Complete German: A Teach Yourself Program (Teach Yourself Language) 1st Edition

I am working my way through the book (Chapter 8 so far). I like it because each chapter takes on one topic and works it pretty thoroughly. I notice that as I advance I am challenged with generally higher tasks in reading, writing, speaking and listening. I was able to link to the free online audio clips without too much trouble, and use them them easily now. The speakers in the audio clips speak clearly and with good emotion.

Very good book. Very difficult for me as I'm brand new to German. Free audio companion online essential, and super helpful.

This is a very good book. The quality of the material is excellent and the audio recordings as well. However, although it covers content from B1 and B2 it is VERY SUPERFICIAL.A exemple: It only talk about Nebensätze (subordinate clauses) on the last 2 chapters while this is an topic for A2 level. Not to mention that it is limited to the use of "dass...". No "deshalb", "trotzden", "damit", "dafür", etc...So, if you are a newcomer and has no purposes such as proficiency exams etc... This book will be great for you. You will be able to read and understand a lot of things. But, if you ALREADY studied German, and need to be prepared for the B1, I strongly recommend this one:http://www.amazon.com/Gehts-Noch-Besser-Goethe--Osd-zertifikat/dp/3126758541/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1431205100&sr=8-2&keywords=so+geht%27s+noch+besser

Really good place to start especially if there are no classes around you

I was extremely disappointed when I started to flip through this book. It's essentially a miniature version of a standard German textbook. I was excited to receive it because I had purchased this publisher's teach yourself Norwegian and I LOVED the formatting because it wasnt the same old thing that you find in literally every single college textbook about foreign language. It felt fresh. This one? Not so much. The gaudy colors and overabundance of the pictures, the excessive amounts of exercises, and the lack of breaking the information down into manageable chunks of information are a bit of a letdown. It's all about perspective, I know. If you're just getting into German, this will probably be a useful resource, but for someone who already has a university textbook on the subject, save your money. You already have pretty much the same thing. It comes with a CD, which is the same thing as what you can download for free through their app.I'm being generous with my rating because I know this book will help some people.

I didn't know a word in German, today I have quite a solid basis to go further into the language.I didn't know "Teach Yourself" either, I had never heard of it, but while making a research I found some good reviews on it on websites talking about self-learning methods.So, I got myself this pack and I completely fell in love with it! I loved to see how I was making progress day after day.Sometimes I found its pace a little too fast, but it's not a problem at all.There's good balance between listening, reading, grammar, exercises and so on...! And everything seems so well thought, it's very precise!But, I do think this course is just a beginning, one has to get immerse in the language learning process, and find other sources to practice what you learn and to learn more in different ways. But I am sure: Teach Yourself is a great beginning!Now I am anxious to learning French, Italian and Russian! See you Teach Yourself in a near future! Thanks! ;)

It did not come with a CD and, even if it did, many people don't have a CD drive anymore. I cannot get the audio online and on the Google Playstore App I have to pay for the audio.

The Complete German book was very informative and thorough, just as every other teach yourself book I bought. The dialogues are engaging and the online audio is a big help to comprehend spoken German. I love the overall setup of this book and would highly recommend it to anyone wanted to learn German whom has little time to study for large portions every week. Just 10 minutes a day makes a big difference!