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I finished this book today, and here is my review. I started off doing a lesson each day using a Pomodoro timer. At that pace, you can complete this book in just over 3 months.

However, later on I doubled my workload and I covered the last 40 chapters in 18 days. The structure of the book is as follows: there is a German text on the left page, with the English translation on the right page. There are footnotes within the German text to explain pertinent grammatical points. After the text, there are I finished this book today, and here is my review. I started off doing a lesson each day using a Pomodoro timer.

At that pace, you can complete this book in just over 3 months. However, later on I doubled my workload and I covered the last 40 chapters in 18 days. The structure of the book is as follows: there is a German text on the left page, with the English translation on the right page.

There are footnotes within the German text to explain pertinent grammatical points. After the text, there are two exercises. The first is a reading exercise, that mimics vocabulary and grammar introduced by the main text. The second is a 'fill in the blank'-type exercise that's a very simple and useful check to see if you absorbed the new vocabulary and how the new grammatical structure works.

Assimil German With Ease Pdf

Both exercises are very short. The course has audio, wherein the main text and the first exercise of each chapter is read clearly. The audio is slower in the earlier chapters, and then approaches conversational speed in the later chapters. Starting at lesson 50, you are required to do a 'second wave', whereby you revise the book starting at chapter 1, simultaneously continuing with lesson 50 onwards. In other words, you do lesson 50 with lesson 1, lesson 51 with lesson 2, and so on.

You will realise how much you have learned during this second wave. You'll remember how you struggled in the beginning and how much easier it seems to be now. I haven't done a unique word count of this book, but I've read online that the word count is upwards of 2000. I have yet to take a Goethe test, but the short preliminary tests on the Goethe site put me somewhere around B2. Personally, I think I'm closer to a B1. I've made this progress mostly using this book, Seago's Intermediate Grammar book, and by reading general stuff in German online. To get the most out of this book, I did the following: Read the main text.

Write out the main text. Write translations above new words. Later, these will be added to my flashcard deck. Underline any grammar I'm not sure about, so I can look it up online. Do the exercises. I listen to the audio at another time, such as when I'm cycling to work, or going to sleep. I do this so that my brain can mull over the content when I'm in different places and different states of mind.

I do Anki flashcards every day with the above content. I ought to translate the English back to German, but I never did. During the last 20 or so chapters, I wasn't sure if I was making any more progress. It seemed as though a new idea was being introduced in each chapter, and then not used again. This isn't true in the earlier chapters, where ideas are continually building on one another. I suppose it's inevitable for any text to do this: you are bound to introduce the more common, important ideas first in a book, and the ones relegated to the end of the book are necessarily those that you aren't going to see as often.

So I don't fault the book for this at all. The texts in the book are very good.

They are clear and often funny and lighthearted, as are the drawn cartoons in the book. There's not much to complain about.

This book is very good. However, later on in the book, I noticed that there were some typos. At other times, new grammatical ideas could have been explained a little clearer without much effort. Both of these points could be seen in a positive light: they encourage you to look for explanation in other sources. Nevertheless, further editions, if there will be any, ought to focus on these points. I'd recommend coupling this book with one of Schenke & Seago's grammar books.