German

Welcome to the German wikibook, a free textbook for learning the German language. As this book is still under development, you are invited to make any problems/suggestions known in our Discussion page. If you wish to contribute, feel free to see the Developer's page. Contents[edit] Resources[edit] This book has a PDF version.

Self-study ideas for students learning German for the first time 1. First of all, you'd need a decent dictionary. Of the paperbacks, I think the best is Webster's New World German Dictionary, Concise Edition. It's an orange paperback and costs $14 or so. In general, no German dictionary is really great. 2a. If you're looking specifically for a reading knowledge of German, you could buy German for Reading Knowledge, 5th Ed. by Jannach/Korb [ISBN: 1-4130-0370-2], which is especially well suited for self-study since answers to exercises, additional grammar charts and notes and questions on the readings are available online on the companion website for the book [search for it at if the direct link is broken!] 2b. 2c. Our Language Resource Center has gotten lots of enthusiastic feedback on the Tell Me More series of CD-ROMs, so on that basis, this is the software I would recommend most highly. 3. 4a. 4b. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.