Teach Yourself Serbian Complete Course Audiopack [Paperback]

David Norris (Author), Vladislava Ribnikar (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071419128 | ISBN-13: 978-0071419123 | Publication Date: October 24, 2003 | Edition: 1

Learning Serbian as easy as 1-2-3

With this book, Serbian is attainable for any beginning student. You can use Teach Yourself Serbian Complete Course at your own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. This complete course is based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared by experts in the language, Teach Yourself Serbian begins with the basics and gradually promotes you to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:

• Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues
• Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises
• Step-by-step guide to pronunciation
• Practical vocabulary
• Regular and irregular verb tables
• Plenty of practice exercises and answers
• Bilingual glossary

Package includes two 60-minute CDs and a book.

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About the Author

Vladislava Ribnikar teaches Serbian at the university level.

David Norris teaches Serbian at the university level.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071419128
• ISBN-13: 978-0071419123
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #946,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but you'd better know cyrillic from before!, January 8, 2007

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Muirgen (Cyprus) - See all my reviews

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

This is a great book. My husband is Serbian, and although we communicate in English, I wanted to be able to learn his language to be able to speak with his family, and also to be independent in our visits to Belgrade. I first tried with other books, but it wasn't until I found this one that I was actually able to form coherent sentences, and to actually understand when people speak. It clearly explains the grammar, the use of language, local customs. Furthermore, the subjects treated in the different units cover most aspects of normal life situations you might encounter when travelling to Serbia. Even the image of the book's cover pictures something that you'll most probably notice when travelling to Belgrade!

I have to say, though, that I think the book must be tough for a person without any previous knowledge of slavic languages. I had previously studied 2 years of Russian, so I was already familiar with cases and cyrillic (half of the units of the book are in cyrillic alphabet). But I suppose it might only take a little longer if you have not...

I agree with another reviewer in that a thorough study of the language would require years, other books, and more courses.But I personally consider this book the best way to get started.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It helped my whole family, January 17, 2006

A Kid's Review

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

Hi, I'm thirteen and moved to the former Yugoslavia with both my parents, one of whom started a job here last year. The language is pretty complicated but this book makes it relatively easy to understand and learn. My whole family used it and still uses it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book included with Audiopack - do not buy twice, February 17, 2008

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Kate Greenwood (Belgrade, Serbia) - See all my reviews

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

The amazon website recommends that you buy the book as well as the audiopack. I did this but discovered that the book is included in the audiopack. Very misleading. I have not used the book or the audiopack yet so am unable to comment.