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The Michel Thomas course is primarily concerned with teaching conversational skills. His approach to teaching is excellent and you finish with confidence that you can initiate a conversation with a German speaking person.

Rocket German teaches reading, writing, comprehension and conversational skills. There is a large vocabulary set that can be learned through the games and exercises in the lessons. The exercises allow the student to practice writing.

The Michel Thomas course is easy to use, all you need is a cd or mp3 player. You can listen to the lessons anywhere at anytime. However, he advises that you pay full attention to the recording so driving or other things that require a fair amount of concentration may not be suitable. Although this is easier to do when you have listened to the recordings a few times.

Rocket German can be downloaded from the Internet. This is a great feature as you can be learning German with the course in about 25 minutes. The Rocket German program has an audio component, a pdf course and three games to practice vocabulary, comprehension and verb conjugation.

Michel Thomas German is designed for people wanting to learn German quickly. If you are planning a sudden trip to a German speaking country Michel Thomas is a great choice. My only reservation is that his accent is not that good. This is not good for perfecting pronunciation but his teaching methods are really good. The set up of the records is that he teaches and you act as the third student in his class. The other two students are on the recording. They ask and answer questions that Michel Thomas poses. You are advised to answer these questions too by stopping the recording, answering out aloud and then restarting it to get the answer.

Rocket German is designed for people that want to get a fully rounded German language education. It has sections that teach you to speak, listen, read and write.

The audio is similar to Michel Thomas. It features a narrator and a native German speaker. The narrator does the teaching and asks questions. You are advised to stop the recording and answer the question out aloud. Then start the recording and the native German speaker gives the answer. This is good because you get proper pronunciation.

The pdf course is an interactive course that starts with the basics of the language and builds to real world situations. You can click on words to get the audio for it and there are tests at the end of each lesson.

The educational tools are the games and some flash cards that you can print out. They are good as a reference guide for German words and verbs. The games provide a useful distraction when you need a break from the lessons. You can also warm up on the games before starting a proper lesson.

If you are interested in Rocket German then visit the Rocket German official site.