One of the most important things you can do while learning to speak a new language in a basic way, is learn to apologize, if only--as one of the commenters to this video says on YouTube, to apologize for his bad language skills... 

This is a new German in Three Minutes video, concentrating on basic apology phrases.  In Germany, manners are important, and this step-by-step video teaches you some of the basics you need to be polite while speaking German. A native German teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary.