Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 3 edition (January 14, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071745033
ISBN-13: 978-0071745031
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.7 x 11.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #192,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #23 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > German #69 in Books > Travel > Europe > Germany #50223 in Books > Reference
I read the other reviews that stated that the two cds included were the same (they should be two different ones, cd 1 and cd 2) but was hoping that the company had fixed the problem. They have NOT. Although the outside of each cd looks different, the content on them is the same. is a great company and did pay for the return and credit my account without any issue. However, , should pull this item from their inventory.
This is a short review to warn people that you should immediately play both audio cd's on receipt to confirm they are in fact the first and second cd's of the set. My original and replacement sets both had a "disc two" that was labeled as disc two but had the identical content to disc one. After one replacement from I'm trying to see if McGraw-Hill can supply with me with a genuine disc two.Other than that MAJOR issue, the content I've covered so far is very good in all respects.EDIT 10/1/13: is investigating the problem. I had contacted McGraw-Hill and received a reply - they are useless - they refuse to do anything since I bought from a retailer. I'm hopeful can obtain some non-defective stock.
I play this 2-CD set in the car for my 4 and 6-year-old kids. The older child likes to read along in the workbook, and both like the pictures. They seem to enjoy the CDs and even ask to listen to them. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the content is a little cheesy, sometimes, but kids won't notice. Covers just the basics, but in a way that keeps the kids interested and, I hope, open to learning more as they get a little older. The dialog is spoken by a couple of adults, and then by several children, and there are lots of songs. My two CDs were mislabled (transposed) but I figured it out right away and a magic marker fixed that.
Absolutely loved this program. Although geared for younger children my twelve year old raced through the program and is ready for her trip to germany with her Oma. She can confidently ask and answer simple questions and feels confident she can learn even more from our relatives. Each section includes activities to reinforce learning. Simple, geared toward 5 -10 year olds. This may be a useful resource for older children and adults just starting to learn the language. Perhaps before formal training in high school? as it will provide solid basic skills. At times the music and songs were annoyingly repetitive but so effective that very little repitiion was needed. As noted by other reviewers the discs were mislabeled but no information was missing so it really didn't matter once we figured it out. I would definately recommend this as an easy tool to quickly learn german basics at any age.
I bought a German teaching CD but it started with a conversation on a plane and buying furniture. I'm looking for the basics since i'm a beginner. It was my doctor who gave me the idea to watch cartoons in German. Well, i need someone to tell me what's being said. so, i thought of getting children's book and CD teaching German and this fit the bill! Yes, the CD's are mislabeled. But I do wish the other reviewers were a little bit more descriptive on the error. The CD labelled as CD One is actually CD Two and so the same with the other one. I know it doesn't take rocket science to understand and rectify this error but it helps if someone just says it! C'mon, we all live a busy, stressed filled life.In short, anyone interested to learn a new language, begin with children's book before going for the adult stuff.05/07/13: Oh my goodness, the CD with lesson 2 is messed up! I wonder how many more...
This is a really good product. I actually got it for myself who is an adult. They have a lot for adults but it's so boring. I figured the best way to learn would be to learn how I did as a child in school. I know spanish as well and learned through songs in school and pictures so I decided to do the same with this language. I hope to teach my children this oneday as I get further advanced. All in all great product and I would recommend using it. After 2 sessions I know how to count since the songs are stuck in my head :)
This was a disappointment. The educational content is good, but the CDs are a remix of old audio tape material for which the course was designed. But now the CD tracks are simply numbered sequentially with no titles and no reference in the course book for which tracks to listen to for the given lesson. Also, the CDs were packaged in a way that warped them, so they wouldn't play on my macbook cd-drive, however I did get them to play on a desktop computer. Seems like the audio was hastily modernized from tapes to CDs without testing if the CD format would work with the course book ... which it doesn't.
This is a great way to learn some German. We listened to it on the way to/from school (10 mins each way) for about 1 month and both my son and I learned a lot of German--very helpful when we visited folks in Europe.
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