Customer Reviews
A fantastic course - By: , 14 May 2004 
I tried to learn German for several years before trying this course but always got snared up on grammar, which I just couldn't understand. This course changed everything for me. I'm just waiting for the follow up now.
Too slow at the beginning and rushed at the end. - By: Old Den, 30 May 2002 
Having enjoyed the equivalent French & Italian courses I found this German one disappointing. The two students are quite shy & diffident & a lot of time is spent trying to teach them an almost perfect accent with which they have great difficulty. The result is that a lot of the more advanced instruction towards the end is given in a rush. The French & Italian courses are much better with students who are bright & responsive with the result that the courses are well balanced.
Effective method - By: , 27 Jul 2001 I was sceptical when I bought this method, but did so as I knew people who had used Michel Thomas tapes with other languages. His method gives a feeling for the language; an ability to "see" what you should be saying. I found that I quickly remembered the grammatical structures. That is essentiallly what Thomas gives: the structure of the language. Reading newspapers with the aid of a good dictionary fills in the vocabulary gaps. If you use the Thomas method to gain a feeling for the language, then use a conventional textbook to fill the grammatical gaps you will learn German much quicker than just using a conventional method.
Results come extremely quickly as well, which is the true beauty of the method.
Outstanding. Hopefully he will do an "advanced" German course soon.
Wow! This man is a genius. - By: , 11 Jan 2001 I've taught myself German a couple of times before, & though it's sunk in, it's alll been forgotten quickly too. But Michel Thomas's course is completely different, you just feel like you're immediately using German instead of trying to learn it, & the effects last!
If you need to learn German, this is without doubt the first course to buy.
