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Speak in a Week Flash! German: 1001 Flash Cards (Speak in a Week Flash!) | 
| Creator: Inc. Penton Overseas
Publisher: Penton Overseas
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
Buy New: $9.70
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 276237
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.9 x 2.2
ISBN: 1591259495
Dewey Decimal Number: 430
EAN: 9781591259497
ASIN: 1591259495
Publication Date: March 2008
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Product Description
Language learners know that the more vocabulary at your fingertips, the easier it is to communicate. Speak in a Week! Flash! is a convenient and fun way for students to test their vocabulary skills. The two-sided cards are color-coded by word type and key words feature illustrations for additional memory hooks.
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| Customer Reviews:
 GOOD CHOICE FOR EASY LEARNING OF SOME GERMAN WORDS May 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good choice for a visual and easy learning of some German words.
Very useful for practising. Almost like a game.
Nice presentation and cover.
 for breaking the ground only May 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The only reason why I bought these cards was that I need to expand my PASSIVE vocabulary in German as fast as possible. But mind you, this set takes you only that far. You can use them to fill up some empty times-lots in your day with meaningful activity. You can even arrange a quiz show with a colleague, friend, or family member who is approximately on the same level as you are.
Let's see the strengths and weaknesses:
+ the part of speech is colour-coded (nouns, verbs, adjectives, others)
+ the gender is indicated with the nouns
- sometimes you cannot find the German word even in a good dictionary (or with Google!)
- sometimes it is not clear which sense of the English equivalent carries the correct meaning (take "cancel" as an example)
- no example sentences or typical idiomatic expressions for the words are given
- no plural or genitive ending is given with the German nouns
- it is not indicated if a German verb belongs to the weak, strong, or mixed category
To sum up, it is a very good idea to give you the first 1001 words you will need in a new language, but the implementation is far from faultless. My cards are filling up with notes and cross-outs and replaced words. I would definitely not recommend this card-set for a true beginner. It is much better for an eternal re-starter like me, who knows too much for a complete beginner's course and can check suspicious words and fill in missing information from a good dictionary.
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