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We found 200 Reddit comments discussing the best study guides & workbooks. We ranked the 61 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 200 Reddit comments discussing the best study guides & workbooks. We ranked the 61 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Buy an FE exam prep book (or find one online). This one has a diverse collection of questions from 1st/2nd year level university courses. Found it very helpful when I finally took my FE last year.
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While it reads like a really long advertisement for Wanikani, I think it's still a useful method to learn kanji. I have a lifetime membership to Wanikani, and I like it, but I'm fairly lazy and slow to progress.
There's a not-so-well-known book that ties in with the Genki series (Kanji Look & Learn and the workbook) that tries the same technique, but with slightly different radical names and different mnemonics. It starts out fairly difficult (teaching you to write 曜 right away...), but I kind of like it.
These images are taken from the French Grammar (SparkCharts) collection which can be found on Amazon.
I used to teach the GED. I'm a certified teacher in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with my education focusing on early years (Primary to 6) but having 3 years experience teaching math and sciences at the high school level. I also tutor 9-12 math, including advanced 10 and 11.
GoNSSAL.ca is the NS School for Adult Learning website. You can find out when the courses are offered and when the tests are as well. If you are a good self-motivator, you can buy the GED book here or this one here. I used both when teaching, but more the white/red one for some reason. They have great chapter summaries and practice tests.
If you need help with any of the math/science I am more than willing to help you. I can post videos to YouTube with explanations of concepts, email you extra worksheets, correct stuff you've done, or type out clarifications on things you might not get.
Best of luck with whatever you decide. I've seen some amazing people graduate the GED class, obtain their GED, and move on to some really great stuff. Some do it just to get it. Others want better jobs. Whatever the reason, you have help!
Ninja edit: If anyone else needs help, PM me. I love teaching math, so it's not a great deal of trouble. Or questions regarding the course/material/etc.
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So I took it last Tuesday (should be getting the results any day now) and I used 3 different materials.
Just a heads up, I don't know if I passed (nor do I think I did pass), but I wanted to give you a quick rundown of what I did.
I would start by reading (actually reading, not skimming) the Lindeburg manual. I would do the examples given WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SOLUTION. It's very important to not look at the solution until you have struggled through it. Struggling and making mistakes helps the learning process. Once I did the whole chapter, I would then test myself using the diagnostic test at the beginning of the chapter. A word to the wise, I found that in the Lindeburg book, the in-chapter examples were far easier than the diagnostic question. I found some of the diagnostic sections to be absurdly difficult (Comms and Control Systems IIRC).
Once I did the diagnostic sections, I would then reinforce using Wasim problems. The Wasim problems are easier than what you'll see on the FE, but it's helpful because it helps process the basics of a problem and gives you new ways of solving problems (i.e. using thevenin to solve a BJT problem with multiple sources). The repetition also helps with just solidifying the concepts.
Lastly, I would test myself using the NCEES practice exam problems for that section.
The exam for me was really easy on the first half, but quite difficult on the second half. Still unsure if I passed. If I had to go back, I would definitely study more of the computer engineering stuff as a good portion of the second half was computer coding/architecture problems. The Lindeburg and Wasim books don't really get in depth on the computer stuff. Get the Wasim Practice exams #2 or #3 as most people say #1 is a little too easy. I don't know what books to buy for the computer stuff.
Hopefully this helps!
EDIT: I passed! First try!
For those of you outside of the US replace the .com in the URL with your country code, eg. for Canadians: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07H93D4WW instead of https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H93D4WW
There are four grammatical cases in German: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive - these are pretty much equated with, respectively, the subject, direct object, indirect object, and possessive in English.
The nominative forms of the definite articles (der, die, das) and the indefinite articles (ein, eine, ein) that indicate gender will change to indicate what the role of each element in the utterance is:
-'Der Apfel ist rot.' - the apple is the subject and, therefore, the nominative 'der' is used.
But:
-"Ich kaufe den Apfel" - the apple becomes the direct object, as it is being acted upon by the subject, 'ich'. the nominative masculine form 'der' has been inflected to the accusative masculine form 'den'.
Then:
-"Ich gebe ihm den Apfel" - now, the apple that is being acted upon, through the act of giving remains in the accusative as the direct object. But we now have an indirect object in 'ihm' the dative masculine form of the nominative 'er'.
Now, this is just a basic gloss of what the accusative and dative cases functions are, but it should answer what you've asked.
