Colloquial Dutch: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) [Paperback]

Bruce Donaldson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 20, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0415130867 | ISBN-13: 978-0415130868 | Edition: 1

"Colloquial Dutch" is a practical course in everyday written and spoken Dutch requiring no prior knowledge of the language. This book is ideal for study independently or with a teacher. Cassettes recorded by native Dutch speakers are also available.
"This" "paperback in the Colloquial Language Learning Series is available individually here or as part of a cassette pack. To purchase the book ""and" the cassettes, please refer to the cassette pack listing for this language.

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University of Melbourne, Australia --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 20, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415130867
• ISBN-13: 978-0415130868
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,354,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good for students with a little Dutch knowledge, January 22, 2000

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This review is from: Colloquial Dutch: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

This book is perhaps a bit too intense for an introductory text (for that you should try Dutch in Three Months), but if the reader has already studied the language a little and wants a good discussion of some of the subtle nuances of Dutch, this is a good bet. The companion audiocassettes are excellent.

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Een erg goed boek!, July 23, 1999

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[e-mail] (Indialantic, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colloquial Dutch: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

A very good book if you want to learn "real" Dutch. The conversations are more realistic and they use real words that people actually say. It's a good book to learn from if you want to learn Dutch how it's really spoken. I think it's easy to use and understand. Ik hoop dat u hebben een goed tijd lernend van dit boek als ik gedaan!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars colloquial series, February 24, 2005

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Catty M "Catty M" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colloquial Dutch: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

I've tried many other language/phrase book, and I think the Colloquial Series are the best for beginners who plan to learn and pursue to a higher level.
This book explains every details on grammars and usage...and the cultural points are interesting as well.
The explanations are very clear and you'll find the learning process with colloquial series is very smooth, you'll hardly feel lost...

The audio CD mainly focus on conversations in every chapters, I like it because the native speakers talk as they are in everyday life (kind of fast for beginners), which is good cuz it's realistic...Just listen to it over and over until you're able to understand everything.
The only thing I don't like about the audio CD is that I wish it can provide more recordings on how to pronounce some important phrases rather than just numbers.

Hope you'll enjoy learning w/ this book