Just Listen 'n Learn German with Book (3 CD)

Just Listen 'n Learn Language Programs are complete and integrated mini-courses to teach you to speak, read, understand, and master a foreign language . . . quickly and with real confidence. Utilizing the most modern and proven language learning methods from Europe, Just Listen 'n Learn Language Programs have basic communication as their primary objective-expressing yourself and understanding others in a foreign language. Three 60-minute compact discs in Just Listen 'n Learn German, all recorded "on location" in German-speaking countries, guide you through every lesson. The dialogues on these discs are truly authentic and natural. They include real conversations recorded "live" in foreign countries-not the monotonous "drill and practice" exercises produced in commercial recording studios. Accompanying the compact discs is an easy-to-follow, fully illustrated course book. n 240 pages, it reproduces all of the dialogues, explains all vocabulary and key phrases, and provides complete step-by-step grammar explanations as well as varied practice exercises with answers. In addition, the book has a full vocabulary index, summary and review units, essential travel and cultural information, and lots of stimulating visual materials (menus, street signs, maps, etc.) to orient you to daily life in the German-speaking world. The 15 units of the discs and the course book are organized around the basic communication needs of a foreign language ? Talking about Yourself and Others ? Getting Information ? Obtaining and Following Directions ? Making Travel Arrangements ? Eating and Drinking ? Shopping ? and many more practical topics. As you work through these units, whether your interests are business or pleasure, you acquire the building blocks to listen to and speak German, you learn German grammar, and you learn about contemporary German life. This complete program permits you to work at your own pace, when and where you want.