German: How to Speak and Write It (Dover Dual Language German) 2nd Edition

by Joseph Rosenberg (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0486202716

ISBN-10: 0486202712

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This is probably the most delightful, useful, and comprehensive elementary book available for learning spoken and written German, with or without a teacher. Working on the principles that a person learns more quickly by example than by rule, the author has put together a book that abounds in immediately usable German sentences and phrases on a wide variety of subjects.
The student will find pleasure in the amusing sketches and drawings used to imbed new vocabulary firmly in the student's mind, in the many excellent photographs of cities and landmarks in German-speaking countries, and in the glimpses of German culture and custom subtly interwoven into the conventional material.
The book, though eminently useful for self-study, is especially amenable to classroom use or study with a private tutor. The variety of teaching aids that this book places at the teacher's disposal is remarkable. The lessons contain dialogues, grammar and idiom studies (replete with examples), and extensive practice exercises. In addition there are 28 full-page and double-page sketches of specific scenes (a harbor, a zoo, a theatre, etc.) with pertinent items numbered and identified in German and English; sketches and photographs, which the student is asked to describe in German; German proverbs, jokes, and more.
The dialogues and reading material encompass an exceptionally wide range of real-life situations, and are extended to include most of the basic vocabulary one would need in each situation. The analysis of German pronunciation is very comprehensive (and the simple phonetic system used in the early stages is readable by sight). The practice exercises are carefully designed to allow the student to use what he learned. The closing sections contain a summary of grammar, a guide to letter writing (with sample German letters), and a valuable study guide to German literature by Dr. Richard Friedenthal.
The book differs from others of its type in that it gives more attention to the elementary stages of learning, and the rate of progress is less rapid than usual. This means that any intelligent person, even if he is an absolute beginner, can with sufficient application arrive at the end of the course confident of having acquired a solid foundation for further study.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; 2nd edition (June 1, 1967)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486202712
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486202716
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.39 x 0.77 x 8.43 inches

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Great German Learning Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2021

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Pronunciation guide is easy to use and will having you pronouncing German correctly from the start. Beginning chapters have the guide under each sentence so you learn the correct pronunciation in real time as you go. There are interesting and informative very short stories to read to build reading comprehension as you work through the book. You build vocabulary easily and naturally with pictures to show common items. Short quizzes and places where you are asked to translate into German or English make the language flow naturally. There are answers to all exercises. I have used this book for some of the other languages it comes in and found them all to be very good. Some words are older and used mostly by older people but with this very strong foundation it is easy to pick up new expressions and speak equally well to all generations. I highly recommend these books!

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RvB

Love the 1940s illustrations

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018

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Don’t judge a book by its cover. I loved the fact that all the drawings in the book were from the 40s. Some people may not like that, but I did. Hoping this will supplement my Rosetta Stone German experience. Thanks to the seller for fast shipping.

24 people found this helpful

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Harris M.

Good, solid text but the pictures and illustrations are from the 1930s and 1940s, the German 1930s and 1940s

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2017

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You need to know that this book was originally published in 1952. Necessarily, the pictures and drawings which are a central part of the learning approach are from the 1930s an 1940s. That may to matter to some people but I have had a very difficult time using the book because of that.

This is a hard review to give because I think the book is well done, the method sound and the author well-intentioned. But I can see why it hasn't been updated because the illustrations are central to the text and instruction.

Take from this what you will but I assure you that I'm not over-thinking this...

18 people found this helpful

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MaryB

Easy and fun way to learn German

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2015

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This book is a wonderful way to learn German. The grammar is presented in a simple, direct way but the emphasis is on usage and understanding. Nether illustrations are charming. The first half of the book gives a phonetic guide to pronunciation so you can sound out the German words and phrases. however I recommend getting a translation app (like Google's free app) so you can supplement this book with a way to hear spoken German. Otherwise this book is the best language instruction I've seen. The illustrations are charming and it is sprinkled with little jokes and sayings that make you look forward to studying it. The paperback is better to use than the kindle edition (I have both) because the layout of the examples doesn't fit as well on a kindle page. Also the answers to the exercises are in the back of the book so it's easier to flip back and forth without losing your place in the paperback. If you are at all interested in learning German, this book is a real find.

