- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; Pap/Cas/Co edition (15 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 041520674X
- ISBN-13: 978-0415206747
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,302,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An introduction to the modern language as spoken in South Africa and Namibia. Written by an experienced teacher of the language, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Afrikaans. No previous knowledge of the language is required. Designed for both independent study and class use, it provides: exercises with full answer key; concise grammar notes; and Afrikaans-English and English-Afrikaans glossaries. By the end of the course the reader should be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Afrikaans on a broad range of everyday topics. Two 60-minute cassettes accompany "Colloquial Afrikaans". Recorded by native speakers, they should help perfect pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.
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Bruce Donaldson is Associate Professor and Reader in Dutch and German at the University of Melbourne. He is author of the best-selling Colloquial Dutch.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I m sorry to go against the flow here, BUT I must say that I simply find that course in Afrikaans absolutely excellent .
Yes indeed, I did buy the book and the CDs together, as they are a must have to be able to tackes the sounds of Afrikaans.
Afrikaans is NOT a difficult language.. It is a tricky one though, especially if you do already speak Dutch . The tendency to pronounce Afrikaans like you would pronounce Dutch is very tempting.. and alas, totally wrong.
That is why, if you intend to buy this course, or the good Teach Yourself Afrikaans by Lydia McDermott.. make sure you do buy the complete package, and not the book only, or you will trigger some good laughs among your afrikaners friends when you ll try to speak the lingo.
This course is well written, easy to follow and does give you enough knowledge at the end to be able to enjoy your times in South Africa and use your afrikaans. Also, something I want to say, Afrikaners are very friendly and will be more than willing to help you learning their language.. Reading the book in the tube and on the plane while flying to Capetown did trigger some amazing friendly helps from native afrikaans speakers.
A great book and a very user friendly course.
Yes indeed, I did buy the book and the CDs together, as they are a must have to be able to tackes the sounds of Afrikaans.
Afrikaans is NOT a difficult language.. It is a tricky one though, especially if you do already speak Dutch . The tendency to pronounce Afrikaans like you would pronounce Dutch is very tempting.. and alas, totally wrong.
That is why, if you intend to buy this course, or the good Teach Yourself Afrikaans by Lydia McDermott.. make sure you do buy the complete package, and not the book only, or you will trigger some good laughs among your afrikaners friends when you ll try to speak the lingo.
This course is well written, easy to follow and does give you enough knowledge at the end to be able to enjoy your times in South Africa and use your afrikaans. Also, something I want to say, Afrikaners are very friendly and will be more than willing to help you learning their language.. Reading the book in the tube and on the plane while flying to Capetown did trigger some amazing friendly helps from native afrikaans speakers.
A great book and a very user friendly course.
Format:Paperback
Provided you have both the book and the tapes/CDs, this is a very good course. The author has written the standard grammar-description of Afrikaans in English so knows his subject (and how to teach it) well and shares this knowledge in a practical form in this textbook. As the series title suggests, many comments alert the reader to differences between the colloquial and a more bookish form of the language. The voices on the tapes speak slowly enough to allow easy understanding and immitation. There is a key to the exercises as well as a very brief grammar summary, an Afrikaans-English glossary, an English-Afrikaans glossary, and an index. My only disappointment is that the book does not make use of the International Phonetic Alphabet when describing Afrikaans sounds but relies on the "sounds like English X but with lips rounded" method.
17 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The recordings has very little direct english translation - you know you are learning different greeting variations but there is no individual translation to allow you to differentiate between each in english
The book is the same, loads of conversations in africaans, with a translation for one variation of the conversation but no translation for the rest so you have no idea what the difference is.
Unless you already know the basics of the language, forget this course
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Inadequate
After all the rave reviews for this course, I hate to rain on the parade. However, I feel that some crucial parts are missing from the other reviews. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by Gwilym
Rubbish if you're a complete novice!!
I found this not very useful at all. Phrases on the tapes would have helped my pronunciation if they had us some 'phenetics' to help...
Published on 23 April 2002
very good
i found that this was very good but i only managed to learn properley once i had the book as well as the tapes, the tapes only give limited learning without the book
Published on 7 Nov 2001
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