So I decided to learn German on the cheap. I bought some books written in German that I liked for 50 cents each. Then I bought a German to english dictionary for $1. I plan to read the books by looking up the words in my dictionary. Will this work or will I just end up wasting my time? I realise my pronunciation will be wrong due to me just reading and not hearing the words. But hopefully people will understand what I mean when I mispronounce words. Any ideas?