Colloquial Czech : The Complete Beginner's Course, 2nd Edition (Colloquial Series) (Colloquial Series (Book Only))
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Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 491.8682421
EAN: 9780415161343
ISBN: 0415161347
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 1999-02-11
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge
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Editorial Reviews:
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This second edition of the popular Colloquial Czech has been rewritten to bring it completely up to date. Written by an experienced teacher, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Czech. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Czech is spoken by over 10 million people and is closely related to the other members of the Slavic family of languages but, unlike Russian, uses the Roman alphabet.
This paperback in the Colloquial Language Learning Series is available individually or as part of a pack. For more information, please refer to the cassette pack listing for this language.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: adequate
Comment: Maybe it's just that Czech is rather difficult, but I'm struggling getting through this book. I think that the content is great, explanation is good, but I wish there was a workbook to go along with it or more questions throughout the book for practice. I am also regretting that I didn't get the audio portion, as it is quite difficult to imagine how some of the words sound.
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Summary: conversation content - ick
Comment: I never finished the set. I speak Czech a bit and wanted to brush - up also wanted a set to introduce a friend to the language. We were both put off by the content of the "conversations". The comments about the women seemed very 1950's.
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Summary: Not for Beginners
Comment: I don't understand the positive reviews given to this program. Yes, the book might be useful as a text, but the audio part of the program is next to useless for beginners. After the short audio introduction on pronunciation, the program proceeded to rattle off conversations which were unintelligible and impossible to imitate since there was no time for repetition. I tried to use the book to help, but found that the conversations did not follow the lessons presented there!
If you want to try and learn to read Czech, maybe this is OK, but if you want to learn to speak the language I highly recommend the Pimsleur beginning Czech. After Pimsleur I plan on getting the Foreign Service Institute Czech series.
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Summary: Utterly useless
Comment: This "course" is utterly useless for the traveler who wants to learn enough of the language to get by on a trip to the Czech Republic.
There is no logic or relevance to the dialogues.(You could listen to all of Cassette One and never find out how to say "Where is the bathroom?")Even the most basic language instruction (listening and then repeating phrases)is beyond the scope of this bizarre hodgepodge. Not even worth one star.
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Summary: Perfect for Beginners
Comment: After ressearching and reading review after review trying to find the very best "teach-yourself" Czech course, I stumbled upon this. This book is incredible. Everything you need to know to build a strong foundation in the language. The book includes two cassettes (who uses these still I do not know) and two cd's. I ripped the cd's onto my iPod, and can study just about anywhere :) The cd's have native and non-native speakers of Czech, so you can hear the language as it actually sounds. I have read several books on the Czech language, and not one comes close to being as comprehensive as this. A+. If you are relocating to Prague, as I am, or simply desire to learn a very confusing language with relative ease, buy this book. You will not regret it.
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