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Complete Greek Course Book/CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages) by: Aristarhos Matsukas List Price: £24.95 Price: £8.08 You Save: £16.87 (68%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 489 EAN: 9780071414081 ISBN: 0071414088 Label: McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Number Of Items: 2 Publication Date: August 01, 2003 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Studio: McGraw-Hill Sales Rank: 98470 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: 'Teach Yourself Greek' is an up-to-date course in modern Greek. If you want to make quick progress beyond the basics for your next holiday or business trip to Greece, or if you need to brush up your existing knowledge, then this is the course for you. The language you will learn in this book is the standard Greek that you will hear spoken in everyday life in Greece. The emphasis is on communication thoroughout so that by the end of the course you will be understanding, speaking and writing Greek with confidence. Key structures and vocabulary are introduced in 15 thematic units dealing with topics from saying hello to giving opinions and carrying out business discussions. This new edition has been completely rewritten and updated to make explanations simpler and reflect changes such as the introduction of the euro. There is a new pronunciation guide which is easier to understand and you need no previous knowledge of language terminology to use it. The script is introduced right from the start but English translations and transliterations of the dialogues have been added to the first five units so that you you can start speaking immediately. The transliteration continues up to Unit 10. There are three revision units and a 'mini test' at the end of each unit so that you can check your progress and revise areas of difficulty as you work your way through the course. Other new features include a glossary of grammatical terms, timelines showing important dates in Greek history and the evolution of the language, a taking it further section to direct you to further sources of real Greek and an English-Greek glossary to go alongside the existing Greek-English glossary. The page design has been improved and section headings given in English to make it easier for you to find your way around the book. All the dialogues and other listening material are available on the accompanying recording which has been increased to two cassettes or CDs amounting to approximately 150 minutes of listening material. The CDs and cassettes are available separately or in a pack with the book: Book & Double Cassette Pack 0340 866799 Book & Double CD Pack 0340 866810 Double Cassette 0340 866802 Double CD 0340 866829 The leader in self-learning with more than 300 titles, covering all subjects. Be where you want to be with Teach Yourself. About the Author: Aristarhos Matsukas studied Teaching English as a Foreign Language anfd Applied Linguistics in the US and has over the last 18 years has taught Greek in New York, Athens and Berlin. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Does not cover enoughUnlike the other books I've read in the Teach Yourself "All Round Confidence" range, which have a good balance of dialogue, grammar, and exercises, this one is padded out with a lot of dialogue and seems to worry that we will run away if we see too much grammar. As an example, while we are treated to three pages and three conversations on how to say "How are you?", only a short paragraph is offered on the all-important and numerous word endings and participles from nominative, genitive, and accusative forms in Greek; seemingly we are expected to just pick the grammar up from the dialogues. Some grammar is hidden away in an uninteresting, short summary at the back of the book. The book would have done much better to axe a lot of the repetitive ... Read More: Rating:  - Nice starter, but lots of errorsOverall, I consider this book to be a good starter to lead you on to mastering the Greek language, and would work well alongside a comprehensive grammar book, a vocabulary book and some other listening exercises/material (and of course a taught course with a native speaker). The sequence that the materials is presented in is logical for someone who is trying to master Greek, taking you through basic introductions and greetings to more complex interactions. Unlike other reviewers, I do not consider the dialogues given to be irrelevant. Quite the opposite in fact. But this must be considered in the context in which the book is written - for those who want to learn Greek properly, and not for those who want a few phrases for going on ... Read More: Rating: - Not badThis book is reasonably good provided it isn't your sole source for learning Greek. As another user has said, the dialogues do seem a little useless but they at least provide you with decent vocabulary and grammar. There are also a few omissions of accents where secondary stress falls on a word. Rating: - Excellent suppliment to class workTeach Yourself Greek is an excellent back-up if you are taking a beginning Greek language class or if you already have some Greek knowledge. I have found that some of the grammer problems I have stumbled with over the last four years were finally cleared up - and in an easy to understand method. However, if I were just starting out, Teach Yourself would be too much of a challenge and I would highly recommend instead the BBC's Talk Greek which has to be the best absolute beginner's Greek book around. One thing to remember with all language books is, they are yours to use how ever you want. You don't necessarily have to slog through chapter one to chapter two, etc. If what you want to learn most of all is how to order at a restaurant because you're ... Read More: Rating: - Hard going and random dialoguesThis is a tough book for the beginner. You really have to know the alphabet and get used to reading it right from the start, as even from chapter 1 and 2 the book starts making reference to words in the Greek script without the phonetic equivalent to help you out. Also, the spoken and written dialogues give a hell of a lot of information in one go, rather than breaking down the key phrases and presenting sentences you might actually use. The result is you remember very little - e.g. the useful phrase 'I don't know' is so hidden in a complex dialogue that you don't (or at least I still can't) remember it at the end. I did my best with chapters 1 and 2 before going to Greece, and found myself unable to order a coffee, but being ... Read More: |
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