German All-in-One For Dummies, with CD

Excellent introduction to the German language. Complete beginners will find the layout and text easy to follow and enjoy. Anyone with a working knowledge, or better, can also learn some interesting and useful tips while improving their language skills. However, as with learning any new skill, it does take commitment and a willingness to put the work in. With its lessons, text and helpful comments this book helps by engaging the reader while giving instruction. I would recommend this book highly. The physical book includes CDs. No problems there. Downloading the sound files that accompany the eBook version was rather time consuming. Just finding them was difficult. I'm still having problems getting them on to my iPad, but they could be of my own making !

Great book really helping with learning my German quick delivery

Early days of use but is already helping me understand some of the complexities of the language in a simpler, explanatory style than other books had described. So shows more promise than some.

I bought this book as I am doing conversational German in night school and they had not recommended any text books. I looked around Amazon and Waterstones and having used Dummies books in the past I plumped for this. My reasons were purely economical; I did not want to spend vast sums of money and I wanted a lot of bangs for my buck and this has 5 books in one. I think this has got it pretty much covered and it has most of what I need; meeting and greeting, numbers, shopping, buying stuff asking for directions and telling someone a little about you and your family and a whole lot more. I am not sure that I need all that this book contains. 5 in 1 makes it a very large book and you really need to think about that; it's difficult to read in bed as it is heavy and you need to think twice about packing it In your rucksack to read on the train. That said, if you plan to study German and you want a bargain look no further than this book.

Got this book as a complete beginner, only knowing the phrase guten tag, and can now honestly say that my German has extended because of this book. Granted, this book will not make you fluent (you will be hard struck to find one that does!) but what it can teach you is, in the first chapter, a solid foundation that is built upon throughout the book. What I really liked about the book is the way that it presnted you examples of convosations in German related to what you have been reading about (eg questions, like how are you). I found this really helpful as it provided me with ways that I could extend the convosation if I were in the situation. Haven't tried the CD yet so can't give any advice on that I'm afraid! However, my friend has the same book and CD and told me that it really helps with pronunciation and fluency! Overall, fantastic book and a 100% reccomend

Teaching languages is a complex business. While this book has a good overview of various themes, especially grammar, I find it too wordy and too English. Therefore, it is difficult to access. Especially for conjugation of verbs, comparing the tenses in German to English, it lacks clarity and simplicity. It might help people to get an overview, but having been confronted with SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) in both languages, I don't find all that helpful.

I have started with this book a few weeks ago and I love how everything is explain in such a simple way, definitely recommend to start with the basis of the language

I have being trying to learn German for years using various books and CD's but this is the best textbook I have come across. Its is simple to follow and easy to understand. It is organised into sensible sections and uses a very useful method for helping with pronunciation. The CD that accompanies the book is also very good. It gives references to local culture which again is a brilliant idea. It also draws attention to the differences between standard German and Swiss German. It handles grammar in a straight forward way. I have no reservations in recommending this book.

Book is good and explanations are easy to understand. But I thought there would be activities that we can solve in it. It only explains the rules so you’ll need another book to make practice.

Received in a good condition. Thank you

the book offers phoenetic spellings to help with pronounciaiton, chapters organzied by topics like going shopping, and a cd that offers a way to hear how words are spoken by a German related to specific chapters in the book. it also offers indepth grammar that is really pretty comprehensive and starts with the basic rules. Lastly it also offers common expressions and "false friends" - words that are the same in the two languages but have different meanings.

Me gusto mucho este libro, apenas empiezo con el Alemán, y está súper completo, excelente elección

Bought it on Amazon Warehouse, expecting for the CD to be missing or for the book to be damaged, but everything's in order.