Signposts: German

by Edith Baer, Margaret Wightman

• Help you - even if you're a beginner - to understand the signs and notices that will confront you on a visit to the country • Show you how to get the gist of them without having to worry about the meaning of each single word • Contain plenty of practice material so that you can check your progress • Give you an idea how the language works • And provide some unusual and unexpected insights into national attitudes

104 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1982

Reviews

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lieser Fahren - drive more quietly


I took courses on how to navigate around Germany and I was prepared for train stations and planned to use international signs for everything else.

I guess I was wrong. This book has 14 chapters of different situations to deal with. Each is uniquely left out of standard tourist information books. Many situations call for at least a cursory knowledge of signs “that are not international.” It was written for someone who could cross their legs because it is not until you get to chapter 12 that is "LOOKING FOR THE LOO"

That's not the worst of it. "WC-Anlagen errichbar über den Friedhof durch den Aufenthaltsraum beim Ulrikagrab"

The real advantage of this book is the real-world pictures of the signs.