Teach Yourself Beginner's Turkish Audiopackage [Paperback]

Asuman Çelen Pollard (Author), Asuman Pollard (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071419241 | ISBN-13: 978-0071419246 | Publication Date: April 15, 2004 | Edition: 1

For those who find learning a new language daunting, the Teach Yourself Beginner's Language Series is just what the language teacher ordered. Each friendly and practical course introduces the new language without overwhelming the learner and includes:

• Lively dialogues and exercises
• A helpful pronunciation section
• Manageable lists of practical vocabulary
• A glossary of grammar terms
• Hints on how to make learning easy
• Fascinating language and cultural information
• Accompanying dialogue recordings on CD

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About the Author

Asuman Celen-Pollard

taught Turkish at the university level for 12 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071419241
• ISBN-13: 978-0071419246
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,086,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Turkish
  • #48 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Turkish
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, June 9, 2004

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Beginner's Turkish Audiopackage (Paperback)

The authors have made an easy and excellent course, both didactically and in content. The Beginner's Turkish brings you many everyday dialogues and useful vocabulary which are supported by numerous question-answer exercises to reinforce the learned material and control your understanding of the dialogues. It can be regarded as a complete course for tourists as all (most) typical situations are well covered.

The two CDs are the key to understand spoken Turkish in real conversation. The stress is on communication and grammar is introduced without noticing it. The Beginner's Turkish prepares you gradually to follow with ease the next level (Teach Yourself Turkish) which is also for beginners, but contains more complex grammar and dialogues.

The Beginner's Turkish is also appropriate for advanced learners of Turkish (my case) since the material it presents is both up-to-date and practical (cultural manners and customs) which as a whole make you feel at home when speaking with Turkish people. Knowing the language opens many doors, but most important is to understand the people.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start Here, November 3, 2005

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G. Scimeca "GDS" (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Beginner's Turkish Audiopackage (Paperback)

It is a shame that this very fine product should have its rating reduced because of an errant review by a person who didn't receive the book. This book/CD package is a lot of fun. It's very clear and straightforward, and takes you through Turkish in 10 lessons. The lessons build on previous material, and the situations presented are very useful. The audio is well recorded on the CD, there is no hiss, and the speakers don't go at lightning rate. Once you get accustomed to Turkish pronounciation, the audio is a big help even without the book.

If there is one criticism, is that some vocabulary is introduced in conversation before being fully explained. That can be remedied by checking the glossary or the translation in the back of the book. More awkward is that some grammatical constructions are employed without any introduction at all. For example, you learn the word for "breakfast" (kahvalti - with the short "i") and in the next sentence it becomes "kahvaltisi" or "kahvaltida." It's not that these suffixes are difficult to learn, just that they should give you a heads up on them first. But they do eventually explain these points of grammar, you just have to remain patient it will become clear eventually.

Definitely start with this program, then move on to either the full Teach Yourself Turkish, or the Elementary Turkish by Thomas. Hugo "Turkish in 3 Months" is the best choice to folow with, but it is out of print and difficult to find. If you can find the Hugo with audio, grab it. Otherwise the other choices are the next best thing. Tesekkurler!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn Turkish, November 3, 2006

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Beginner's Turkish Audiopackage (Paperback)

Excellent, loved it. The pronunciation was perfect. Most common responce, "Where the hell did you learn Turkish!?" On a CD I'd say. They'd look at me like I was putting them on.

Suggestion - iTunes is great for learning a language off CD. The lessons appear as individual songs, simply keep clicking on the song progress meter in the same place to keep playing the same 5 second bit over and over. Turkish is supposedly really hard to learn, with this repetition I got it pretty quick.

Merhaba!