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List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 10311
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 95
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.6 x 2.2
Model: CS-037
UPC: 781735800379
EAN: 0781735800379
ASIN: B00004RC2R
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Not meant to stand alone: more help required December 20, 2001
Edward Sedelmeier (Redmond, Washington USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
To learn another language requires a strong desire to do so and a total commitment to succeed. We all learned our first language by listening to others talk, and then copied what they said to get our ideas across. And we failed many times, but we learned how to
master the language.
This course works in a simmilar manner. But, you must really want to learn German and work at it. There are no easy fixes.
The first CD, Talk Now! German is great. These speakers speak as native speakers. And we learned many useful words.
The second CD, World Talk German world be easier to follow if the speakers were native speakers of German from Germany. And if the planners of this CD displayed real German people instead of cartoons with sun glasses. However, one can get some help from this CD by working hard at it. Just remember to change your speech later.
The third CD is good. The translations are correct and your mouse will define German words into English, even after the CD is removed. This is a big help when reading German text on Web pages or when translating E-mail.
The forth CD is a fun and interesting "game". One must think and if you pay close attention, you can really get totally immered in the thought and language learning process.
But, still other tutorials will be required for many students in order to learn German well.
My first choice of an excellent CD-Rom based course would be Learn German Now! by Transparent Language. This one goes to the head of the class, because it teaches reading, writting, listening, speaking, and understanding German. And it is available from Amazon.
Good up until the 3rd CD December 19, 2001
S. Boisen (Wisconsin)
I had a ton of fun with the first CD and I was learning at a fast pace. I was looking forward to starting the next CD but after going through that the only thing I could say was HUH? It was such a jump from the first. I had to use books to learn all the in between stuff. I went on to put the 3rd CD in. It was HORRILBE! I've been learning Germa long enough to know that the speaker doesn't even seem to be pronouncing the words right. It seems like he/she is reading them for the first time. They sound absolutely nothing or authentic to what I have been learning already. i.e. I typed in 'bitte' and it's supposed to sound like 'bitter' with a silient 'r'. But the speaker pronounces it in a english sound, 'bit'. That's one example of many. If someone has an explanation about this let me know. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be. I was really disappointed in this CD.
 A Complete Waste Of Money November 17, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Don't waste your money on this CD-ROM. It won't teach you much about the German language. The first disc is okay. It teaches a few words and phrases. But then the second disc has people talking completely in German, using words that the first CD didn't bother to teach, and there isn't a single clue as to what they are saying. Don't throw your money away on this product. It's worthless. I learned more German from watching "Hogan's Heroes" than I did from this thing.
Not of Much Use to a Beginner September 25, 2001
Keith Dobbelaere (Marshall, MN USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You will be hard-pressed, as a beginner, to learn much from this program. The first CD, "Talk now," is pretty fun, albeit extremely basic. In it you learn things like numbers, colors, body parts, a few simple phrases, etc. Once I felt I had mastered it, I was looking forward to learning more on the second disk, "World Talk."
The second disk really leaves you hanging as it's completely in German, with no translation whatsoever. This program is supposedly based on the "Immersion Method", whereby the user is "...surrounded by native speakers and a new culture." But I don't know how one could learn much of anything with someone talking at them, having little idea as to the context of the conversation.
For example, one of the lessons shows a series of vague pictures (i.e. a desert scene, rain clouds, a beach, etc.), and then proceeds to rattle off complicated conversations entirely in German, with nothing more to go by. You're then required to select the scene they were referring to. I found myself completely guessing throughout the majority of the exercises, learning very little, and getting frustrated at times.
The Webster's 5 Language "Talking" Dictionary is next to useless. It doesn't translate phrases (single words only) and won't pronounce anything but English words. If I wanted to hear words spoken in English, I would have bought a different course.
It comes with the game "Who is Oscar Lake?," a "Myst" type mystery game, which looks interesting, but with little foundation from the previous CDs, it is just as bewildering, and definitely seems better suited to a more advanced student.
Overall, I found this to be a very misleading product. It claimed to start at a basic level and steadily progress. Instead, I found it to be a mismatched hodgepodge of half baked programs, and not of much use to a beginner.
 Electronic Savior September 23, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The last star was held back because of the gap between the first and second disks. While the first desk is perfect for beginners, you'll need to get another helper (I used German for Dummies) to bridge the gap.
Of note, however, the first disk by itself is six-stars! I successfully used that disk to get around (barely) just fine in Germany - keep in mind most Germans do speak English, and in fact the younger generations (<30) in big cities may get offended if you presume otherwise.
None the less, the first disk is perfect. And with something to span to the second, the rest of the course is great - and this is coming from someone engaged to be married to a German Woman - talk about insteresting conversation with the in-laws!!!
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