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Grammar Book to Compliment Rosetta Stone

  • 06-07-2011 02:36PM
    #1
    humbert
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    I'm trying to learning German with a view to moving there some time in the next couple of years. I've started with Rosetta Stone but I feel I definitely need a reference book to go along with it because when a familiar structure changes unexpectedly I feel kind of thrown.

    I'd prefer a grammar oriented book with examples. Nothing turns me off studying a language like a very dry technical grammar book. I want to be able to read/speak/write the language not dissect it's structure.

    Can anybody recommend a book that has really helped them?
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  • #2
    Lawrence1895
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    humbert wrote: »
    I'm trying to learning German with a view to moving there some time in the next couple of years. I've started with Rosetta Stone but I feel I definitely need a reference book to go along with it because when a familiar structure changes unexpectedly I feel kind of thrown.

    I'd prefer a grammar oriented book with examples. Nothing turns me off studying a language like a very dry technical grammar book. I want to be able to read/speak/write the language not dissect it's structure.

    Can anybody recommend a book that has really helped them?

    Not really a book, but I came across this site here: http://www.canoo.net

    Or maybe one of the 'Schulbuchverlage'? Some of them might deliver to Ireland.


  • #3
    humbert
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    Thanks, that's a useful looking site for investigating troubling grammar points.

    Just to clarify, I've not looking for a book which is related to Rosetta Stone, just one which could be read along with it to clarify the grammatical end of things.


    Is there a school of thought when learning languages to learn grammar through experience speaking and reading the language rather than to study it independently/explicitly?


  • #4
    Dun
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    I thought this book was excellent:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Demystified-Self-Teaching-Guide/dp/0071475613/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1310847457&sr=8-6


  • #5
    humbert
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    Dun wrote: »
    I thought this book was excellent:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Demystified-Self-Teaching-Guide/dp/0071475613/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1310847457&sr=8-6

    Thanks man, that looks ideal. I'll give it a try and see how I get on.


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