Since you didn't ask about genitive I'm not getting into that, as getting the accusative and dative down can be a task in itself.
Here are a couple of links to great resources for grammar:
Schaum's Outline of German Grammar
Also, English Grammar for Students of German
I passed the EE exam about a month ago. I used these to study:
https://www.amazon.com/Study-Fundamentals-Engineering-Electrical-Computer/dp/1985699710
https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Engineering-Electrical-Computer-Specification/dp/1534759492
and they really helped a lot to prepare for the test. hint: you can buy and return on amazon when you're done :)
Let me know if you have any questions
I used Schaums, it's really easy to follow, has loads of examples and you just fill in the blanks over and over until you get it!
I've taken it and passed on the first try. It was not even nearly as difficult as any law school exam I've ever taken, even compared to the easiest law school exam.
I had next to no previous privacy experience nor had I taken the class at my law school yet, and studied roughly for a week prior to the test. I used a book I bought off of Amazon, but I didn't use any of the material the IAPP wants you to buy because it was so expensive. I also googled around for flash cards available for free online and that helped me fill in some of the gaps that the book I bought had left out.
Good luck - it'll be fine. I finished probably an hour early, and I did not think it was difficult. Just read over that book I linked to a couple times or make flash cards out of the material and work on it for about a week.
My only misgiving is now the Privacy Shield is a thing instead of Safe Harbor - I don't know if the book I used and linked has updated yet to reflect that, but when I took the test that wasn't an issue. Keep that in mind, but it is otherwise a good, inexpensive resource.
I like New Reader's Press material, particularly Breakthrough to Math and Number Sense series. New Reader's Press is made specifically for adults with low literacy skills, so the material is all specific to the adult world. You can find lots of resources here - http://www.laubach-on.ca/bookstore/math
We use the Complete Canadian GED Preparation guide. It is all Canadian material and is made for the Canadian test. The book is huge, but filled with very valuable content and very thorough. http://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Canadian-GED-Preparation-Handbook/dp/0774716312
Although I use a variety of different books for literacy and writing, one of my favourite websites is English for Everyone. It is made for adults learning ESL, but I find it valuable quite the same. http://www.englishforeveryone.org/
Those are at least some good areas to start :)
German Grammar (SparkCharts)
(Experience: PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, ICP-ACC)
I'm a project manager, with a CSM. I found getting my PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification was really useful. Mike Griffiths helped create the certification and synthesized a lot of the books people talked about in his PMI-ACP prep guide: https://www.amazon.ca/PMI-ACP-Exam-Prep-Mike-Griffiths/dp/1932735984&ved=2ahUKEwjfz5KB56beAhULrFMKHXQIAMgQFjAKegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3aObnbeD41xQUmqJuXsuWe
This book gave me a good breadth of knowledge in Agile.
in terms of websites, I turn to infoq's agile section and Mountain Goat Software.
Have you looked to see if there are agile meetups in your area? Or an agile conference that you can attend? Having an agile mentor/coach is really helpful!
For beginners: http://www.amazon.com/English-Grammar-Students-German-Learning/dp/0934034389/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413161749&sr=1-2&keywords=german+english+grammar
Beginning to intermediate: http://www.amazon.com/Schaums-Outline-German-Grammar-4ed/dp/0071615679/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413161727&sr=1-6&keywords=german+grammar
Beginning to intermediate: http://www.amazon.com/Hammers-German-Grammar-Usage-Edition/dp/1444120166
Intermediate to advanced: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Grammar-German/dp/3190272557/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413161823&sr=1-1&keywords=hueber+practice+grammar+german
Go to the .com page and change '.com' to '.co.uk' and it should work
Edit: link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07H93D4WW/ref=pe_385721_48724741_TE_M1DP
GED grad here.
Its applied Highschool. That's all.
Split up into 4 parts, 3 hours each and 2 days.
Math, English - hearing and writing, social science AND art.
Even if you do fail a section, (and believe me people do) they give you the chance to write it again. Only that section (you fail math you only write math). They want you to pass in the end. (And want your money)
To further your study's, you can look into this book. It did help me ALOT.
http://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Canadian-GED-Preparation-Handbook/dp/0774716312
My opinion? You seem an intelligent guy. You sentences and grammar is better then mine. Go wing it. See what happens. Its mostly multi choice so even if there is an answer you don't know, guess. You will even build confidence when you walk into the classroom and see that majority of the people are 50 year olds that don't know the difference between "their, there and they're".
