Teach Yourself Maltese Complete Course (Teach Yourself Books) [Paperback]

Joseph Aquilina (Author)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844236977
• ISBN-13: 978-0844236971
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,552,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not very good., October 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Maltese Complete Course (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)

My wife and sister-in-law have used this book and they found it very hard. I have seen it too and I don't think it is a very good course to learn maltese. If you really want a bilingual ie Maltese language course, you should consider Merhba 2- Maltese Language Conversation Course. Course consists of audio tapes and reader. For more information contact [e-mail]

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's more a grammar than a language course, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Maltese Complete Course (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)

If your intention is to learn to speak Maltese, just don't buy this book since it won't be helpful at all. It is more a grammar than a language course and it would be ideal for those who have already learnt the basics of Maltese and wish to have a grammatical reference whenever they hesitate about the language rules. Very few exercises and quizes, and not useful at all in which concerns to learning Maltese, no dialogues in the whole book, and very "hard" explanations about the language. I gave it one star because of its cover, which is the only nice thing in the book. If you're looking for a good language course in order to learn Maltese, my recommendation is to buy "Beginning Maltese", by Lydia Sciriha (University Of Malta).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Maltese : A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself), August 13, 2000

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Maltese Complete Course (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)

Mr Aquilina's book was the first modern "learn Maltese" title readily available outside Europe. However, it is one of the very few in the Teach Yourself series which the publisher has yet to "modernise", i.e. bringing it up-to-date (even re-authoring it) and adding tapes with native speakers. It is only relatively recently that Teach Yourself have begun to add culture notes, pitching themselves more at the middle-of-the-road learner who is keen on travel, rather than the academic. A plea therefore to the publisher: please update this one so that more can learn and travel to this wonderful country!