Mastering German Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach (Mastering Vocabulary) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Veronika Schnorr, Gabriele Forst
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 350
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.7 x 1
ISBN: 0812091086
Dewey Decimal Number: 438.2421
EAN: 9780812091083
ASIN: 0812091086
Publication Date: September 21, 1995
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Product Description
pproximately 5,000 words are presented in 41 separate categories, including politics, military terms, business terms, communications terms, medical terms, scientific terms, household terms, and dozens more. English-speaking readers will find ready help in translating German words and phrases sometimes too specialized to be found in ordinary alphabetically arranged bilingual dictionaries. Here's a fine school supplement for language teachers, students, and language labs, and an aid for anyone who must sometimes get information from German journals and other publications. Line art illustrations, charts, and a comprehensive alphabetical word index enhances this volume's usefulness.
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 I found it very effective January 14, 2008
The easiest way to learn new vocabulary is in context, and this book does the job superbly. Also, writers of the book made the right call in not spelling out each irregular plural; these are generally used in the contextual explanation.
And best of all, the vocabulary is that found in everyday life, around the office, at home, etc. The most commonly used words are often do not appear so much in literature and in language courses.
good basis for german review January 8, 2008
I took German, for four year in junior high& highschool. I love this book. I make cards from the vocabulary words and put them on a snap ring to review in line at the supermarket etc. This is a great reference for the person who had had german in the past and wants to review it. It's fairly comprehensive and more useful than a dictionary to review vocabulary.
Phenomenal. October 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a MUST HAVE! Perfect for study and practice. Arranges common nouns thematically, which helps for tourists. This book saved my life in German II.
-Dr. Kenneth
 A good and useful book with a serious flaw September 21, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Other have already pointed out both the qualities and the main flaw of this book, but let me refinforce their opinions.
Barron's series Mastering Vocabulary is a great tool for language learners! Using a normal course, such as one in the Colloqial series, you will end up with knowing the grammar relatively well and with a vocabulary of 1500 words. That's a good start, but you need to know more words to get moving. The Mastering Vocabulary series is a great help along the way. By doing one chapter each week, you will know more than 7000 words after half a year. That is enough to live in a language where the language is spoken and use it in all everyday interactions and communication. My only real complaint with the series is that it's not available for more than four languages.
In the case of Mastering German Vocabulary, the failure to provide plural forms is a flaw. For French, Italian and Spanish, plurals are fairly regular but not so for German. Had it been included, this book would received five stars but it's such big a flaw that I've removed two starts. Hopefully this will be addressed in the next edition.
Great refresher for dormant German September 2, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a fine book to bring all that German forward from the buried data banks in your brain. I'm using it to study up for my coming trip to Germany. Modern vocabulary and sentences help to update my 30-year-old knowledge base. Good price and worth it.
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