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If you're looking for some kind of textbook, I've found the Schritte International Glossary XXL German-English books to be quite good when starting out. The first 4 books cover the A1 and A2 levels and are available here. If you'd like, I could send the first volume your way so you could get a feeling for the material.
Otherwise, as an all-in-one solution, I've read good things about Schaum's Outline of German Grammar.
Dictionaries - I don't own a physical one. Online, I use dict.cc and pons.com for word definitions and linguee.de for usage examples.
If my answer is unsatisfactory, also try asking in /r/German which is the dedicated sub-reddit for learning German.
Hi /u/KeshiMane - if you haven't already, purchase the Kaplan or McGraw-Hill book, do the math problems in it. No, really, math is about working through problem sets. You must do problems sets or it is unlikely you will pass.
Kaplan and McGraw-Hill Book purchase links:
Kaplan
https://www.amazon.com/GED-Test-Prep-Plus-2019/dp/1506239439
McGraw-Hill
https://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hill-Education-Preparation-Test-Third/dp/1260118282
Watch my vids and whatever other ones/sites you want on the topics, mathisfun, purplemath, mathantics. Do problem sets.
This is the full review course, you can skip around, videos are 5-10m each, entire course is 3.5-4h long. It's free. With Math - Algebra, Basic Math, and Graphing on the co-ordinate grid and slope are often sticking points for students. It's all covered in the course.
I have a GED math review course that goes over that and plenty of other stuff on youtube with videos 5-10 minutes in length if you want to check that out. It's free
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhKeRZHhWR9veH4hmUy4bPTHp8Dqg-RT0
Chin up and Good luck on the exam!
Oh. maybe this ? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B476SHY/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1Never mind, misread your request :)
I read The Alchemist for English practice (originally in PT) and the Spanish version is said to be just as good
https://www.amazon.com/El-Alquimista-Fabula-Seguir-Suenos/dp/0062511408/ref=zg_bs_301731_6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Y7G783JGRCZ0MZVT9SNX
Hi there. Yes, I really hope this will help you out! Please send an email over to [email protected] with your full name and age. I will then send the revision guide to you as a PDF.
This is the guide I've created:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/QuickLits-Guide-Macbeth-William-Shakespeare-ebook/dp/B07762FMVD
Many thanks :)
If you want to study beginner kanji for Japanese, you can use this: http://www.amazon.com/Kanji-Look-and-Learn-Workbook/dp/4789013502/
That book will only get you about 500 kanji. You don't need to buy the associated Kanji Look and Learn index book as you can find the readings elsewhere. But the two do go together so the other book will point out key readings that are tested in the workbook.
> Grammar is recommended to be done last.
Uh, no never. You're not going to make it through 2000 kanji before learning any grammar. You should start on grammar immediately after you are comfortable with kana. Think of grammar, kanji, and vocabulary as the three pillars of Japanese. Each one is equally high. You need to study and practice all three simultaneously.
> How much grammar/writing knowledge is needed to form basic sentences as I would feel better about the lack of readings in RTK if I could make some sentences out of what I'm learning.
First you're not going to be able to form sentences with only kanji. As for a basic sentence, I'm not sure. I just crossed into the "intermediate" level and I still feel some basic stuff is hard to express.
To put it into perspective, the textbook Genki I usually takes 2 semesters at community college. You can say basic stuff like "my name is teek" and "I like to play tennis" and even "I am studying Japanese because it is fun." But the common pattern here is you're severely limited in expression. The conversation would dry out pretty quickly (about 5 minutes) with a native speaker.
The following book, Genki II rounds you out so you can start talking about more complicated things and situations. But again, this book usually takes another 2 semesters. At the end of this book, you can say some pretty complicated stuff, but still have trouble making reasonably simple expressions. For example I can say "I don't know if the person you met yesterday is coming to the party tomorrow." But then ask me to write detailed cooking instructions for making curry and I wouldn't be able to do it simply because I lack vocabulary. So for general conversations with a native, you could probably keep them entertained for a good half hour. But for repeat visits and more specific conversations, you would still struggle.
Buy this if you can: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salles-Guide-100-English-Language-ebook/dp/B01N35VH5N it really helped me
Then do past papers
One of these. Bookstores tend to have them. They have fairly complete grammar info for quick reference.
Vocabulary: While vocabulary is not tested directly on the GED, I have noticed that it can be a key sticking point for some students, particularly for non-native English speakers. It can also hold some people back on the Social Studies and Science sections. But if you have a basic high school-level vocabulary, you're going to be in good shape.
