Teach Yourself One Day Polish (1CD + Guide) (TY: Language Guides) [Audio CD]

Elisabeth Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 19, 2007 | ISBN-10: 007149961X | ISBN-13: 978-0071499613 | Edition: 1

Fast, focused lessons for when you need to learn the essentials of Polish today

When traveling to a foreign country, you aren't looking to become fluent in the native tongue--you just need to learn enough to get by. Teach Yourself One-Day Polish supplies you with 50 key words and a handful of essential phrases and is today’s most effective, no-nonsense crash course.

The entertaining and remarkably informative 75-minute CD provides you with real-time instruction as author Elisabeth Smith teaches language essentials to a fellow airline passenger, while the eight-page booklet outlines key words and phrases from the CD in written form.

Includes one 75-minute audio CD

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"An excellent new range which deserves to be supported by retail." -- The Bookseller 20040301 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Elisabeth Smith is a language teacher with more than 30 years' experience. She has developed bestselling language courses in many languages.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007149961X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071499613
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,938,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dziekuje, Elisabeth!, June 28, 2009

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Paul C "Doodlebugger" (Mongolia for the summer) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Teach Yourself One Day Polish (1CD + Guide) (TY: Language Guides) (Audio CD)

Plan for a bit more than a day, I am still listening after a week in Poland. It has been a lifesaver, though. Very good basic stuff, will help you get by.
Only suggestion for improving it would be phonetic spelling along with the translation in the accompanying booklet.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Buy - but not one-day!, January 17, 2008

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This review is from: Teach Yourself One Day Polish (1CD + Guide) (TY: Language Guides) (Audio CD)

I must admit I rather pooh-poohed this item when I went into the bookshop to buy a Polish CD course, and I opted for the full 'Teach Yourself Polish', which I then found much too difficult, too fast (check out the reviews for this course). So I went back to the bookshop and bought 'One-Day Polish'.

And I am so glad I did!

Ignore the 'one-day' bit, of course, but within a week together with my iPod, I was most satisfyingly grounded in 'meeting and greeting', 'finding my way around', 'buying things' and 'going to a restaurant' - I had learnt 50+ words and a number of sentences - 'wietnie!' - 'Brilliant!'; maybe not completely grammatical - as 'Magda' on the disk says - "The grammar's not completely right but you're communicating!" At least I felt I was progressing.

I think that this was an excellent, fun little course to get me started. It would be nice, however, if more use could have been made of CD technology, by allowing the listener to 'go back' to certain points straightaway without 're-winding' which is never accurate, thus avoiding all the English bits, which, after you've heard them several times, you don't really need again.

But overall I am very happy with my purchase (I can't say the same about 'Teach Yourself Polish' which I have now gone back to!) - it would be fantastic if Elisabeth Smith could produce similar courses, each one level slightly higher. That would be great. 'wietnie!'

3.0 out of 5 stars funny but too much English, November 12, 2011

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This review is from: Teach Yourself One Day Polish (1CD + Guide) (TY: Language Guides) (Audio CD)

This course is hilarious! I loved the part about the "bottle of insect repellent": I have been telling it as a joke hundred times.
The course does teach some Polish but, for my ear, it contained too much English. It contains some good tips.