Teach Yourself Welsh Complete Course Audiopackage [Paperback]

Julie Brake (Author), Christine Jones (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071419209 | ISBN-13: 978-0071419208 | Publication Date: November 21, 2003 | Edition: 2

Complete language courses that span the globe!

From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any beginning language student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement in their formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and steadily promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, through:

• Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues
• Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises
• Step-by-step guides to pronunciation
• Practical vocabulary
• Regular and irregular verb tables
• Plenty of practice exercises and answers
• Bilingual glossary The new editions also feature:
• Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
• Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
• New recordings on CD for easy access and review
• Website suggestions to take language study further

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Julie Brake

teaches Welsh for Adults in Ceredigion, Wales

Christine Jones

lectures in Welsh at the University of Wales. specializing in applied linguistics

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (November 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071419209
• ISBN-13: 978-0071419208
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Resource, September 8, 2005

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Nikolas Rodriguez "les quatre princes" (Marshall, VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Welsh Complete Course Audiopackage (Paperback)

I have found it difficult to find resources about Welsh, let alone resources that are decent. Most books about the Welsh language are disorganised. Welsh is a complex language that has an extensive use of auxiliary verbs, a complex system for the verb 'to be', a well-developed system of mutations, etc. Most books handle all this poorly. This book is focused more on conversational Welsh than literary Welsh (which is much more complicated). This book, however, does deal with aspects of the language that are not in the realm of conversation. It offers many examples and much practise on the CDs. It also has a good dictionary in the back, as well as citing other resources for further study. This is one of the best books I have seen for learning Welsh.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, not perfect, March 15, 2006

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David R. Rosser "Retired" (Bucks Co. PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Welsh Complete Course Audiopackage (Paperback)

Simple to use, audio quality is excellent. It is not easy, but then Welsh is not easy to learn. Could use a more extensive Welsh to English dictionary.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great tool, June 12, 2007

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Vicki Khouli (Fort Wayne, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Welsh Complete Course Audiopackage (Paperback)

Welsh is not the easiest language to learn, but it is hepful to be able to sound out place names and converse with people in their own language while on holiday. Within a few days of working with the CDs, I was able to read a little Welsh, and then actually carry on a few simple conversations. The book and the CDs work very well together. I highly recommend them!