Typing: The only part you need typing for is the essay, on which (if you want to get points) you need to be able to produce between 300 and 500 words in 45 minutes. If you spent the whole time just typing, you'd only need to type like 10 words per minute, which is really slow. But if you spend 30 minutes planning, proofreading, and so on and only 15 minutes writing, then you need to hit roughly 30 words per minute. Typing is an important skill for college and your career, so I'd recommend investing some time into it. You could use a site like TypingClub to get started.
Arithmetic: There are only five non-calculator questions on the test, so it's more important to have solid calculator skills than paper-and-pencil arithmetic skills. The non-calculator questions include roots and exponents, non-perfect squares, number line problems, and questions about knowing that when you divide by zero, it's undefined.
Prep guides: We have used the Kaplan GED book for some time and have been happy with it. There are a lot of other books out there, but I haven't had much experience with them.
Once I got past the very basics, I found this book to be super helpful.
If you're stuggling, I'd recommend going through all the sentences in this and this. By the time you finish all 500 sentences, you should have no trouble whatsoever :)
What training did you attempt last time?
The two I'm working with are Joseph Phillips' Udemy course and Mike Griffiths' book.
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Be sure to get the textbooks. You WILL be using them. Especially the workbooks.
These are what you'll need:
https://www.amazon.com/GENKI-Integrated-Course-Elementary-Japanese/dp/4789014401/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501126453&sr=8-1&keywords=genki
https://www.amazon.com/Genki-Integrated-Elementary-Japanese-Workbook/dp/478901441X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=478901441X&pd_rd_r=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV&pd_rd_w=Rs3eV&pd_rd_wg=AzzaO&psc=1&refRID=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV
https://www.amazon.com/Kanji-Look-Learn-Eri-Banno/dp/4789013499/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501126506&sr=1-1&keywords=kanji+look+and+learn
https://www.amazon.com/Title-KANJI-LOOK-LEARN-WORKBOOK/dp/4789013502/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501126506&sr=1-2&keywords=kanji+look+and+learn
I also suggest getting little things like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Vocabulary-Quickstudy-Inc-BarCharts/dp/1572229195/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1572229195&pd_rd_r=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV&pd_rd_w=Rs3eV&pd_rd_wg=AzzaO&psc=1&refRID=9T6QJ16NYXTG8SS140AV
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Grammar-Quickstudy-Inc-BarCharts/dp/1572229128/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1572229128&pd_rd_r=1R88XNVSTEQ0BSSQ6J78&pd_rd_w=lbplP&pd_rd_wg=hbKyk&psc=1&refRID=1R88XNVSTEQ0BSSQ6J78
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I am starting to look into whether or not to try to certify and saw this book linked in another post
If you're self-studying, you can get yourself a book like this one to help you. Several reviews by people who bought it said it's enough to pass the GED if you study consistently, so you can save yourself the money of enrolling somewhere.
I think it would be worth thinking about what the purpose of getting the GED would be for. If it is for just the sake of having it, then just passing is good enough. If it is for getting into a Uni or other secondary educational purposes, you might want to aim higher (usually 175+ scores.) Having said that, if it's just for the sake of having it - I would not drop your job, especially if you are working your way up the pay grade. I would only take some classes if you're really struggling on passing. I agree with what mshecket said that it would be wise to take the practice tests online.
To be more specific, I would do the GED Ready tests on the actual GED website. They cost money to take but are worth it because they will tell you what to focus on AND if you're likely to pass.
Studying at your own pace on your own is usually the route most people take. I've heard people use https://www.khanacademy.org/ (I have not used it myself personally) and also https://www.amazon.com/GED-Test-Prep-Plus-2019/dp/1506239439/ Kaplan book. Only once you've taken a look at where you stand would I then consider classes.
Good luck! :)
I actually have a science-based answer for this. I read a book (actually 1.5 books on the same topic) that talked about different studies that have been done on learning, and one of the main thing it talked about is that you will progress the fastest at learning something if you mix in a few different subjects, like if you are practicing guitar you'll learn better to do a few songs at once. It's because you notice things in one song that apply to another song.
I'm explaining it bad but the books I read are these 2:
Shorter succinct cheap ebook
Longer more sciencey book
Did you like it? Bibi Zawawi wrote a second year book that I will likely buy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0865431752/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1458823055&sr=1-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=Sharifa+Zawawi&dpPl=1&dpID=51dVpJYpMzL&ref=plSrch