German for Everyone

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Summary: Great for Beginners!!!
Review: I bought this before my husband and I moved to Germany. I loved that I could practice my pronunciation and playback what I said. The simulations were great and helped me to practice my language skills in a conversational setting. When we arrived in Germany, I was amazed at how quickly I became conversant because I had already gotten a firm grasp of the basics of conversational german through this software. I also used it after we were already there, to brush up on vocabulary. I highly recommend this product.

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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: I thought this product was very helpful in teaching my whole family some basic german before our vacation to Switzerland. The graphics were fun and the video simulations were a great way to practice what we were learning. It really focuses on the practical application of the language, giving simulations for cabs, restaurants, shopping, etc. My kids loved hearing themselves on the playback and it even encouraged my teen daughter to take a foreign language class is school. I recommend this product highly.

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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: I used this software to learn the basics of German before my husband and I moved to Switzerland. It was easy to use and the real life simulations gave me practical experience listening to and responding to native speakers. I loved the fact that I could test my pronunciation. When I arrived in Switzerland, many people told me that my pronunciation was very good and since I had the basics of vocabulary, sentence structure and pronunciation down, I quickly became conversant! I HIGHLY recommend this product!

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Summary: Great Product!
Review: I used this software to learn the basics of German before my husband and I moved to Switzerland. It was easy to use and the real life simulations gave me practical experience listening to and responding to native speakers. I loved the fact that I could test my pronunciation. When I arrived in Switzerland, many people told me that my pronunciation was very good and since I had the basics of vocabulary, sentence structure and pronunciation down, I quickly became conversant! I HIGHLY recommend this product!

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Summary: extremely poor - a complete waste of money
Review: If one knows absolutely no german, this product will not provide any structured methodical way to learn some, so it is useless to an absolute beginner. If one does know even a small amount of german, then one will already know more than the few phrases and the few very basic words which this package contains. The mulimedia section is a farcical - 10 songs and some pathetic games. The fact that the box stated that it is a 3 CD set led me to think that it would contain lots of multimedia - in actual fact the same video and audio is replicated on each of the disks. Very disappointing.

Rating:
Summary: extremely poor - a complete waste of money
Review: If one knows absolutely no german, this product will not provide any structured methodical way to learn some, so it is useless to an absolute beginner. If one does know even a small amount of german, then one will already know more than the few phrases and the few very basic words which this package contains. The mulimedia section is a farcical - 10 songs and some pathetic games. The fact that the box stated that it is a 3 CD set led me to think that it would contain lots of multimedia - in actual fact the same video and audio is replicated on each of the disks. Very disappointing.