Editorial Reviews
Language Notes
Text: English, Polish --This text refers to an out of print or
unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description:
Weekend in Warsaw? Teach yourself Polish!
With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and
experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek
to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of the
Teach Yourself Language Courses Audiopackages at your own pace or use
them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are
professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most
enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find. Audiopackages
include an instructional paperback book and two companion 60-minute audio
CDs.
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:
- Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar
- Regular and irregular verb tables
- Plenty of practice exercises and answers
- Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary
- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
- An exploration of the culture
- And much more
Product Details
- Audio CD
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (April 21, 2004)
- ISBN: 0071431675
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches
- Average Customer Review:
based on 6 reviews.
Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review:
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Loud
tape hiss on CDs, September 24, 2004
Apparently, when coming out with the new edition, the publisher spent
the money to redesign the graphics of the book, but transferred the
taped material to CD, without going through the very simple step of
cleaning up the audio. The result is CDs that contain loud, annoying
tape hiss. What a stupid move. |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Don't
forget the Tapes !!!, December 18, 2002
This book is well laid out and easy to follow. However, I made a big
mistake and ordered the version without the Audio Tapes. If you are
beginning to learn Polish DONT FORGET THE TAPES!! Without the tapes,
it's easy to become intimidated by the pronunciation, and then become
disheartned, like I did..... :( |
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
 Recommended
if You're Not Easily Overwhelmed, July 6, 2002
Reviewer: A reader
Teach Yourself has been revising its language books lately, and the
improvements have been remarkable. You are now given practical
vocabulary and dialogues with which to learn the language, and the
series is especially good for tourists or business persons intending to
visit the countries where the language is spoken.
Truth be told, however, Polish can be intimidating at first with its
unique orthography and pronunciation. The first unit of Teach Yourself
Polish will definitely be a challenge unless you've had some Polish
before. But, if you're patient, what seems insurmountable at first will
eventually become second nature.
The grammar notes are excellent, introducing points in a logical and
consistent fashion. Certain points are introduced early and developed
more thoroughly later. However, it is sometimes difficult to locate a
point that was covered early in the text without thumbing page-by-page
through the book since it contains NO index. If you order this book, you
should try to obtain the version containing cassettes. Though they are
fairly Spartan (presenting, as it were, only half the dialogues covered
in the text), they are helpful for pronunciation and intonation.
By the way, this book contains twenty units, not eighteen, as the
editorial review indicates. |
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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
 Horrible,
February 27, 2001
Reviewer: A reader
This book is probly the worst Polish book in existance. It includes very
little grammer and has a very confusing format. It's simply bad, bad,
bad, bad. Dont make the same mistake I did. DONT BUY THIS BOOK. |
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Average
book, June 21, 2000
this was the first book for polish that i purchased but not the last.
i got by with the book for a period of time and found it to be a quality
book but nothing special. i guess what sort of slowed my progress is the
fact that from day one they just threw you into the conversations. while
some people might actually like this, it was a pain for me to have to be
checking the word/expression list over and over for every single
expression. i have found other books to be more helpful. |
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
 easy-to-read
modern book on Polish for beginners, January 21, 1999
Reviewer: A reader
This book is clearly written, and easy to understand. Instead of
overwhelming you with huge amounts of grammar to MEMORIZE, it takes a
more conversational approach, and explains cases and conjugations as
they come up. The chapters are short enough and varying. If you haven't
already noticed, there are few decent books on Polish. This is a
beginner course, but I am pleased with it so far. |
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