Colloquial Yiddish : The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquials are now supported by FREE AUDIO available online. All audio tracks referenced within the text are free to stream or download from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio complements the book and will help enhance learners’ listening and speaking skills.

Colloquial Yiddish provides a step-by-step course in Yiddish 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 Yiddish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

This edition features:

• 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
  

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

Lily Kahn is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University Colledge London.