And Aokoye is right, not everything needs to be bilingual.
The recommendation of StudioD is a bit doubleedged. I've met people, who were using it in class as it was meant, and hated it. They were finding it chaotic, lacking explanations, based mostly on memorisation. When I looked inside, I understood their reasons. But it is possible the newer editions were improved a lot. I would be curious to read of other experience with it.
MikyMouse wrote:Thanks again for the recommendation on Themen Aktuell I had a quick look and they do look interesting. Did you buy the bilingual versions I presume? Did you buy the glossary and CDs too? From what I can tell there seems to be 3 parts to Themen Aktuell 1 - The workbook (ISBN 9783192516900), the 2 CDs (ISBN 9783190316908) and the glossary (ISBN 9783190816903)? There seems to be a few more German only books in the range.
No, that is not exact. I have the Kursbuch with CD (not paid separately), which is in German only, and includes the initial dialogues and texts, exercises, material for majority of the listening exercises. I have a bilingual Arbeitsbuch, with wordlists, grammar explanations, lots of exercises, key to exercises, and glossary, all in one. My copy is German-Czech, but there are many more versions, including German-English of course.