German book recommendation for a beginner

In My Humble Opinion
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Greetings Exalted Ones,

I am looking for a German textbook that has English descriptions. It should explain grammar structures and have exercises. Is there any book that you can recommend me?

Thank you so much.

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Reported for forum change. FYI, solicitations for recommendations go in IMHO.

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Moved to IHMO from GQ.

samclem, moderator

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I have German Demystified, by Ed Swick. It starts extremely basic with a pronunciation guide and your standard “Mein Name ist Stefan,” teaches vocabulary as it goes through verb tenses, adjectives, syntax, etc. and has written exercises, quizzes, tests, and oral practice. I like it. But it doesn’t have a CD.

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For a good online source, you could check out Tom’s Deutschseite, originally started by a native speaker who wanted to teach the language his foreign wife-to-be. Besides a number of helpful lessons and pointers, there’s a forum community, which is useful because it’s geared mostly to those trying to learn the language.

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ETA: I see now they’ve redone their forums, keeping the old version along with the new. I can’t seem to log into either one now, so possibly they don’t have the kinks worked out yet.

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This is awesome. I thank you so much.

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I really like Jannach’s German for Reading Knowledge by Richard Korb.