Weiterführendes Lese- und Lernmaterial für Lerner von Deutsch als Fremdsprache

(Listing in order of level of difficulty)

Schaum’s Easy Outline: German
by Elke Gschossmann-Hendershot
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 11, 1999)
ISBN: 0070527172

English Grammar for Students of German
by Cecile Zorach & Charlotte Melin
Publisher: Olivia & Hill Press,U.S.; 2Rev Ed edition (March 1991)
ISBN: 0934034141

Essential German Grammar
by Martin Durrell, Katrin Kohl, Gudrun Loftus
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st Edition (April 2003)
ISBN: 0071413383

Practice Makes Perfect: German Verb Tenses
by Astrid Henschel
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (March 2006)
ISBN: 0071451374

Mastering German Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach
by Veronika Schnorr & Gabriele Forst
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series (September 21, 1995)
ISBN: 0812091086

Practice Makes Perfect: German Pronouns and Prepositions
by Ed Swick
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (March 2006)
ISBN: 007145392X

Using German: A Guide to Contemporary Usage
by Martin Durrell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (October 27, 2003)
ISBN: 0521530008

Developing Writing Skills In German
by Annette Duensing & Uwe Baumann
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 27, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0415397464

—————————————————————————–

A Word About Dictionaries:

Students often ask me what dictionary to get. Before I answer this question, I always stress that the vocabulary and associated lists in the German book(s) used in class are generally enough; anything beyond that will confuse a beginning learner of German more than it will help him or her.

Ok, but since you asked: I personally use the “PONS Globalwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch” (unfortunately out of print) from Ernst Klett Verlag; the most recent successors of this 2-volume edition is the “PONS Wörterbuch für Schule und Studium”, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. This book might be a bit over the top for what you need, though. I know that there is a PONS Kompaktwörterbuch (German-English) and also one for Deutsch als Fremdsprache, the latter being a monolingual dictionary, i.e. one where the explanations are in (simplified) German, which has tremendous pros but also, as you can imagine, also a few cons.
I personally like the PONS series by Klett, simply because it’s very easy to look up words and find abundant - and good - examples how to use words and phrases; plus I’ve been using them for over 15 years and have gotten used to them. The only problem with this series is that they are somewhat hard to get in the US (I always bought my dictionaries in Germany), but you might be able to get them from the International Book Import Service (IBIS) - tell Barbara, the owner, that you’re a student of mine; we’ve known each other for many years going back to my days at the Goethe-Institut.

The other alternative are the Langenscheidt dictionaries; they’ve become somewhat of a standard over the years and can easily be bought on sites like Amazon.com.
So here are a couple I would recommend:
- Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache
- College Dictionary German-English, German-English