Learning a foreign language

[llall]

I'd like to learn German but as I work and travel a lot I'm going to find it difficult to enrole in any classes, but I plan to, eventually.

In the meantime I'd like to try to learn some of the basics. I don't have regular access to a computer so online courses and language software (like Rosetta Stone) are out of the question.

Can anyone recommend any books that might be helpful?

[Charles Darnay]

http://www.amazon.com/German-Quickly-April-Wilson/dp/0820467596

I found this to be a good jumping off point. The focus is more on reading than speaking, but....

[stevanjessica]

This will be good to buy a book. As you said you are always remain on the trip or work. If you have the book than you can read when you get free and learn German language easily...

[hannah_arendt]

I think that the basic is the book, of course prepared for learner of your native language. I`ve used books made by Germans and sometimes it is difficult to understand some things. Internet is also very usefull source of information.

[Tallim]

I'm currently studying German, I find this book pretty useful, (Grundstufen-Grammatik) by Monika Reimann
also you can use an application called vocal pro or if you have access to ipad-smart phone with internet you can use memrise.com to raise your vocab.
I personally don't recommend studying German without audio, as the sounding of letters is almost completely different than English,
for example c is pronounced tseh, z is tzeh, sch=sh chs=ks and so on..
a program like memrise-vocal pro could be more useful as they have audio.

[hannah_arendt]

I'm currently studying German, I find this book pretty useful, (Grundstufen-Grammatik) by Monika Reimann
also you can use an application called vocal pro or if you have access to ipad-smart phone with internet you can use memrise.com to raise your vocab.
I personally don't recommend studying German without audio, as the sounding of letters is almost completely different than English,
for example c is pronounced tseh, z is tzeh, sch=sh chs=ks and so on..
a program like memrise-vocal pro could be more useful as they have audio.

It`s true. However pronunciation isn`t very difficult. For me the worst has ever been declinations of adjectives.

[Nick Capozzoli]

IMHO a good (if not "the best") way to learn another language (presuming that it is still spoken somewhere and not a "dead" language) is to get and study (by yourself or with others in a class) some text describing the vocabulary and grammar of the language. Then, if you can do so, travel to where the language is spoken and live there while using it to communicate with native speakers.

[synodbio]

After choosing a language, you can start thinking about how you're going to study it. For popular languages like French and Spanish, there's a wealth of materials available. For lesser-studied languages, the choice can be more limited. If courses are available in your area, it might help you to attend them, or you may prefer to study on your own, or to have individual lessons.