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Language Hacking German: Learn How to Speak German - Right Away (Language Hacking with Benny Lewis) Bilingual Edition
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'Ten years ago, Lewis spoke only English. But constant travel, along with a buoyant attitude, has unmasked the polyglot within.'
-National Geographic
#LanguageHacking is a state of mind. It's about ditching excuses, using shortcuts and taking risks. It's about learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not - and most importantly speaking from day one!
How's it different?
Unlike traditional language courses that are organized by level of difficulty, #LanguageHacking German focuses on the language and conversations you need to master so you can start speaking immediately, not after years of study.
Key features
- 10 'mission-based' units that build up to an easy-to-achieve speaking goal
- 10 simple and effective 'language hacks' to exponentially boost fluency
- 28 model conversations and hundreds of the most frequent and useful 'power phrases'
- Clever strategies that show how even a limited vocabulary can be put to good use
- Free downloadable audio and extra hacker resources
Free access to the #LanguageHacking community, custom created by italki, a ground-breaking website that makes it possible to learn a new language without going abroad.
- ISBN-10147363315X
- ISBN-13978-1473633155
- EditionBilingual
- PublisherTeach Yourself
- Publication dateSeptember 27, 2016
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- Print length256 pages
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"Benny was fantastic. He lived up to everything. He had the students asking question after question. We had over 100 students packed in the auditorium. Considering we were up against another event on campus, that is pretty awesome. His intro video was great, his presentation was spot on. We appreciated him spreading the word to travel on our programs, but getting the students engaged to travel anywhere in the world."―Lock Haven University
"Inspiring and epic words. Everyone left that speech with a new sense of purpose for not just learning, but living a new language."―Trivago
"Lewis' focus on the benefit to business of multilingual language ability is striking a resonant chord."―Forbes
"Our conference was by far Poland's most successful one yet, an accomplishment owing in large part to the enthusiasm, inspiration, and knowledge brought to the stage by Mr. Lewis."―TEDx Warsaw
"Ten years ago, Lewis spoke only English. But constant travel, along with a buoyant attitude, has unmasked the polyglot within."―National Geographic
"a polyglot viral sensation... eager to show people that the best way to learn is by conversing".―MSN
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- Publisher : Teach Yourself; Bilingual edition (September 27, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 147363315X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1473633155
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #546,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author
In 2003, Irish native Benny Lewis spoke only one language: English. After college, he moved to Spain and was soon frustrated that he could not speak Spanish despite months of trying. So he decided to abandon traditional learning approaches, and everything changed.
Today Benny is the known as The Irish Polyglot and speaks over 10 languages, several at a fluent level. He also now runs the largest language learning blog in the world, fluentin3months.com, which receives more than half a million unique visitors every month, and he makes frequent videos on his YouTube channel to encourage newbie language learners.
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Customers find the book helpful for learning German phrases and vocabulary. They describe it as an engaging, fun read that makes language learning personal and easier. Many consider it a good value for money.
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Customers find the book helpful for learning German. It provides a good reference for common phrases, vocabulary, and verbs. They say it makes the learning process easier and more exciting. The book gives them confidence to start speaking quickly, using Benny's tips.
"...Above all, this book feels personal. It's a companion on your journey, a kickstart, a reference book and motivational sidekick all rolled into one...." Read more
"...Pros: • A focus on speaking: Benny’s “speak from day one” approach is encouraging and a great motivator for learning, as you get to apply..." Read more
"...sit down study time and writing but most of all speaking, finding the vocabulary and verbs you will need to intoduce yourself and your world to..." Read more
"...this book starts you off with learning simple phrases that are useful to know (the "Hi, how are you?" type phrases) and spark your interest..." Read more
Customers find the book engaging and practical. They say it's fun and tempted to try all the books.
"...The exercises are far more engaging than what I've seen in most workbooks; they help you focus your attention and get the most that you can out of..." Read more
"...to do for ages, which is to construct a language-learning book that is fun, practical, and teaches you how to learn a language the way you learned..." Read more
"Benny has written a fun, practical, and engaging German learning book...." Read more
"...I would recommend this for anyone. It's so much fun I even feel tempted to try all the books!!" Read more
Customers find the book useful and worth the money. It helps them learn German effectively and save time and stress.
"...think-about-its, but for my money and learning style, this book is worth it...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016I love Benny, but initially I was only going to purchase this one book from his new series, since I already have some experience with French, Italian, and Spanish. Now that it's in my hands, I'm so glad that I ordered all four!
I've had textbooks. I've used workbooks. There are apps, podcasts, and many other ways to learn languages. But Benny takes you through all of the initial steps with ease in a way that you'd be hard-pressed to find elsewhere, which is why he put these books together - he's familiar with the existing resources, and this is something NEW. Benny focuses on shortcuts that he calls "hacks" to aid in understanding grammar and memorizing words. It's built around conversations, but not in the hokey tourist-focused way most schoolroom courses plod through dialogues. You engage with the conversations much more dynamically, figuring out how to communicate things about yourself and specifics to listen for. Benny also assembles "conversational connectors" so that you can start to sound more natural in your speech. There is online audio to augment the book as well.
