 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > German > Instruction

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive verb review, December 3, 2009

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Dr. Divot (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder (Practice Makes Perfect Series) (Paperback)

This is a very comprehensive German verb workbook and I found it to be exactly what I needed to prepare for an upcoming trip to Germany and Austria. This product is probably best for a student with some familiarity with the language, as it is very comprehensive. I have had two years of High School German and one year of college level German, albeit many years ago, and found this book to be an ideal review. With Germanic languages, the verb is integral to the listener's ability to understand the meaning of a given sentence, and this guide enables the student to attain the level of confidence required to understand the action. I wish I had used this product when I was in high school, as it would have certainly accelerated my progress with the language. I have also tried Rosetta Stone and other similar DVD-based products, and found them to be too slow for the type of review I needed. As a break to my German verb studies, I found German news programs via the web to be an ideal supplement to this guide, allowing me to tune my ear to normal conversational German. In summary, I find this product very useful and give it an A-plus. Sehr gut!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, January 22, 2012

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George Lang (Orange County, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder (Practice Makes Perfect Series) (Kindle Edition)

I write "disappointing" as a life long language teacher and learner. My main criticisms are two. First, the production values are low, with examples apparently pasted into the explanations in what looks like photocopies (hence these phrases are "dead" in a digital reader, cannot be searched for or marked up).

My second problem is bad editing. There are a huge number of capitalization errors, which are crucial to correct German. These add to the impression that the book has somehow been cut and pasted by non-native speakers, native-speakers never having tolerated such inaccuracies. As an intermediate student of German, it is not for me to say that the sentences are unidiomatic, but compared to texts and exercises prepared in German (such as Dreyer and Schmitt's Lehr- und überungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik -- alas, not in ebook form), the sentences often ring false or at least awkward. Save your money and if you have to, go back to paper books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder (Practice Makes Perfect Series), October 17, 2011

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John Morris - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder (Practice Makes Perfect Series) (Paperback)

Ed Swick's work is practical and representative of real, everyday conversation folded into lessons of usage and grammar. I find it very helpful. I am a beginning German learner but believe that intermediate German speakers would find this workbook to be helpful for review purposes.