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Title: Beginner's Dutch: An Easy Introduction by Gerdi Quist, Lesley Gilbert ISBN: 0844237124 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2
Rating: 1
Summary: Cassette or audio cd should be a must for beginners
Comment: Learning a new language is almost impossible without hearing the pronounciation of the words. The book is good however without the audio material the quality is strongly reduced; especially since it is said to be for "beginners". The book itself indicate that there is a cassette which accompany's it, however this is not the case. I have had it shipped to me twice without receiving the cassette. With the appropriate cd or cassette I would give this book at least 3 stars because it has basic everyday words and sentences.
Rating: 1
Summary: difficult to follow this book
Comment: This book and two cassettes contain a lot of useful information, however it is paced EXTREMELY fast and contains little translation of the Dutch conversations it presents. It is impossible to listen to the tapes while driving and make any sense of it. You must read the book carefully and listen to the tapes a bit at a time...AT HOME!
Rating: 4
Summary: A practical book for the common man
Comment: Gerdi Quist's and Lesley Gilbert's book is an introductory course to a foreign language for someone who doesn't want to spend a lot of money on foreign language classes, has little experience working with foreign languages, has, indeed, little knowledge of their English grammar, and basically wants to get a good working knowledge of Dutch. All the most important grammatical rules are touched upon; however, it could use some more excercises, in my opinion. I would not recommend this book for the scholar or someone who wants to learn Dutch throughly and also quickly, but for the accidental tourist it's adequate. (Though for the latter I would recommend finding a tourist phrase book to go along with Quist's and Gilbert's book, for the sake of a little more thorough treatment of useful phrases.)
The book is decent for the American, but I get the impression that it is designed for the Jolly John Bull. The authors have included a lot of cultural notes interspersed with the basic grammar, along with some comments on such diverse, unlinguistic things as banking, housing, and employment. The phrasing is definitely British, and, Yankee that I am, it's a little annoying. The Dutch speakers on the cassette tapes (also available) are ridiculous to an extent, but maybe it's just the natural sound of the language as I know it to be, a little embellished. I've heard English speakers do the same on English-language tapes.
But for those who don't mind the Anglo-isms, Quist's and Gilbert's book presents the basics of Dutch grammar in a comprehensive manner with a good emphasis on practicality. For its price, (half the cost at Amazon what I paid for it at a bookstore) I certainly consider it well worth expense.
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Title: Dutch-English/English-Dutch Concise Dictionary by Davidovic Mladen ISBN: 0870529102 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Essential Dutch Grammar by Henry R. Stern ISBN: 0486246752 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1984 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Berlitz Dutch Phrase Book (Berlitz Phrase Books) by Berlitz Publishing Company ISBN: 2831571995 Publisher: Berlitz Travel Guide Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Two Hundred and One Dutch Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses by Henry R. Stern, A. Z. Stern ISBN: 0812007387 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: May, 1979 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Teach Yourself Dutch: Complete Audio Cd Program by Gerdi Quist, Dennis Strik ISBN: 0071413863 Publisher: Teach Yourself Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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