While the course is built around working up to your first conversation, this book isn't strictly limited to beginners. It's quite helpful for review or filling in gaps in your knowledge. The layout is appealing and the book is thick, which makes it well-balanced: this is a course you'll want to stick with, because it's encouraging, meaty, and totally doable. The exercises are far more engaging than what I've seen in most workbooks; they help you focus your attention and get the most that you can out of each lesson. Above all, this book feels personal. It's a companion on your journey, a kickstart, a reference book and motivational sidekick all rolled into one. You'll be writing all over it, of course, so if you're learning in tandem you should each have your own copy. But that's what's brilliant about this: it's more durable and meaningful than the average workbook that you wouldn't really need after you've finished it, and it will be invaluable throughout your learning process. I haven't started learning German yet, but this is all I'll need for the first few weeks when I start. And from there, I'll be conversant and comfortable with forging ahead on my own.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2017I had to prepare for a permanent move to Germany and spoke zero German. I discovered quickly that the one problem that any language learner today will never face is a lack of material. In addition to traditional classes and textbooks, there are online courses, YouTube videos, podcasts, software, apps, and the list goes on. But this information overload leads to a lot of frustration, false starts, and a general sense of feeling overwhelmed. I was already a fan of Benny Lewis’s blog, and was very excited to find out about his new series. I have used many German language resources, and I will say that “Language Hacking German”, if not the most complete, is the one that you will learn the most from. This book will not make you an expert German speaker, but you will get a great foundation in the language. I can’t recommend it highly enough, and I look forward to trying others in the series.
Here’s what I like about the book, and some thoughts which I hope that Benny and his publisher might take into account for future revisions.
Pros:
• A focus on speaking: Benny’s “speak from day one” approach is encouraging and a great motivator for learning, as you get to apply directly what you study.
• Highly adaptable: if you like to use flashcards, apps or software, other books, etc., you can follow Benny’s program and still fit your other resources into it.
• A proper place for grammar: Benny takes neither the “no grammar involved” approach nor the “must learn all the rules” method. You get just as much grammar as you need to learn your lesson, and still get enough grounding to expand your studies if you wish.
• Realistic conversations: you won’t know how to say “the elephant drinks milk” after working through this book. You will be able to talk about your family and your interests, go shopping, travel, and order a meal.
• Audio component: no language course is complete if you don’t have a way to hear and imitate proper pronunciation. This is provided online, because who uses CD’s anymore?
Cons:
• Workspace: the editors of future editions need to make a more realistic estimate of how much writing space the student needs in working through an exercise. Some of it gets a bit cramped.
• Appendices: A reference section with important grammar rules and charts would be awesome, and would keep readers from wasting time flipping through pages trying to find the source. A section of blank pages to create our own vocabulary lists and cheat sheets would be invaluable.
• Marginal notes: there’s a lot of great, if not essential, material that gets overlooked in the margins – it might be worth incorporating more of these notes into the main text.
• Bad app: I don’t know if other users have had the same problem with the Teach Yourself app that I did, but for me it was cumbersome, slow, and crashed often. If the app can be improved, great, but I’d prefer to download a zip file that I can bring up on any device, online or off. Or even better, have a dedicated Language Hacking app.
• Self-centered: though you do eventually move into other forms, the course begins with a lot of self-centered speech using “I”. Since my activities in Germany often involved my family, I really wanted to know the “we” forms, so I had to learn them outside of the course.
None of these “Cons” is enough to reduce my overall rating. Vielen Dank, Benny.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2016So many of us learn a language in order to travel to a foreign country and find our way around. We don't want to appear to be that "ugly American" who arrogantly thinks everyone should understand English. We learn to say "hello"and "thank-you", "how much is the room?", and "where is this or that?" but something is still missing. We want to connect to someone and we can't because we really don't speak the language, we just have memorized the required phrases. Benny makes language learning personal. He starts in the first lesson, helping you to develop a working script about yourself that you can then use to ask others about themselves. The beauty of it all is that it works!
This is not the only language learning book you will ever need but it is a great introduction to speaking "interactively". It is not something to use in the car, it requires some sit down study time and writing but most of all speaking, finding the vocabulary and verbs you will need to intoduce yourself and your world to others while being able to ask others about theirs. If you are traveling, you'll also need those survival phrases and a dictionary and perhaps a more conventional source to teach you the more formal forms of German. There is no index and the book is meant to be followed page by page, each lesson and "mission" building on the previous. But having studied Italian, Japanese and Greek with all kinds of apps, podcasts, and language books, I'm sorry I didn't have a book like this before. German will be easier because of Benny!
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- Pierre ScerriReviewed in Germany on April 12, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning German
Very easy book to learn the german language
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JeanpatReviewed in France on October 11, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars L'Allemand enexploitant l'Anglais
Bon livre pour utiliser ses connaissances en Anglais pour aborder l'Allemand, faire des rapprochements .
- reeti j.Reviewed in India on October 6, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Love the way everything is explained
The grammars are beautifully explained in parallel to conversations. Everyone should start learning a language with benny Lewis and then move on to advanced literature
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on February 3, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and approachable start to learning a language
A fun and approachable start to learning a language. I love the way that this book encourages you to start speaking right away, outlines ways that you can begin to learn the language from context, and gives you an interactive series of practice tools to help you learn quickly and cement your knowledge. This book will expand returns: the more you put into it the more you will learn!
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Cliente AmazonReviewed in Italy on March 17, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro eccellente!
Ho fatto davvero un ottimo acquisto! L'autore sa come insegnare una lingua straniera in modo semplice e stimolante! Me lo porto ovunque e studio ogni giorno. Credo che riuscirò ad affrontare una conversazione in tedesco molto presto! Inoltre, scaricando l'app gratis che ti fornisce il libro, si possono scaricare tanti contenuti da ascoltare sullo smartphone! Grande! La consegna, poi, è stata velocissima.