Product Description

This stand-alone, all-audio course can be used by those who have little or no knowledge of the language, by those who want to learn or brush up basic conversation skills, and by more advanced learners who require extra audio material to complement their current courses.

The ten units or 'conversations' cover the situations you are most likely to find yourself in while on holiday or on business abroad. They are divided into two parts, with a dialogue in each part. The dialogue in Part 2 reuses the vocabulary and phrases from Part 1 in a slightly different context. Both parts start with an introduction to the words and phrases you'll need, followed by the dialogue. Finally it's 'Over to you': you take part in the same dialogues following the English prompts, playing all the roles in turn. So you get lots of opportunity to practise! Frequent track markers divide the CDs up into short, easy-to-use clips.

Vocabulary and phrases in the first two CDs are kept to the basics and are introduced gradually with lots of opportunity to repeat and practise, to improve your confidence in both speaking and understanding. The third CD concentrates on helping you improve your understanding, so that you will be able to hold two-way conversations with people who speak very fast or use words and phrases you do not know.

The course comes on three 75-minute CDs and has an accompanying 48-page booklet which gives the dialogues and the translations of the dialogues, for those who like to see the written word or want additional practice. The booklet also provides a basic glossary of the words and phrases used.

This is the perfect complement to 'Dutch' and 'Beginner's Dutch' in the 'Teach Yourself' range.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55991 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-26
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 3
• Binding: Audio CD

Review
"I am a big fan of this series. Commercial packaging, simple concept and a competitive price make these well worth trying....One to watch." (The Bookseller )

About the Author
Marleen Owen is an experienced teacher of Dutch to adults in many different environments.

Customer Reviews

Just the job!
This is a wonderful course! I played it on my personal CD player 3 times a week while at the gymn and found I could recite the dialogues before too long. It took 6 weeks at most. We went over to Flanders 2 months later and to my amazement I could buy petrol, order coffee and pancakes and the language the locals used in reply was exactly what I'd met in the course! No, I couldn't discuss Belgian politics or the meaning of life, but my motivation to learn more with other TYS volumes on Dutch has soared. To be recommended without hesitation!

Quite the present!
A few weeks ago I received this as a gift after expressing to my partner a vague interest in learning Dutch. It was only seven weeks from receivng it that we embarked on a trip to the Netherlands, and let me say not only did I surprise myself but also my partner to my ability to converse there.
Absolutely fantastic!

Taught me to be a 'Dutch'ess
I really loved this language guide as it was simple to use and very efficient. I found the pronouncing of the language hard at first as I'd always done romantic languages like Spanish before, but this made it easier over time. I'm obviously not fluent yet, but I definitely feel a lot more sufficient in Dutch.