German for reading
by Karl C. Sandberg · first published 1973
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If you only want to learn to read German, check out a book called "German For Reading" by Karl Sandberg. I'm using it now and it's pretty good.
on “Can Duolingo Teach You Spanish?” ↗I learned to read German by working through "German for Reading" by Karl Sandberg. It's a great book. Work through it a couple times until the grammar is second nature, use the Anki deck "4000 German words by frequency" to increase your vocabulary, and start reading…
on “Show HN: Learn German with Short Stories” ↗…other discrete functions of a language is very straight-forward [1] and, in fact, there are some good analog resources for this. For French: Dandberg and Tatham, French for Reading For German: Jannach, German for Reading Knowledge I've used both and swear they're magic, especially if you're trying to learn to read in a scientific domain that you're already a specialist in (versus literature). Once you've sort of "learned…
on “Learning Languages with the Help of Algorithms” ↗…Vulgate, Fabulae Faciles, Ad Alpes, Julius Caesar's Invasion of Britain and half of LLPSI 2. Currently I'm reading The Gallic War. I also started studying German at the start of this year using the book "German for Reading" by Karl Sandberg which is taking up 1 hour per day of my time so I can't spend 2 hours on Latin per day which is what I was doing from 2020 to early 2022. I wouldn't say I'm fluent at all, but on a good…
on “Lingua Graeca Per Se Illustrata” ↗There used to be a few books, aimed at academics reading the literature, eg Jannach, "German for Reading Knowledge." (on reading vs speaking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23582262 ) Not to discourage you from a Sprachaufenthalt (ganz im gegenteil), but you can prepare for one by following germanophone…
on “Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time” ↗