UAalltheway From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1300 times:
I'm currently trying to learn German, but am having a difficult time finding a good course to help me. Anyone know of a good one I could use?
I bought the Rosetta Stone level 1 course a few days ago, but am having the hardest time with it. I've heard nothing but good things about it, but I'm not dealing so well with it. All it does is quiz me- it says something in German, I click on the picture or whatever that corresponds with what they say. Well.. how the heck am I supposed to learn the english > german version of it anyways?! Am I doing something wrong?!
Can anyone reccomend a course that you think WOULD work? Can be anything. You name it; Audio CDs (w/ books), VCR tapes, computer software, anything!
Any self-learn course with audio-material should be good enough for "survival skills". Just don't get the Austrian version, that's not German what they talk.
Above is a link to a great German-English, English-German online dictionary. Just type in a word and more times than not it will be translated. You can also hear how the word is pronounced, how a verb is conjugated, etc. A great and fast tool for any German learner.
LHMARK From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 7255 posts, RR: 51 Reply 4, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1276 times:
I think the BBC website has a good basic tutorial. Also, the Goethe Institut offers a "Fernkurs" (distance course) which they keep sending me letters about.
It might be worth your time to seek out a course in your area for after school. There's probably a local group somewhere. When learning a language, the interaction is what really teaches you to understand and think in that tongue.
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N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25869 posts, RR: 79 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1227 times:
I have not used Berlitz, but know from several people that it is a good course. I am surprised at your trouble with Rosetta Stone, because I have also heard nothing but good things.
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Beowulf From Singapore, joined Jul 2003, 721 posts, RR: 15 Reply 7, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1210 times:
Quoting UAalltheway (Thread starter): Can anyone reccomend a course that you think WOULD work? Can be anything.
Get a real tutor or attend a course at the Goethe Institut. This distance-learning stuff requires a lot of discipline and it lacks the interactivity of a real teacher.
Quoting Stratofish (Reply 2): Just don't get the Austrian version, that's not German what they talk.
Watch it, Mister! Our pronounciation makes German sound like a nice language.
Jush From Germany, joined Apr 2005, 1636 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1207 times:
Another thing to learn another language...
Come for a 1 or 2 month stay and we all can help you to learn.
There a quite a lot a.net members from germany.
And imagine here are another 80 million natives who speak at least a bit german
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AMSGOT From Sweden, joined Jun 2005, 337 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1205 times:
By experience I can say Pimsleur has great courses, though you won't learn writing as much as speaking and understanding. The thing is, it's so amazingly expensive.
MIA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 862 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1162 times:
german.about.com is good. Also try purchasing the book english grammar for students of german.
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Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8306 posts, RR: 11 Reply 13, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1146 times:
Many years ago I did a course called Deutsch fuer Erwachsene (German for Adults) which concentrated more on learning to speak and understand everyday German than the complicated grammar they teach in school. Of course we learned genders, dativ, akkusativ etc but the emphasis was on getting you out there and communicating. Not so good for self teaching though, it was very interactive with the lecturers (Iga and Gisela!).
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DeltaMD11 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 1699 posts, RR: 37 Reply 17, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1111 times:
Quoting Thorben (Reply 15): Not one single thread about the German language is possible without the Austrians joining in.
A couple of years ago, I watched a football match between Cameroon and Austria.
On one side:
-exotic people
-mysterious cults and rituals
-strange food
-not understandable language
on the other side:
Cameroon
haha das ist sehr lustig. Osterreicher sind nicht dieses Schlecht!
UAalltheway: The best thing that you can do for yourself is to enroll in actual German classes. I am taking German now in university and I can't tell you how quickly I have picked up on the language. My family is mainly German and my father speaks it fluently so I do have some influence, but truly don't waste your time and money with audio tapes and computer programs. The best thing that you can do is get a good learning guidebook (currently in my course we are using Fokus Deutsch), a good dictionary (Harper Collins Concise German Dictionary), and someone who is well-versed in the language whom you can converse with. My other recommendation is that some point you may want to travel to Germany and spend some time there--that is the best way that you can learn the language. I have been to Germany 3 times now and this January will make my 4th. If there is anything that I can do to help you in your learning process, perhaps answering questions you may have feel free to email me via my profile and I'd be happy to help you out.
Bryan
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Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1106 times:
I could probally photocopy my German textbook and email it to you, if that would help any.
Tschus,
Dan
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