|
Teach Yourself Serbo-Croat Complete Course (Teach Yourself) | 
 enlarge | Author: Teach Yourself
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
Buy New: $7.50
You Save: $20.45 (73%)
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1584408
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0844238724
Dewey Decimal Number: 491
EAN: 9780844238722
ASIN: 0844238724
Publication Date: January 11, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
From Catonese to Thai, Gaelic to Modern Persian, learning the languages of the world is attainable for 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 The new editions also feature: - Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout - Self-assessment quizzes to test progress - Practical vocabulary - Regular and irregular verb tables - Plenty of practice exercises and answers - Bilingual glossary - Website suggestions to take language study further
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Review of TY Serbo-Croat February 25, 2006
Gillian Chute
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this book very easy to teach myself the basic language. It is easy to use and well-laid out. It does not bombard you with loads of new words in the units yet it provides just enough new material to get your head around. I'm going to Bosnia in a few weeks and I am confident that the book has provided me with a sufficient amount of material to get by.I recommend it to those of you trying to grasp the language!
stress/accent mystery August 25, 2003
Douglas R. Mosier (Iowa City, IA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a student of Russian and SC, I have to say that as to grammar etc., this book is quite good. I do have a problem with calling the book "TY Serbo-Croation" when it's mainly Croation with a few notes on Serbian. Prof. Magner's book covers the differences MUCH better. He also covers the accent/stress system much better. The TY book has no indications whatsoever as to which syllable to stress. In a language where stress is mobile (can be any syllable) this kind of lack of information is almost criminal.
 Unclear for grammer sticklers June 4, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have studied several languages and used several language guides, but this is really the worst. From a grammatical standpoint, this book is a nightmare to learn from. Each chapter opens with a dialogue that no new speaker of Croat would know, thus confusing the reader. the vocabulary lists provide words that are already declined or conjugated into particular cases or persons without listing root (for example in the case of nouns the vocabulary list might provide a dative for noun without informing you of its nominative.) The exercises at the end of the chapters are insanely easy, providing no real challenge to what one has learned. This may be my personal preference, but I like to learn a language by studying its mechanics and not simply learning phrases. Although this book does lack any sense of rhythm, it is not impossible to learn from it, it just takes a little more work.PS: If you are going to buy this book pick up a dictionary, the book only includes a Croat to English glossary and not vice versa.
Also, the author favors British English and grammer.
a little editing would have made this a great resource October 19, 2002
Deborah A. Markel (ITALY)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Considering that this book achieved its purpose (i.e. I can now express/understand basic concepts in Croatian), I still have some criticisms to make. Principally, this book looks like it was never edited. There are zillions of mistakes and omissions. (Hey Dr. Dave, I suggest you look up the terms "to affect" and "to effect", in English). Not only are there grammatical errors in English (can't speak for Croatian but I have my doubts on "dobar-dobra vecer"), but the book lacks in consistency. ALL words should be in the glossary, ALL verbs should be conjugated in their first person singular and past tense forms. This book is a mishmash. Very useful but would be MUCH MORE SO with a little work.
Right after i clicked save I had something more to say. June 27, 2002
Kushana no shinryaku (Kushana's invasion) (MA)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
if you want to be challenged a bit, go for Croatian rather than Serbian, in my opinion. I chose Croatian as a challenge. My sister, from what she's seen of Serbian, finds it much easier to retain than their lengthier Croatian equivalents.Hope that helped, at least a bit. Do videnja!
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
