Used pimsleur german
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My problem is that I have a hard time translating English text into German, mainly because English uses more words, especially helping verbs, which do not exist in German. I don't see how it could hurt, especially during the passive phase of Assimil. I think I will try using Assimil along with FSI. Message 5 of 1203 June 2006 at 5:36pm | IP Logged Grammar I have found the FSI materials much more effective. To understand when at least I knew the rules. Reflexively rather than analytically, but I found the whole area much easer I know I did, until went back to a grammar book and got a Seperable verbs by imitation, but I think an adult learner is going to find You have no idea of what a seperable verb is, it is going to be prettyĬonfusing when they show up for the first time. That said, I agree that the lack of any explanation in Pimsleur getsįor example, seperable verbs show up in the German II and III lessons.
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I went through Pimsleur German II and III, liked them, and found them Message 2 of 1208 April 2006 at 9:22am | IP Logged I think I am going to work with a German workbook I have for now and in a couple of weeks, move on into Assimil. It's the basic grammar that you have to know in order to say a phrase properly.Īlso, each German II lesson was longer than the German I lessons, too long for me. I think my problem is that Pimsleur seems pretty weak when it comes to explaining grammar, such as the verb conjugation, noun gender, et cetera. Now, with German II I just felt like a mimicking parrot. I just feel like the Pimsleur method is only good when introducing the language (German I). I was on lesson 6 or 7 of German II this evening and I just totally gave up on it. I know because I wrote down nearly every phrase in German I in order to help my reading comprehension. However, when I started German II, a warning signaled in my head when the program expected me to know a couple of German words I wasn't even introduced to in the first level. I also have a basic understanding of German word order and the case system, but I learned that on my own without Pimsleur. I now have near perfect pronounciation, including the German R. I finished German I last week and I enjoyed it for the most part. Is it just me, or has someone else on here liked the first level of Pimsleur German better than the second and third level? Message 1 of 1207 April 2006 at 1:12am | IP Logged