Really helped

super encouraging and well designed. It has really helped me feel more confident to speak the language and made me keen to go on

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Enjoyable learning experience

I knew hardly a word of German when I took lessons one and two but now feel I have a good basic grasp of the language and I'm looking forward to trying to speak when I visit Germany soon. Paul Noble is a wonderful teacher and his German assistant spoke clearly and beautifully. I can't wait to begin lesson 3. My only disappointment is that the course doesn't continue after that.

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Brilliant

IT was a very good German course. It made learning German much easier. Thank you.

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A lot of listening for the price

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend it and other people on my German course are also using this series as extra material.

What did you like best about this story?

This is a very long listen for the price. Basics and different method to what most courses will use. Let's you practice while commuting or doing the housework so you can squeeze some extra in when your brain would otherwise be inactive.

What does Paul Noble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Paul's audiobook is clearly designed to be used as an audio tool and is not an adaptation of a text book. The teaching methodology is based on hearing and speaking. The accompanying text file is supplementary material the audio is stand alone.

Any additional comments?

Book 1 and Book 2 are good if you have nearly no knowledge of the language. (Also a good refresher if you did the most basic level and are heading back to study and need a refresher).

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Repeating part 1 only

Nothing new to learn, waste of time. Wouldn't recommend to buy it, part 1 is fine, no further input in part 2

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repeat of first book

Having been very impressed with the first book I'm left feeling very disappointed and cheated with book 2, there was very little vocabulary expansion. Most of the conversations were repeats from book 1 or sentences told in a slightly different way. Just replay book one instead of buying this.

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If you have part 1, don't buy part 2

Would you try another book written by Paul Noble or narrated by Paul Noble?

I am going to return this book for a refund, if I can. I enjoyed Part 1 and thought Part 2 will pick it up where Part 1 left it, but to my surprise Part 2's material repeats Part 1, but plays it in less time. So I really wonder, why someone needs to pay more money to buy Part 2 (which costs more than Part 1) to hear exactly same material? Description of the book says nothing about material's 100% overlap with Part 1 book. I think description should say so that to avoid deception and false expectations.

What was most disappointing about Paul Noble’s story?

Part 2's material repeats Part 1, so I really wonder, why someone needs to Part 2 if he/she already owns Part 1? And why it is called Part 2, if it doesn't continue to build on knowledge obtained in Part 1? Description of the book says nothing about material's 100% overlap with Part 1 book. I think description should say so that to avoid deception and false expectations.

How could the performance have been better?

If the Book is called Part 2, it should teach more advanced material than Part 1. Paul Noble published 4 parts for German language course, but after my negative experience with Part 2, I am not going to buy Part 3 because I am afraid there will be nothing new there. I would expect more from Part 2 and Part 3, particularly more new words and more advanced material, more complex sentences. I think the Paul's method is good, but he should not stop at the very basics and take his method to more advanced students.

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This is mis-sold

If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

I purchased Learn German with Paul Noble 1 and it was fantastic, so I purchased the 2nd one in the Learn German trilogy. This is just a complete repeat of everything in the first one. No new learning material whatsoever-what a disappointment

What was most disappointing about Paul Noble’s story?

It's the same as the content in the First course, only condensed to 4 hours rather than the original 12 hours

Any additional comments?

I think this should be withdrawn from sale

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Repeat of part one

It's true. The content is a repeat of part one, but with less covered. I can't even say I found it a useful recap, as it skips tenses. Just get part one.

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don't buy is. it's a copy of the first one.

don't buy is. it's a copy of the first one. waste of money. can't believe it

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