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

Ian Press (Author), Meilute Ramoniene (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415121051 | ISBN-13: 978-0415121057 | Publication Date: September 23, 1996 | Edition: Pap/Cas

Colloquial Lithuanian is easy to use and requires no prior knowledge of the language. These CDs are recorded by native Lithuanian speakers. The material can be used on its own or to accompany the book, helping you with pronunciation and listening skills.

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

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Routledge; Pap/Cas edition (September 23, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415121051
• ISBN-13: 978-0415121057
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Lithuanian
  • #43 in Books > Books on Cassette > Children's Books > Languages
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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.