Berlitz German Premier Version 2 (PC/Mac)

Product Details

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• ASIN: B003S3RLJE
• Release Date: 6 Aug 2010
  

By : Avanquest Software
Price : £16.49

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Experience for yourself how fun and easy it is to use the Berlitz Language Learning System. Berlitz has been synonymous with effective foreign language learning for 130 years. Whether you're learning German for travel, business of personal use, Berlitz will engage you in easy, fun and interactive activities that will help you learn German faster than you ever thought possible. Suitable for All Levels Beginner - Learn and speak German Naturally. Start with the basics, such as greetings, introductions, travel terms, money, shopping and more. Intermediate - Know your way around in German. Learn to talk about your environment. Berlitz makes it easy to ask for directions, order a meal or tell the time. Advanced - Start speaking confidently and with ease. Begin to express yourself in conversations using the German speaking skills you have learned.
Award-Winning Software Learn to speak German easily and with confidence on your Windows PC or Mac. Berlitz's complete language learning system will engage you interactively so you can learn faster and more effectively.

• Start speaking German confidently in just 30 days.
• Great for travel, business, school or personal use.
• For beginner, intermediate and advanced users.

New Features for Version 2

• 15 New Beginner Lessons - More than 12,000 words and phrases covering beginner level topics.
• Progress Tracking - Keep on top of your progress and identify what you have left to learn.
• New Activities - Make Learning fun with Fill in the Blank, Word Whirl, Concentration and Four Square.
• New Tests - Prove your knowledge and track your progress.

Learn on Your PC or Mac Learn to speak easily and with confidence on your Windows or Macintosh computer. Berlitz's complete language learning system engages you interactively in four different ways so you can learn faster and more effectively.

Engaging Activities Mean You'll Learn Faster:
• Audio Learning - Learn by listening to actual conversations.
• Multimedia Learning - Enhance your knowledge by watching videos.
• Flash Card System - Reinforce your learning with this proven method.
• Speech Analysis - Improve your pronunciation with practice conversations.

Learn in Your Car with Audio CDs Build Speaking Proficiency with Berlitz Audio CDs. Master your speaking skills with a complete and comprehensive course on audio CDs - directly through your car speakers, iPod and other mobile listening devices. Learn on the Go Innovative iPod Exercises. Whether you're relaxing, cooking dinner, taking a walk or doing chores, you can practise your vocabulary with both audio and pictures on your iPod. You'll even get to regularly test your proficiency with word lists that match the software.

Learn and Explore at Your Own Pace Speed Up with our Flash Card System - Reinforce your lessons and quickly improve your speaking skills with this proven exercise method. Learn more than 1,000 vocabulary words and phrases with Berlitz Premier Flash Cards Berlitz Premier allows you to determine your own learning pace by deciding when you need translation-and when you don't. Plus, you can…

• Slow down the dialogue.
• Build a personalised vocabulary list.
• Listen to native speakers.
• Click on any word to hear its pronunciation.

Advanced Speech Analysis Berlitz Premier provides advanced speech analysis to help you speak like a native. Simply record, playback, and compare to perfect your accent and improve your pronunciation. Interactive Games make Learning Fast and Fun From simple puzzles to fast-paced Plug-n-Play games that help increase your reading comprehension, Berlitz makes learning languages exciting for the entire family.

Reviews "The concept of multiple learning strands is certainly a clever one which gives this package the edge over the average language tutor." ITReviews.co.uk "a powerful learning package" PC Utilities "an incredibly good tutoring system aimed at everyone from beginners to reasonable speakers" MacFormat System Requirements: Windows: Window XP, Vista or 7, 256 MB RAM, DVD Drive, Sound card and speakers. Macintosh: OS X 10.4 or Later, 256 MB RAM, DVD Drive ^According to Chart Track figures reported January to May 2010 by units and/or value for each Berlitz title compared to the next equivalent language title reported. Product comparison based on competitive products in-stores on 09/01/09.
BERLITZ GERMAN PREMIER 2

 

Berlitz German Premier Version 2 (PC/Mac)

 

Product Features

• The UK’s Best-selling Language Software from the No.1 Name in Language Learning
• New Features for Version 2 including new beginner lessons, progress tracking and fun new activities
• Suitable for all levels - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced for business, home, travel or school use
• Learn on your Mac or PC with this award-winning software
• Complete instruction – learn by listening to actual conversations and watching videos
• Flash Card System – Quickly improve your language skills with this proven learning method
• Practise your vocabulary using your iPod or other MP3 player, plus, extend your vocabulary with the vocabulary building screensaver
• Master speaking skills in your car with a complete audio course on CDs
• Advanced speech analysis – improve your pronunciation with speech analysis tools
• Interactive games – puzzles, fill-in-the-blank and more make learning enjoyable and effective.

Customer Reviews

Bought this for my wife for Christmas. Looks pretty good so far, though she has only just started using it.
However, we suffered the keyboard problem mentioned by other reviewers, running it under Windows 7 - it was impossible to type words into the flashcards section.
BUT, this can be fixed! (and hence a hastily written early review). If you add a US keyboard in your regional settings under the control panel, then all is right and you can type again! Phew - no returns to Amazon required after all :-)

My Daughter had wanted me to teach her German over the summer holidays but working very long hours on a background of long distance commute to work and back meant that our arrangements was not working out well. I got this Berlitz German premier to help her with the basics and below are her thoughts on this:
I had been planning for a long time to learn German and was really ecstatic when I got the Berlitz German. The pack came with a CD-rom, audio cds and a user's manual. I've been using it now for 2 weeks and though I have acquired some basic German I don't like the learning style employed by the program. Maybe I'm old fashioned/traditional but I like clear structured lessons that teaches German grammar while also building up my vocabulary. And while my vocabulary has been built up I can't say the same for understanding of grammar. German is a difficult language to learn because of all the cases it uses e.g. Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive. And also because of word order in a sentence. After 2 weeks I can't say I'm even a little further in better understanding these key aspects.
Further I also had some technical issues with the flashcard program: if I started it using the central learning centre then I was unable to type out answers. I was only able to type if I started the flashcard program separately. I tried re-installing the whole program, looking in the help and on the website but I was unable to find a solution.
I would've loved to have given Berlitz 5 stars but I can only give it 3 it is good and it did meet its aim: it's been teaching me basic German; there were however too many problems for me to give it a high rating.

 

Berlitz German Premier Version 2 (PC/Mac)