learning german curriculum?

[st_claire]

Anyone know any good ones for a parent who doesn't speak it?

Thanks

[Country Girl]

Bump because I'm interested too.

[tmkclscroggins]

OSU has a wonderful German program. I cannot say enough good things about it. I do believe it is for high school levels or possibly an advanced middle schooler. It is worth every penny.


hth,
m

[ArwenA]

Depending on your goals you could use Rosetta Stone. It doesn't have much writing so you may want to supplement it.

[TN Mama]

Rosetta Stone

[Country Girl]

Thanks for the ideas. We are still trying to decide between Spanish and German so I will take a look at everyone's suggestions.

Thanks!

[Susie in CA]

OSU has a wonderful German program. I cannot say enough good things about it. I do believe it is for high school levels or possibly an advanced middle schooler. It is worth every penny.


hth,
m

What is OSU?

Susie

[st_claire]

Thanks. Yes, I also don't know what OSU is. More details would be great.


Rosetta stone is good as a supplement I find, but it seems to get very repetitive very quickly. I would prefer something workbook based.

[Country Girl]

I think OSU is Oklahoma State University. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong! Here is a link to their online German program.

http://germanonline.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28

[st_claire]

OSU does look good, but $400 is quite a bit per student. I was hoping to find something I could reuse with multiple students without paying so much every time.

[st_claire]

So I'm replying to my own question for other who were also looking for curriculum.

I contacted a German school nearby and they pointed me to http://www.goethebooks.com/

I spoke with them and they suggested "Erste Schritte" and a dictionary (Pons Basiswörterbuch) to start.

Total cost $37.

Also, I found a free online course at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2163,00.html

Hopefully these are helpful to others as well :)

[Hausunterricht]

I like the Goethe books site.

I took a quarter of German recently. But, I've decided to take a break (yet again) from my University Career to focus on homeschooling. It was just getting to be too much.

Once you have the basics down I think it shouldn't be too hard. Pronounciation and grammar are important though.

I'm thinking I might get Rosetta Stone version 3 for homeschoolers this next year. I just wish I could see it first.

I wasn't sure if I would like German or not. But, I'm so happy I gave it a try. I love it and my children are picking it up quite nicely. Finding resources is what I'm finding difficult. I would love some Sesamestrasse and such for the boys. But, I wish I could just check it out at the library.

[st_claire]

I think Rosetta stone has a free demo you can try. I find it dull.

[danielle]

What about Fokus Deutsch? We've had great success with French in Action, but Fokus Deutsch is available on the same site--www.learner.org. I sure would like to hear from anyone who has actually used this program.
Danielle