Product Description

Look and learn - the quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday vocabulary in German. Whether for business or leisure, this introduction to key vocabulary covers a range of subjects from food and drink to sports and leisure. With scenes and items from everyday life clearly labelled, it's easy to find the words you want in this dictionary that shows you what others only tell you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48280 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-04
• Original language: German, English
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Customer Reviews

Potentially a magnificent book.
This colourful and visually attracive book has the potential to be an extremely powerful language tool,Unfortunately the author fell flat on their face .
One of the things that makes German so difficult is that there is no concrete pattern on how to convert a noun into it's plural form. (In english you just add an "s" to the word eg - cat, cats, table, tables.)
But in German you can't just add an "s" to the end- every time you learn a word you need to learn its plural form aswell, off by heart!
Frustratingly, This book wont give you the word for " trees" it will just tell you that the word "tree" is "der baum" .
as a result this book is statistically 50% less useful than it claims to be. If the author republished this book with each page exactly the same as before, only with every word having its plural printed next to it, it would be an outstanding piece of language learning equipment.

Everything you would expect
Great pictures. Many interesting words for all situations and circumstances you may find yourself in.
Worth the money.

Seeing is believing!
It's a simple but effective idea. Each page has a theme (eg. office, school, food), pictures of items relating to this theme, and both the English and German words for the items. It doesn't do the grammar just the vocabulary, but as such it is an excellent way of broadening your knowledge. It is good for visual learners. And has the advantage when it comes to culture-specific nouns: a picture can better illustrate what a Schnitzel is or what a German post office looks like than a description can.

This isn't a substitute for a regular dictionary, but it is a great language learning aid. Highly recommended.