Reddit reviews Assimil German with Ease - Learn German for English Speakers - Book+4CD's (German Edition)

Assimil claims it can get you to B2 (which is relatively advanced) in 3 months, and many people swear by it.

German with English translations, both literal and figurative, on the facing page. There are also some pretty detailed notes that help you pick up on grammar rules as you go along. The combination of the audio and the German text (which has phonetically spelled words as well) helps with learning to speak the language correctly as well.

Here is a random review. Which I haven't watched, but hey. I enjoy Assimil personally.

An Assimil book and tapes is probably the easiedt way. You can probably find ut at the library or a bookstore.


http://www.amazon.com/Assimil-German-Ease-English-Speakers/dp/2700517504

Danke! I'll definitely look into it.

EDIT: Its this right? https://www.amazon.com/dp/2700517504/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

You want to get a version that has the book plus audio. This is the newest one like that: http://www.amazon.com/Assimil-German-Ease-English-Speakers/dp/2700517504 There's another version called the German Super Pack which has the same audio on the CDs on an Mp3 CD as well, but that's not really necessary if you can just rip the CDs. Weirdly, the one with the extra Mp3 CD was cheaper at the time I was buying, so I got that one! (Note: at the moment they're using the same picture for both products, which is inaccurate -- the one I linked to doesn't include the Mp3 CD).

Memrise + Assimil alone will take you a long way. Those in conjunction with Cortina or Berlitz Self-Teacher are very useful as well. Those last two are under a dollar together, excluding shipping costs.

Assimil, at a bit over 100 dollars, is a bargain for what you get with it. I pirated the audio for it previously and just bought the book.

All of this together, when used consistently, should be able to get you to a B2 level at least. I have used all of these things, but I mostly use them for French/Russian/Spanish, so I can answer questions you might have about the materials.

Italki could pair you up with native speakers to take it to the more fluent level for free. Also has tutors you can pay for that are incredibly cheap.

What are you going to do with it? Are you using it in a class or on your own? This kind of books is not suitable for self-learners due to the lack of easily understandable instruction and also because it contains quite a few group/partner exercises that are useless if you are on your own.

As self-learner you might consider [Assimil] (http://www.amazon.com/Assimil-German-Ease-English-Speakers/dp/2700517504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395904074&sr=8-1&keywords=assimil+german) (you want to make sure to get the audio!) and if you want to deepen your grammar skills, this one from the ["Teach Yourself" series] (http://www.amazon.com/German-Grammar-Really-Need-Know-ebook/dp/B009HCBEVG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395903812&sr=8-1&keywords=German+Grammar+You+Really+Need+To+Know%3A+Teach+Yourself+%28Teach+Yourself+Grammar%29+Russ%2C+Jenny) seems to get good feedback but you might as well use the free Canoo.net.

Maybe you can precise your request.