content: I have tried without much sucess to learn German three semesters at our local college. I know one night a week for short semester classes is not enough to learn a foreign language, but I was not learning much of anything and was very discouraged. I thuoght the books we used did not really stress the beginners needs. We were taught things we would never use, and not taught basics. I bought Graded German Reader and began to teach myself. I'm doing great and having fun learning. This book is a great tool. Patricia