Teach Yourself Dutch Complete Course Package (Book + 2 CDs) (TY: Complete Courses) 2nd Edition

by Gerdi Quist (Author), Dennis Strik (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0071413862

ISBN-10: 0071413863

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From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student 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
The new editions also feature:
- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
- Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
- Website suggestions to take language study further

About the Author

Gerdi Quist

Extensive experience in language teaching at various levels and currently lecture in Dutch at the university level

Dennis Strik

Extensive experience in language teaching at various levels and currently lecture in Dutch at the university level

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill; 2nd edition (March 27, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071413863
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071413862
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.64 x 9.5 inches

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Madeline Dietrich

Teach Yourself Dutch Complete

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 28, 2008

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This book would be difficult for an absolute beginner in Dutch. If a person already has some familiarity with the language (just a little vocabulary and grammar), it is a good resource. The accompanying CD is excellent. Persons who would benefit from this book would need to be self-motivated and organized in order to retain the skills/knowledge presented.

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Jessica Preston

it was ok but not great

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 16, 2009

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I found 'teach yourself Dutch' to be very difficult. This is not for beginners. I was hoping to spend more time on pronuciation. It was too fast and went too soon into conversation. Also, there were sectons in the book that the narrater skipted. The book seemed to be a good study guide but it was hard to tell because of the speed and parts skipted on the CD's

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Leli

Great book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 17, 2010

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I've been learning Dutch with this book at my own pace for almost 3 months and I feel like I'm doing well. The book is really easy to understand and the CDs are very good complement. I've found only two or three sentences that are "old school" but in general, the methodology is "Uitsteikend".

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tessandme

not really a good starter book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2007

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if you don't know a thing about the dutch language this is certainly not a good starter book. I've read better books and better explaination. being dutch myself I know what I'm talking about.

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Christian Translation LLC

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2017

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T. Duvall

Excellent Course

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2005

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This course exceeded my expectations. Dutch is a delightful language to learn for the English speaker. On a recent trip to Europe, my knowledge of Dutch (learnt from this course) was very much admired and appreciated.

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Arthur Digbee

Weak on pronunciation (refers to older edition)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2009

I hesitate to add this review, as I've only seen older editions - - but in light of the active debate (40 reviews), here's my two bits. It seems they have not corrected the problems.
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If you're planning a trip to Belgium or the Netherlands, this book will certainly get you started on Dutch - - if the natives let you speak it. But it's flawed in various ways, and I'm reviewing an old edition of the book. Check newer editions to see if these have been corrected.

Despite the audio CDs, the book is very weak on pronunciation. This is unfortunate because Dutch pronunciation, especially of vowels, is trickier than you might expect. The CD pronounces examples of the difficult diphthongs (ui, ou/ow) only once each, giving you no repetition or variation in color depending on the vocal environment. The book provides no guidance for sounds sometimes describes as triphthongs, like ieuw. There is no guidance for common sounds such as those in "mooi" (beautiful).

Many basic pronunciation rules are not mentioned. The book does not mention the fact that word-final consonants are devoiced. It does not mention the common pronunciation of -en as -e in the spoken language. It does not mention assimilation of consonants across phoneme boundaries; Dutch voices or devoices many consonants preceding voiced or unvoiced consonants in many (not all) settings. The pronunciation of the diminuative -je is not described, nor its variations in -sje, -tje, and so forth.

One of the readings mentions that Dutch has dialects, but it provides no guide to dealing with them. The pronunciation section mentions some variation in pronunciation of ui, g, and r, but does not tell the reader anything about this variation. Since one of the first things a novice will notice is that the g in Flanders sounds smoother than the g in the Randstad, even an introductory book should mention these things.

Finally, the dictionary is very incomplete. It does not include all the words from the vocabulary lists, nor all the words in the book. (Some of the words in dialogues and readings are not found in the vocabulary lists in the chapter or in the dictionary at the end of the book.)

The rest of the book is well designed, with a good progression of grammatical topics and introduction to cultural and practical matters. I can see why some readers might want more "signposts" (why this topic, where are we going), but experienced language learners will find the method familiar. It probably goes too fast for many people, but if you already have German the pace will be fine.

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F.M.

Not for absolute beginners

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 31, 2007

This course is a good product, but it is *not* for absolute beginners.

In fact, its very presentation states quite clearly that it is intended to bring the student to higher levels at a fast pace. So, if you want a slow introduction into the Dutch language, this course is not for you.

On the other hand, the course is useful to people knowing some Dutch. I partially undertook two self-study courses in the past and a classroom course of three months in Dutch - up to intermediate level. Now I am using this one.

Well, the problem is that this course will *not* bring me to the advanced level. It keeps my knowledge fresh, it teaches me a few new things, but that's it.

To summarize: if you are an absolute beginner in Dutch, this course is *not* for you. If you know some Dutch and want to get to the advanced level, this course is *not* for you either.

The question remains: whom this course is for?

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Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on October 19, 2010

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　日本で出ているオランダ語の入門書に比べて、値段は安い、内容は多い、ＣＤは二枚も付いてるし、でも文法の説明がすくないので、一度、文法を他の本で読んでからの方がいいです。全部で１６課あって、１２課あたりから急に難しくなりますが、１１課までは、非常に実用的な内容です。ＣＤの吹き込み者も悪くないし、オランダ語教室参加の一回分にもみたない値段で、これだけの内容があれば、一冊持っておいても損はないでしょう。日本で出てるオランダ語の本を終えた後、もう少したくさん文に接してみたいと思ってる方に薦めます。

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