- Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: Teach Yourself; Auflage: 0002 (Februar 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0071420177
- ISBN-13: 978-0071420174
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,6 x 12,8 x 2,6 cm
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- Nr. 31 in Englische Bücher > Lernen & Nachschlagen > Fremdsprachen > Afrikanische Sprachen
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Bestselling language courses . . 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 . .
Über den Autor
Joan Russell has worked in Kenya and Tanzania, and taught Swahili for many years ath the University level.
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Wife loves it.
26. November 2011
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We are involved with African refugees and have started learning KiSwahili as a way to reach out to them and make them feel more welcome here in the U.S. We have a couple different courses, but my wife likes this one the best because it's more conversational. I haven't had time to look into this one myself, but am recommending it based upon her review of it. You can't go wrong for the price and if you're serious about learning the language this probably won't be your only purchase, so I would say definitely get it as part of your overall library of KiSwahili instruction.
Torturous
7. Dezember 2010
TorturousThis strikes me as the case of a (probably) good teacher in desperate need of a professional writer.
As someone who speaks Spanish, Japanese and French (all learned through books and CDs prior to actual cultural immersion), I've been through self-taught language courses and consider myself, while not brilliant, at least capable of the process.
I've been through Teach Yourself Swahili's Unit One about 5 times now, and find myself barely able to remember anything. Now let me say, I have probably been spoiled on more intuitively designed, better thought-out language courses. So I do think, once I'm done with Pimsleur Swahili, I will probably tackle this with a pen and paper and get something out of it.
There is a lot of information here, so it's not as if this course fails from lack of effort, or has no utility.
BUT the information is presented in a way that's exhausting, almost torturous to sift through.
Unit One Examples:
1) "Njema" and "nzuri" are introduced with no explanation of what differentiates them
2) Vocabulary translation are presented in sentences, rather than focusing on crucial words ("you," "me")
2) The word "si" (meaning "no") is introduced in the form of a question where it seems to mean "yes" -- anyone with even a basic familiarity with Spanish will already be grappling with remembering "si" is negative: putting it in a sentence where it seems to be a positive just throws another monkey wrench into the process ... but this type of carelessness pervades
3) "M/WA" class nouns are explained in two muddled paragraphs that I had to re-read multiple times to understand
4) Most unforgivingly, we're asked to compose a sentence using "siyo," while NEVER having been introduced to the word in the lesson! (Unless I'm missing it every time I read the chapter?)
In short, there's no thought put into systematizing learning, or organizing it in a fashion that makes it digestible.
Can you get something out of this, with dedication and patience (and perhaps a basic familiarity with Swahili already?) Yes.
Would I recommend it? No.
I suggest seeing if they have this at your local library. Burn into into iTunes, then try and buy just the book used. That's what I did, so my only consolation is that I didn't lose a lot of money, and it may come in handy once I know a bit more.
As someone who speaks Spanish, Japanese and French (all learned through books and CDs prior to actual cultural immersion), I've been through self-taught language courses and consider myself, while not brilliant, at least capable of the process.
I've been through Teach Yourself Swahili's Unit One about 5 times now, and find myself barely able to remember anything. Now let me say, I have probably been spoiled on more intuitively designed, better thought-out language courses. So I do think, once I'm done with Pimsleur Swahili, I will probably tackle this with a pen and paper and get something out of it.
There is a lot of information here, so it's not as if this course fails from lack of effort, or has no utility.
BUT the information is presented in a way that's exhausting, almost torturous to sift through.
Unit One Examples:
1) "Njema" and "nzuri" are introduced with no explanation of what differentiates them
2) Vocabulary translation are presented in sentences, rather than focusing on crucial words ("you," "me")
2) The word "si" (meaning "no") is introduced in the form of a question where it seems to mean "yes" -- anyone with even a basic familiarity with Spanish will already be grappling with remembering "si" is negative: putting it in a sentence where it seems to be a positive just throws another monkey wrench into the process ... but this type of carelessness pervades
3) "M/WA" class nouns are explained in two muddled paragraphs that I had to re-read multiple times to understand
4) Most unforgivingly, we're asked to compose a sentence using "siyo," while NEVER having been introduced to the word in the lesson! (Unless I'm missing it every time I read the chapter?)
In short, there's no thought put into systematizing learning, or organizing it in a fashion that makes it digestible.
Can you get something out of this, with dedication and patience (and perhaps a basic familiarity with Swahili already?) Yes.
Would I recommend it? No.
I suggest seeing if they have this at your local library. Burn into into iTunes, then try and buy just the book used. That's what I did, so my only consolation is that I didn't lose a lot of money, and it may come in handy once I know a bit more.
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3. November 2010
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I got the order in record time (way before expected and the book was in great condition. Thanks!
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