Language Learning books

Since Lee is going to be living in Germany for a year I really want him to learn enough German to get by (hopefully more). I want to learn it with him. So does anyone have any books with CD's they recommend to help him learn. Even if its from a series with a lot of languages. Has anyone taught themselves a language? He leaves November 4 so he has enough time to get enough down to help him get along well enough for a while.

I have a Routledge set that's pretty good! I don't know if they do a German one, but I would assume so!

It really does help me when I don't have anyone to speak Gujarati with!

Good luck with it, I'm sure you'll both learn quicker than you think as you can practice at home!

http://www.rosettastone.com/en

i used this for indo(it helped) & madarin( i still suck big time) they have lots of different ones along with german, also if you check amazon i am sure you will find
lots of books for basic german for travellers.

Why don't you PM jcat. She's an American living in Germany, and teaches German to English translation. I know that's the opposite direction, but I bet she'll have some ideas for you.

Originally Posted by rapunzel47

Why don't you PM jcat. She's an American living in Germany, and teaches German to English translation. I know that's the opposite direction, but I bet she'll have some ideas for you.

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That is a really great idea. I didn't even think of her. I thought about seeing what Fran had to say since she has learned german! Thanks!!