Travelwise Czech [Paperback]

Alena Walter (Author), Barron's Publishing (Author), Karen Von Kunes (Translator)

Book Description

Series: Travelwise | Publication Date: September 1998

Expanding on Barron's handsome and easy-to-use TravelWise books and cassettes, all programs are available as a book-only, or as a sturdy, compact boxed package containing the book with a cassette and script booklet. Each book/package is rich with full-color photos of the subject country and covers typical travel situations.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About the Author

In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764103849
• ISBN-13: 978-0764103841
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,014,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Nonfiction > More Languages > Czech
  • #66 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Czech

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Berlitz Czech Phrase book a delight., July 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Berlitz Czech Phrase Book and Dictionary (Berlitz Phrase Books) (Czech Edition) (Paperback)

The Berlitz Czech phrase book and dictionary is well organized and easy to follow. The Table of Contents does a good job of dividing the sections and phrases into an amount that is easy to find, and important to a visit to the Czech Republic. It also covers almost any situation that might be encountered from "hello" to the Czech names for parts of a car; ordering in a restaurant and visiting a doctor. The given pronunciations are easy to follow and with a little effort, able to be done fairly clearly. The English-Czech/Czech-English dictionaries also contain lots of familiar words that would be needed on a daily basis. I look forward to trying it out in the Czech Republic!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars makes Czech even more difficult, July 16, 2001

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Czech with Book and Cassette(s) (Travelwise) (Paperback)

(Note, the other review of this item is actually a review of a Berlitz package.)

The audio tape in this package is the most bizarre and useless example of the genre I've encountered. It consists of extremely long and complex dialogs which no beginner could possibly follow, interspersed with relaxation exercises (?!?). Maybe the whole thing is a practical joke.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars handy reference, lousy tape, September 25, 2001

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"greatrussian" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Czech with Book and Cassette(s) (Travelwise) (Paperback)

The book is an excellent reference, and came in handy more than once when I found myself at a small czech pub, trying to deal with waiters who don't speak English, and menus entirely in Czech. However, I would have liked to see more words and detail, especially in the food section. Once I thought I was ordering a typical czech fried pork steak--it turned out to be liver!
The tapes were a joke for the most part. But I was able to get some use out of them as a supplement to the "Colloquial Czech" course by James Naughton I was taking at the same time, and as a very handy sleeping aid. The relaxation exercises will knock you out every time.