Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149716 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Synopsis
This work is a thoroughly fresh, contemporary, lively and accessible introduction to learning Turkish for young adult and adult learners. "Starting Turkish" is an introductory course designed specifically for adult and young adult learners. It focuses on day-to-day language needs, covering the practical language required for situations such as meeting people and socializing, getting around and making arrangements, getting help and information. Language is presented accessibly using dialogues, with key grammar points explained and illustrated. Activities at the end of each topic test Turkish in a practical context. All dialogues also appear on the accompanying CD to help learners develop fluency. "Starting Turkish" is a lively and accessible way into Turkish.

Customer Reviews

A useful book
This book is very useful for anyone wanting to learn the Turkish language. There are a number of points which make this book a worth while buy:
- This book is brightly coloured and includes pictures, making it more enjoyable and eyecatching- it is better than spending forever reading through a book in black and white.
- There are sections which lay out new vocabulary learned on each page
-One particular thing I liked about this book, is that it doesn't just give you 'holiday conversations' there are others including talking more about yourself and your family,your hobbies and applying for jobs etc. This is useful for someone, like myself, who doesn't just want to use Turkish on holiday.

Learning turkish
If you used this book on its own I think you would find it tough to get to grips with Turkish which is a very difficult language. But if you use it alongside another course such as 'Teach yourself Turkish' then it gives you a break from the relative formality of the latter.

It depends on your approach to language learning. if you are older you were taught a language by learning nouns (male or female) verbs, adjectives etc. Then sentence construction, word order and so on. This book doesnt do that, so its use is more confined to the learning of vocabulary for life situations; which is useful in its own right.

its worth the money no doubt

DISAPPOINTING
I did not like this book. I found it difficult to learn from. The layout is confusing and there are not many explanations.