Express Track to German: A Teach-Yourself Program

By Hilke Opitz

Book Overview

This intermediate-level language program is ideal for business and vacation travelers who can already speak a few words of German. The new package features the handsome Express Track book, which... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812080882
• ISBN13: 9780812080889
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

I disagree--this book is very useful.

I am attempting to learn German on my own. I'm a native english speaker who has learned a moderate amount of Spanish; I've learned how to learn. I bounced from one "system" of learning to another--tapes, books, etc, and had found nothing useful. They all had greivous flaws: one obsesses over lots of obscure nouns, another fails to provide a reasonable audio track / book material matchup, etc.. This system is a bit cumbersome; one must have two books open and the finger on the CD pause button.. but it is workable.. enough so that I'm going to purchase it (it was checked out from a library). The speakers have REAL German accents and reflect what you can expect to hear. Additionally, the situations presented are very poignant.. the phrases you memorize by going through the dialogues are among the most pragmatic I've seen yet. Bottom line: if you are SERIOUS about learning and are willing to WORK for it, this is good material *in my opinion*. This plus a German dictionary and maybe a German computer language program (for all basics like hours, money, numbers, days.. the endless repitition you need to do to " get" the sound and mimic) are all you really need.