Teach Yourself Polish Complete Course [Paperback]

Nigel Gotteri (Author), Joanna Gray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0844237043 | ISBN-13: 978-0844237046 | Edition: 2nd

Functional and fun, each course offers full pronunciation guides, grammar summaries, dialogues, cultural notes, vocabulary charts, and irregular verb tables.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Polish

About the Author

Nigel Gotteri has taught Polish at the univerisity level since 1973.

Joanna Michalak-Gray is an experienced tutor of Polish to adult language learners.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ntc Pub Group; 2nd edition (February 11, 1998)
• Language: Polish
• ISBN-10: 0844237043
• ISBN-13: 978-0844237046
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #716,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy-to-read modern book on Polish for beginners, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

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

This book is clearly written, and easy to understand. Instead of overwhelming you with huge amounts of grammar to MEMORIZE, it takes a more conversational approach, and explains cases and conjugations as they come up. The chapters are short enough and varying. If you haven't already noticed, there are few decent books on Polish. This is a beginner course, but I am pleased with it so far.

29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is no way to learn a foreign language, August 10, 2005

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Babaloo Bigshot "The real bookman" (New York, BY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Polish Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs) (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)) (Paperback)

The problem with this CD & book combo is that it teaches you Polish as if you already know it - and know it very WELL. Polish is a language that many of us don't know at all - I mean, not even one word - and this CD moves right into it without those important first steps (slow pronunciation, breaking down the word little by little, explaining the meaning of the words, etc). When I'm learning a foreign language, I like the "Sesame Street" approach - you know- A-Pul - APPLE!) so that I get the pronunciation right and know what I'm saying. I would not go with this course. A better one would be Pimsleur Polish (the one with the 8 CD's and word booklet) because it's easy to follow and you don't need to stop and start your CD every two seconds to replay the section. Teach Yourself Polish only taught me how to pull my hair out in frustration. I say, skip it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT FOR BEGINNERS!!, April 14, 2006

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Robert Paden (Monterey, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Polish Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs) (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)) (Paperback)

As a language instructor of English and French(MA in TESOL) I found this book to be problematic. There are not enough listening and vocabulary activities on the c.d. As a total novice in Polish I need a lot more chances to hear the pronunciation. Each chapter gives you a very brief dialogue and doesn't even review the pronunciations of the lists of new phrases and words from the book. Then, in the chapter review they include new words and phrases not yet introduced!! Hello? How can you review something not yet introduced? My fiancee is Polish and I will be going to live and work there next year. If anyone can recommend a decent polish workbook with grammar for beginners I would really love to hear about it!