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Title: Colloquial Polish: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) by Boleslaw W. Mazur, B. W. Mazur ISBN: 0-415-15754-4 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A confusing way to learn a language
Comment: This book is ok if you're a tourist wanting to learn some quick phrases or if you have a prior knowledge of the polish language, but if you actually want to learn and understand the language then this book is not for you. It starts off with a dialogue, but they don't tell you the meaning of any of the words. It tells you a phrase and has it's english equivalent, it may be used the same way but if you look up the words in a dictionary, not a single word is the same as in the english equivalent. I like to be told what it really means. Plus the layout of the book is confusing and takes some getting used to. Overall this book was not worth the money.
Rating: 5
Summary: totally awesome
Comment: I've been learning Polish for almost two years, but most of the courses I've gone through have been keeping the vocabulary and grammar below the intermediate level and not going beyond that point. Of all the courses I've gotten so far, this is the absolute best. It keeps the language at a level of simplicity that almost everybody who uses it will be able to understand. If you have a sufficient knowledge of how Polish pronunciation works, you might be able to use just the book only. If you don't know the sounds of Polish or are unsure about certain sounds, I'd recommend getting the cassettes that accompany the textbook. (I already had some cassettes for Polish when I bought this course, and I also have a Polish friend who helps me with speaking the language, so I didn't buy the cassettes and can't tell you about their content.) The pronunciation, though at times difficult to enunciate clearly and often frustrating to those who aren't used to the frequent combinations of consonants, is mercifully straightforward and has few exceptions. Once you know how Polish pronunciation works, you can read Polish right off a page. The books details the common exceptions (very few words are read differently than they're spelt orthographically. One tense has a switch of stress, from the penultimate to the antepenultimate), and the grammar is explained clearly. It speaks from a "native-English" point of view so that all native speakers of English can relate the information through the idioms and logic they naturally use. Overall, this is the best book you can buy for learning how to both write and speak Polish. Speaking what you read or hear is the absolute best way to keep your knowledge fresh in your memory. Langenscheidt offers an awesome dictionary which can be used to further your Polish after completing the course. With this dictionary and the course, you should be able to converse with Poles is a short time.
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Title: Berlitz Polish Phrase Book (Berlitz Phrase Books) by Berlitz Publishing ISBN: 2831571979 Publisher: Berlitz Travel Guide Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: 301 Polish Verbs by Klara Janecki ISBN: 0764110209 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Pimsleur Polish by Pimsleur ISBN: 0743533666 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Audio) Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $115.00 |
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Title: Polish: An Essential Grammar by Dana Bielec ISBN: 0415164060 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars) by Dana Bielec, Dana Bielec ISBN: 0415224373 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 14 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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