Colloquial Turkish: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

Backus, Ad; Aarssen, Jeroen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415157463 ISBN 13: 9780415157469

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

Colloquial Turkish provides a step-by-step course in Turkish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Turkish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

· progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

· structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

· an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

· realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

· useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

· additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Turkish will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Turkish.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, eBook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-15746-9 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs: 978-0-415-30494-8

eBook: 978-0-203-97732-3 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

MP3s: 978-0-415-47047-6 (available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

Pack : 978-0-415-42703-6 (paperback and CDs)

About this title

About the Author

Ad Backus is a researcher at the Department of Linguistics, Tilburg University. Jeroen Aarssen is a researcher at the Centre for Studies of Multilingualism, Tilburg University.

Review

‘If you want to get to grips further with any of the [European] languages, Routledge’s Colloquial series is the best place you could start.’ Rough Guide to Europe

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415157463
• ISBN 13: 9780415157469
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352