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06 Jan 2008 Sun 07:48 pm |
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TYS Turkish is also available with CDs.
It is good for teaching you the full grammar, right up to advanced level.
If you just want conversational Turkish, how to do shopping, how to tell the time, how to get on buses and travel etc then I can recommend TYS Beginners Turkish, by the same two authors.
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06 Jan 2008 Sun 08:13 pm |
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I am just looking at this book now on Amazon, Teach Yourself Turkish Book and CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages),is the CD, the type of CD you can listen to while driving? my friend has a french one, and he listens to it constantly while driving, and has picked up loads,so i was looking for something like that, but i dont want to buy it, if the CD is needed to be listened to while referring to the book, as i already have one like that? thanks
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06 Jan 2008 Sun 08:39 pm |
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Quoting jamie-leigh1988: I am just looking at this book now on Amazon, Teach Yourself Turkish Book and CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages),is the CD, the type of CD you can listen to while driving? my friend has a french one, and he listens to it constantly while driving, and has picked up loads,so i was looking for something like that, but i dont want to buy it, if the CD is needed to be listened to while referring to the book, as i already have one like that? thanks |
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06 Jan 2008 Sun 09:04 pm |
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Quoting MarioninTurkey: TYS Turkish is also available with CDs.
It is good for teaching you the full grammar, right up to advanced level.
If you just want conversational Turkish, how to do shopping, how to tell the time, how to get on buses and travel etc then I can recommend TYS Beginners Turkish, by the same two authors.
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I admire your learning Turkish so much Marion. You seem to really know Turkish, and are even able to translate rather complicated texts. As for myself, it's Tarzanci. I can communicate quite a bit with it, but I feel like an idiot.
I've found that knowing a lot of words can be a problem in as much as you if you don't understand the context. The suffix is so important. Also, it seems to me that it's important to tune the ear to the sound of the language.
It seems Turkish is a soft language. The consonants are not as staccato as many other languages. For me it's hard to hear the whole words. It seems as if they are swallowed mid-way through sometimes. IOW I think hearing is very important and am looking for something that offers good hearing resources. Any ideas?
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07 Jan 2008 Mon 10:54 pm |
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Quoting jamie-leigh1988: I am just looking at this book now on Amazon, Teach Yourself Turkish Book and CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages),is the CD, the type of CD you can listen to while driving? my friend has a french one, and he listens to it constantly while driving, and has picked up loads,so i was looking for something like that, but i dont want to buy it, if the CD is needed to be listened to while referring to the book, as i already have one like that? thanks |
You could listen to it in the car, but it also has exercises on it. It is not just conversational and relates to the book, You really need the book in front of you with the CD. The CD is in the same format as the book, i.e. in chapters. You might be better getting some Turkish music CD's for the car, ones that you can understand the words (or are more likely to understand the words)!!!!
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07 Jan 2008 Mon 11:12 pm |
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excellent site for building vocab. You can also build your own bank of words, which means you can key in verb conjugations. The way it's used ensures vocab can be practised quickly and it's not so tedious/
http://www.vocab.co.uk/
and this one has colour pics with it . . . programs are free
http://www.byki.com/
They're not all encompassing, just a good way if you want to drill words and commit to memory
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 12:41 am |
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Quoting peace train: excellent site for building vocab. You can also build your own bank of words, which means you can key in verb conjugations. The way it's used ensures vocab can be practised quickly and it's not so tedious/
http://www.vocab.co.uk/
and this one has colour pics with it . . . programs are free
http://www.byki.com/
They're not all encompassing, just a good way if you want to drill words and commit to memory |
Great, I've downloaded those now. Have you seen WinMekMak ?
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 12:43 am |
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Quoting alameda: Quoting peace train: excellent site for building vocab. You can also build your own bank of words, which means you can key in verb conjugations. The way it's used ensures vocab can be practised quickly and it's not so tedious/
http://www.vocab.co.uk/
and this one has colour pics with it . . . programs are free
http://www.byki.com/
They're not all encompassing, just a good way if you want to drill words and commit to memory |
Yes, that's good too thanks
Great, I've downloaded those now. Have you seen WinMekMak ? |
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 12:50 am |
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http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/
this is a safe site and it's free. There are people out there publishing it in glossy book form and charging a great deal of money.
quote " fsi-language-courses.com, the home for language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain."
It is fairly old fashioned and I think a drill type method. Takes quite a while to download everything. It seems to be quite highly recommended from reviews I've read. It's certainly good value for money!
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