Colloquial Lithuanian: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) [Paperback]

Meilut Ramonien (Author), Ian Press (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415121035 | ISBN-13: 978-0415121033 | Publication Date: October 31, 1996 | Edition: 1

COLLOQUIAL LITHUANIAN is easy to use and completely up to date!

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Lithuanian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes COLLOQUIAL LITHUANIAN your best choice in personal language learning?

• Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice
• Clear – concise grammar notes
• Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
• Complete – including answer key and reference section

By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Lithuanian in a broad range of everyday situations.

Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

Editorial Reviews

Review

‘If you want to get to grips further with any of the [European] languages, Routledge’s Colloquial series is the best place you could start.’ Rough Guide to Europe

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 31, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415121035
• ISBN-13: 978-0415121033
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,519,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Lithuanian

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for the beginner, not for self-study., March 19, 2001

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This review is from: Colloquial Lithuanian: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) (Audio Cassette)

I have been studying Lithuanian twice a week with a professional instructor now for 3 months. I own this text, as well as the Beginner's Lithuanian text by Dambriunas. The Colloquial Lithuanian has very useful exercises, and emphasizes the conversational forms and expressions over the tradional academic style employed in Beginner's Lithuanian. However, be forewarned. This Colloquial Lithuanian text is absolutely inaccessable for beginners -- it does not lay out the fundamentals, but instead stresses memorization and modelling. This is good in a way, but not at all useful unless you know some fundamentals already. Similarly, the audio tapes of C.L. move at an advanced speed. As my professor says, C.L. is a "second-year" coursebook. We use it sometimes for exercises, but the B.L. text is much better.

By the way, the first reviewer should say "Vilniaus Universitetas" in the nominative, or "Vilniaus Universitete" in the locative. "Vilno Univeriteto" is simply wrong -- Beginner's Lithuanian can cure that mistake, Colloquial Lithuanian cannot.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best Lithuanian language course currently available, July 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Colloquial Lithuanian: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) (Audio Cassette)

This is the best guide (book plus tape) currently available for learning Lithuanian. My brother, who studied at Vilno Universiteto in 1994 - 1995 strongly recommended it to me, and wished he had had it available then. I had previously tried to learn using the Easy Way to Lithuanian book and tapes, and found this much better.

Of course, learning Lithuanian without living there or with a Lithuanian family member is basically impossible, but such is life.

Su Diev!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well organized and the beginner will benefit., June 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Colloquial Lithuanian: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) (Audio Cassette)

My mother, born in Lithuania, does not agree with some usage of words and phrasing, and basic pronunciations. Overall, a very useful book and cassette package.