Kauderwelsch usw. Foreign Language Learning Series Reviews

Alexander Arguelles presents a series of video reviews and demonstrations of those foreign language learning series that he has found most useful in his own studies. For further information about the series, please refer to http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com/index.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• polyglottery
• Kauderwelsch
• Hueber
• Klett
• Reichert

[Joshdboz]

It's worth mentioning that the Klett series of vocabulary books were translated into English under the series "Mastering French/Spanish/Italian/German Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach" and published by Barron's. At least the French one was updated several years ago from the original 5000 word selection.

[ProfASAr]

Thank you for mentioning this. I did not know that.

[calciumchris]

What languages are you going to do next?

[ProfASAr]

Romance.

[robertogan]

German texts for learning foreign languages are the best. American texts are made for imbeciles; they are marketed as "Easy French", "Spanish for Idiots", etc. Order German texts. Some texts from England are good too.

[DerPoltergeist13]

I have the Swiss German Kauderwelsch book : Schwiizertüütsch: Das deutsch der Eidgenossen... great book, thanks for recommending this series Herr Professor!

[sanserverino]

It's certainly ironic, since the learner is supposed to be the one speaking "kauderwelsch" with this vademecum. And the very old German adjective "welsch" means exactly that: foreign, outlandish. The word is related to Wales, Walachia, Wallonie, Cornwall and Walnut (nut from abroad).

[HesseJamez]

The word "Kauderwelsch" in german language is kind of insulting - It describes a chaotic  mix-up of languages nobody understands.

[StompinDino]

Wow! I didn't know they had 150 languages to choose from! That's good news. I happen to have a copy of the Kauderwelsh Esperanto book, and I like it so far.

[shingrila]

Thank you so much! Your reviews are really informative! I was actually thinking about doing something like this myself the other day, written, though, not audio and then I stumbled on your videos today. I have great respect for publishing houses like Kauderwelsch and Assimil because they really open up the world of languages to a lot of people by providing materials in some less commonly taught languages. I was wondering if you happen to know if there is a similar publisher in Italy

[JazzB1987]

thank you. i finally found someone who thinks the same way i do. luxembourgish is no language its a german dialect with french influence and some changes like D' instead of german articles. the only reason why its often considered a language is because luxemburgers dont want to share germany's history. i was there and understood 75% spoken and 95% of written luxemburgish, small amount of newspapers tho. im from berlin so im not used to Moselle Franconian. kölners would understand 100% i guess.

[Walshyman]

Thanks for this. I have seen a few around, and not only can Kauderwelsch help to learn a new language, but it can help maintain one's German as well.