German

If you need to know German fast, but you are too busy to take a class, or if you need more than a phrasebook to brush up on your German, this is the perfect way to give yourself a quick course. German: A Self-Teaching Guide combines the quick-reference virtues of a phrasebook with the in-depth information found in a full-scale language course. Here are language skills you need to deal with greetings and introductions, ordering in restaurants, transportation and health care problems, hotel accommodations, recreation and entertainment activities, and many of the other everyday situations you might encounter in German-speaking countries.
Instead of the tedious memorization drills that take the fun out of learning, you will interact with the language as you learn it, with the help of: cultural notes (in English) at the beginning of each chapter that provide insights into German art, literature, and history; entertaining mini-dialogues (with English translations) that bring conversational German to life and take the mystery out of modern grammar and common usage;chapter vocabularies plus German-to-English and English-to-German listings at the end of the book; self-tests and exercises with a key in the back of the book; grammar explanations that stress practical applications.