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Ronnie

Great teaching method, but..........

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2014

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First off I have several "learning German" books and several apps for my phone. I like the teaching method of this book better than any of them. It describes German grammar and how vowels and constants sound. What I like best about the teaching method is the way it presents the sentence in German, then shows you how it should be pronounced and then tells you what the sentence means in English. This book does a really good job of explaining things. Many books do not show how you are suppose to pronounce the words and to me that's totally useless unless you are only interested in reading and writing in German, but not speaking it.

Cons - The reason I only give this book 4 stars is because a lot of the words are outdated. We have a German foreign exchange student living with us and I ask her about a lot of words in the book but on several occasions she has told me that the word is old and not used anymore.

In conclusion: This book has a great teaching method but a lot of the language is old. If the book was updated then I would say it's one of the best books out there. I don't believe any book is perfect so someone wanting to truly learn German will have to have more than one source, unfortunately.

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Nicolas

Best book to learn German

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020

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This is great! The pictures and drawings are all from the 40s but you can still learn with then today and they have their charm! It’s actually very cool because as you learn German you see how people lived in the past.
It’s easy to understand and will definitely help you improve your German fast

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The Proton

The German "Mauger" Textbook.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2012

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This ought to be the standard for teaching- how classes used to be.
I am absolutely thrilled to find the elegant German equivalent of the fantastic Mauger I used in school for French! The language is just as well organized with easy to understand introductions to German pronunciations to begin with and the helpful line illustrations that I love.
It is organized and rigorous. I have only just started to refer to it, but I don't doubt that it is well written as the introduction promises.

Compared the to "stylish" waste of paper that is the required reference in class today unfortunately- 10 times the price and confusing. I am referring to "Kontakte"- at $270 for the 7th edition, it is one of the worst things to spring all that money for!

Of,course this book was not made in the 21st Century!
But I would rather have an organized understanding of the language, first, and then, find my current "what-Germany-looks-like-today" culture from more appropriate references like German movies or the Internet.

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Susan

A Very User-friendly, Self Study Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2017

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If you want to learn how to have a conversation in the German language with complete understanding and using a logical sequence of events then this is the absolute best book for this purpose. I have a very large library of textbooks from University (and from other sources) and I would rate this book above any of them. Although a beginner could happily use this book, I would encourage the use of other textbooks in conjunction to flesh out grammar points in a bit more detail. I believe anyone who has reached an intermediate level would be very satisfied with the contents of this very well thought-out book. It is, to my mind, lively and interesting containing phonetic guides and exercises to reinforce texts learned. I rate this book a 10. I wish I had found it a few years earlier.

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Graham

Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2015

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This book was originally published in 1950 by Odhams. It was one of a series of books that covered all the GCE school subjects at that time and I still have the original one that I received as a Christmas present in 1951. I'm delighted to see that it has been republished, along with the French version, in its original form. It is one of the most logically arranged books I have ever seen, and although, understandably, the illustrations look a little old fashioned, they are still just as valid today. The annotated illustrations (eg Post Office, Station, Town, Zoo etc, mean that nouns that are associated with each other are all grouped together in one place, and the list includes the plural form for those nouns. The English key to those illustrations is at the back of the book. Fast forward 64 years: I am currently leading a U3A German study group and I am using this very book, even though it is now 65 years old! I would strongly recommend it to anyone learning German. It may be old, but it has never been bettered.

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Vince Houston

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2021

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Really great book!! This is very informative and will really help you learn the things you need to do this helped me get a 1st class in University exam

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Very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2016

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An excellent and instructive book

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Joseph Hajdu

Good self-study book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2014

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For adult learners with little access to classes and teachers a most useful book. It is somewhat dated but for language that is not such a big problem.

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