This progressively structured ASSiMiL self-study course offers you an easy introduction to the English language and allows you to comprehensively learn the fundamentals of English and a vocabulary of approximately 2,000 words in 170 lessons. The language course is aimed at beginners who have just discovered the English language for themselves, as well as at advanced learners who wish to refresh and deepen their knowledge. The CDs contain lesson and comprehension exercise texts spoken by native speakers from the textbook. The total duration of the audio recordings is 170 minutes. Short lessons presented in a clear format promote your learning success: - Foreign language dialogues are complemented by meaningful and mostly literal German translations, along with brief, precise notes on grammar, vocabulary, and specific linguistic phenomena. - Comprehension exercises.