Customer Reviews

Modern Western Armenian For The English-speaking World

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
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This new textbook is great. After buying other books I am happy that there is finally a serious book on the market. Don't save money with cheaper books. If you buy this one, you can forget about all the others. The teaching method is refreshing. Right from the beginning you start with useful words and expressions. You always have the feeling that you don't lose your time. The explanations are clear and "friendly". I rate this wonderful book with 4 stars only, because the fonts used for the Armenian letters are a headache for the beginner. They are too calligraphic, they should be more simple (and different from each other!). I wished that this be changed in the next edition - the 5 star edition! Another wish is, that this book be accompanied by audio-cassettes. In that case you really don't need anything else.

The book is great for learning Western Armenian.
The only thing that I would love to have is the CD of the lessons of the book, that would make it more complete.I hope that in a new edition of the book the author should add a CD
Also the Armenian letter should be more big.

This is defenitely the best Armenian textbook so far. Easy to use, yet highly professional, informative and friendly. It should be No.1 choice for universities offering classes in Armenian. Adding Armenian proverbs at the end of each unit is a wonderful idea, they really provide a deep insight into the Armenian mind and soul. And I liked the Armenian font very much. Bravissimo, Dr. Sakayan! Eastern Armenian, too, please!

The moment I opened the book, I knew it was well worth the investment! The language is broken down into nice segments for learning, and transliteration is used until the end when it is assumed the learner can read the script. The methodology for teaching the script (reading and writing), to me, provides a guarantee this will happen. This book, compared to others I have used for Eastern Armenian, shows how to write the script. Another "plus" this course offers.

Anyone wanting to learn Western Armenian should buy this book!!