hey guys im taking german and the text book we use is all in german even though its an entry level course. i only had 4 classes and i am already feeling kind of lost, just wondering if anyone had any experience with those blah blah for dummies books, well german for dummies in my case.. thanks a lot.
dumbkoff! just kidding, as far as I know they're decent. I would imagine there are better ways to learn a foreign language, however.
They are if you're a dummy. If you want to know a little about a lot, then you can fill your book shelves with them. Me? I don't read anymore. I know everything now. j/k - I need to read, just to remember today's date.
I always criticized those books because of their title... saying that only "dummies" buy them... but then I bought one for Perl... and I haven't read it. I never have seen the need for it. It's just SIMPLE reading.
Yeah my ex liked it too. Unfortunately she was/is a ****ing moron. I've finally paid off all of that debt.
Isn't that a "Confession Time..." post? Come to think of it... some or all our posts here should be in that thread.
I think they're just a publishing company like any other, or operated by one. Each book has a random other, nothing really special about them. I did buy the C++ one a long time ago and it wasn't bad.
I don't know that I'd get a dummies book for a foreign language. You might want to look at a "learn german in 30 days" type book for basic vocabulary and grammer. You might also look at software to help you practice. However, I will say that the best way to learn a language is to use a textbook in that language. I learned Norwegian that way. You're forced to quickly memorize the vocabulary, and not rely on a word list to do the translate the assignments as you go. Get yourself a travel-sized dictionary and force yourself to look up every word you don't know. By the time you've looked up the same word twice, you'll know the word.
