Complete German Grammar Verbs Vocabulary: 3 Books in 1 (Collins Easy Learning)

Really a fantastic book for making progress with German. // For context: I studied German for two years in college, then immediately lived with a German family for a month (which seemed to cement things in place), and kept my German on life support for the intervening 45 years by leading college semester-abroad programs four times in Europe (though none in Germany). I'm going to Freiburg for the Goe:the intensive course next month, and tested into the B1 level. To prepare, I ordered this book, German All-In-One For Dummies, the three-text Learn German: German Grammar Complete set, and The Everything Learning German Book, expecting I might need to return some if they weren't a good match for me. // 1. To me, German A-I-O For Dummies felt extremely chatty and light, a book you must slog through that leaves you with a Babbel experience. Better, I think, to get the Babbel advantage of including speech and hearing from the beginning. 2. The Learn German set's strengths are its provision of exercises and graded readings--that is, the second and third volumes. The primary volume's strength is that it falls into three sections, for the European A, B, and C proficiency levels. It's weakness is its extremely terse, jargon-laden approach to teaching, usually giving very little context; sometimes there is simply a table with a German heading, orphaned from explanation or example. It could be helpful as a review book, but would likely be very difficult as a way to learn new material. 3. The Everything Learning German Book is a really helpful, concise but wide-ranging, approachable, explanation-rich resource. My wife, who had one term of German 33 years ago, is using it to prepare, and that has been a very good match. I think it could also work well for a fresh beginner. 4. Complete German is a text for the UK GCSE, and is pitched to prepare one for A2 or B1 proficiency in the European system. It has the winsome attributes of Everything Learning German, but aims to take you farther. I think a disciplined student, with some practice exercises and readings and conversation incorporated from elsewhere, might be able to move from beginner to B1 with this text. Hospitable writing style, just enough reviewing, easy-to-navigate organization, a thorough tour of the German verb forest, intuitive explanations wherever they are possible, a generous and well-organized vocabulary-builder.

Had to look hard for a basic no frills German grammar. This filled the bill. This will really build your German!

Looks good so far. Smaller than expected, wish ink of text was darker.

Very Informative. Using it in a German Language Class.

Item ship very fast and was in perfect condition! Thank you!

The content of the book seems helpful but this has to be the worst binding job I've seen in years. With regular use, this will be a handful of loose pages in a year or so.

Just the book I wanted

I bought the kindle version of it. I am loving learning German with its help. It is benefitting me a lot and I am sure that anyone who aspires to learn this language will find this highly valuable.

Very satisfied with this product

The book is very good but I’m still struggling with der, die und das lol! I’d definitely recommend the book

This book is not for beginners AT ALL. Very limited explanations, and most of the examples are difficult and seem useless for the sake of learning. There are also recurring weird and forced references to english language. The only thing that I liked is the physical structure of the book and the chapter's division.