Collins Learn German with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course: German made easy with your bestselling personal language coach

Es fantástico, lo recomiendo, muy buen sistema.

Presents things in a way that can be remembered, and introduces concepts at the right time. Very good verbal aid (when combined with reading German separately) to get a good grasp of the language. I also used an old Pimsleur's CD collection but this was much better for beginners to start with. May be a bit slow for anyone that has the basics down - really for folks that don't know much German.

I really enjoyed learning to speak German. This course starts out very simple and become more challenging as you go along.

This CD course makes it easier to learn German and is the only course so far that has helped me to progress. You will definitely progress more in 12 hours listening to the CDs than trying to learn through other self help courses and weeks of expensive classes. I divided my learning sessions into 30 minutes per day. Paul Noble repeats the words and sentences (many times) and has a German speaker repeating the words as well. I found the repeated words and sentences just naturally sank into my memory, but I actively had to speak and think during the course. Try and relax as much as possible while listening to the CDs and it will work for you. There are plenty pauses or silent sections to give you a chance to pronounce the words and to think out the sentences (which is what you will have to do in real life in any case). This course gives you the knowledge to build German sentences and holiday related sentences are also included. You won't be fluent in German after completing the CDs, but you will be able to speak with confidence. Future and past tense are also covered. I wish the Paul Noble Institute can design a further vocabulary course to supplement this course. I am more of a visual learner, so I didn't initially think this course was going to work for me and I was very sceptical initially, but I was incredibly surprised on how well it worked. I highly recommend this course!

A very good introduction to German, paced very well and does not have the sudden "brick wall" types of jumps in learning that so often mars this type of language course. It teaches how to deal with real world situations such as booking a hotel room, ordering at a restaurant and travelling by train. I've tried many different German courses - this is the only one that I have got even close to finishing (only couple of CD's to go now). The only minus points would give this course is firstly, that it falls foul of all beginners courses like this in that it tries to make out that this learning is effortless - it isn't. Leaning a language takes patience and perseverance, no matter what the course material. What this course does well is, as I mentioned previously, that it paces the material nicely, and introduces new vocabulary gradually - repeating a great deal again and again so that it really sinks in. Secondly, it states that there is no grammar involved. Absolute rubbish! There is plenty of grammar in the material, as there must be to be able to handle German properly. What it does well is that it shields you from the complexities until you are well into the course, then introduces things gradually along with the vocabulary and scenarios at a pace that is comfortable. The third problem is that because it is such a gentle course, your vocabulary at the end of it will be pretty slim - but you can't have it both ways. The gradual explanation of the grammar side of things more than makes up for this. Overall, a fantastic introduction to German that anyone can handle - as long as you put a bit of effort in!