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30 Jul 2008 Wed 11:17 pm |
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Hello all,
I´m starting to teach myself Turkish (moving to Istanbul in November for a TEFL course, hopefully!) and was wondering whether anyone has any language books they can recommend?
I´ve heard Turkish in Three Months by Bengisu Rona is good, but as it´s out of print the only copies are going for £125...!
I´m a linguist so am looking for something quite advanced, ideally something with lots of practices.
Also- slightly off topic - any tips on life in Istanbul eg. accommodation, living costs would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 10:17 pm |
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I used ´Teach Yourself Turkish´ by David Pollard and it´s worked wonders, although obviously it can´t cover everything. But it does go into detail on grammar which is essential in my opinion.
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 11:03 pm |
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Quoting Hilliar: I used ´Teach Yourself Turkish´ by David Pollard and it´s worked wonders, although obviously it can´t cover everything. But it does go into detail on grammar which is essential in my opinion. |
+1 - Really good - easy to follow and understand (well as easy as learning Turkish can be that is  )
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 12:50 am |
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im using colloquial turkish and alot of people have recommened it to me. x how much turkish do u no?
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 08:17 pm |
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´Colloquial Turkish´ is the worst grammar book I have read. I agree with the others ´Teach Yourself Turkish´ is my constant companion. My first copy got so worn I had to buy a new copy. I also have Lewis V Thomas ´Elementary Turkish´-more theoretical but with plenty practice.
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 08:27 pm |
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Quoting lady in red: Quoting Hilliar: I used ´Teach Yourself Turkish´ by David Pollard and it´s worked wonders, although obviously it can´t cover everything. But it does go into detail on grammar which is essential in my opinion. |
+1 - Really good - easy to follow and understand (well as easy as learning Turkish can be that is ) |
I like this one too. I used it with Rosetta Stone and did OK on my next holiday to Turkey. Of course, I haven´t spoken a word of Turkish since, so whatever progress I made is gone. 
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05 Aug 2008 Tue 04:09 pm |
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Thanks all for the advice! I´ve got Yusuf Mardin´s Colloquial Turkish, which is the one I think you mean. I find it ok, very technical and can safely say that if I hadn´t studied languages before it would make no sense whatsoever. It is quite advanced and presumes you udnerstand linguistic concepts like case and specific terminology. It´s about the right pace for me, but needs more exercises in translation, I find.
Sianibus
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05 Aug 2008 Tue 04:16 pm |
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Actually I have been to many different bookshops here in Istanbul and asking everywhere abou the books to learn turkish by myself but they show me so many different things that sometimes I have no idea about what to buy. Some of them comes with cd room but you must buy a excercise book separated.Some books are sequencial from 1 to 7 for example. İf somebody here knows the name of a good colection and can tell me the name of it and where to find I will be very grateful.
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05 Aug 2008 Tue 04:19 pm |
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Quoting Sianibus: Thanks all for the advice! I´ve got Yusuf Mardin´s Colloquial Turkish, which is the one I think you mean. I find it ok, very technical and can safely say that if I hadn´t studied languages before it would make no sense whatsoever. It is quite advanced and presumes you udnerstand linguistic concepts like case and specific terminology. It´s about the right pace for me, but needs more exercises in translation, I find.
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I think they may mean ´Colloquial Turkish, The Complete Course for Beginners´ by Jeroen Aarssen and Ad Backus (who are either Belgian or Dutch - can´t remember which!). I have this book too but it is nowhere near as good as Teach Yourself Turkish (in my opinion anyway )
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05 Aug 2008 Tue 04:35 pm |
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There is a slightly older book "Teach yourself Turkish" by Geoffrey Lewis (Hodder&Stoughton 1989)which I think is very good.
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