- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 2nd edition edition (6 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415157544
- ISBN-13: 978-0415157544
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.3 x 5.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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The official language of Poland, Polish is also the main language of communities in the United States, Canada, Ukraine and Brazil. This edition has been completely up-dated to make learning the language easier. The volume is written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use. The course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Polish. No prior knowledge of the language is required. The text is interactive, containing dialogues and exercises for regular practice; concise grammar notes; a vocabulary and pronunciation guide; and answer key and special reference section.
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been learning Polish in an evening class for 2 years now and we've use this book as our class text book all the way through (and still haven't finished it). I started it on my own before I joined the class and found I could keep up with the explanations on my own until about chapter 6, but after that without regular practive from a class, I couldn't keep enough of what had happened before in my head to keep up with the exercises.
Also, the grammar got increasingly complex, and I'm say this from the perspective of someone with a German degree which means that I already understood a lot of the grammar to start with. However, that's not the book's fault - even German grammar is a doddle in comparison to Polish grammar - and at least at the start of the book, the explanations are comprehensive and reasonably easy to understand (I'm not so sure about the end of the book, where it tackles more difficult topics, but then I'm not sure that these topics can be comprehensively explained in less than 20,000 words).
Don't be put off though. The book does it explain it all well, and it's a good extra resource if you are taking a class and/or using other books. It's just not ideal as a single teach-yourself book. But then, I'm not convinced it's humanly possible to teach-yourself Polish from one book though, although a person with steely determination might be able to learn Polish largely based on the book - but be warned, it's going to be an uphill struggle and take longer than you expect from the size of the book. Basically, if you finish (and understand) everything in the book, you'll be fully equipped to converse in mainly correct Polish, but in order to fit all the necessary information in, it tends only to tell you stuff once, rather than offering the sort of practice you need to retain the information.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book a struggle to learn from by myself even though I spoke a little Polish already.
When going through the book with a native speak it was excellent. The topics helped me cover a good range of vocab with real life examples.
I recommend this book for anyone using it as part of a course or who has a Polish speaking friend/tutor to go through with it with them but not as a stand alone book to learn by yourself. There are many other books that explain how to prnounce words clear than can be found here.
There are accompanying tapes which make this book a lot more useful but these are not included and must be ordered separately.
36 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
i have found this book quite good but simply because i am studying it with my girlfriend. i was under the impression that the tapes came with the book but they do not. to actually find this book useful you must either have a native speaker, or a basic knowledge of the language. i don't think it's the book's fault, it's just you'll find it near impossible to learn polish word structure on your own. after starting the book i can honestly say that you should not feel intimidated by the word structure, eg. przypraszam. you will get used to this very quickly with some help. the book is also very good for vocabulary and the topics and very useful. JUST DON'T TRY LEARN POLISH ON YOUR OWN !!!
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The best... so far
I've tried teaching myself Polish several times and it is an impossibly complex language. I have about half a dozen books of this type and this is the one I keep going back to. Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. S. Woodley
Superb
I had previously used the Slovak and Czech titles in the same series, which did give me an advantage over a complete newcomer to Slavic languages, although I really am still a... Read more
Published 16 months ago by James P. Weston
worth the buy
This book was published in 2001 but is still very useful. It is also very helpful to have a Polish speaker at hand when it comes to practicing pronounciation. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Fi
Good structured way to learn Polish
I have given this 4 stars as I haven't yet completed this book but the initial impression is very good. Read more
Published on 20 July 2009 by Mr. J. H. Baker
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OK but not ideal
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