- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (26 Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 041511540X
- ISBN-13: 978-0415115407
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Colloquial Slovak is easy to use and is specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use. The course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Slovak. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Slovak your best choice in personal language learning?
- interactive – lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
- clear – concise grammar notes
- practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
- complete – including answer key and special reference section
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cau! Being engaged to a Slovak national, here in the UK and wanting to learn her language for the many trips we'll be making over there (the country is beautiful by the way, a lost paradise in industrial Europe). I decided to pick a book at random for a back-up to the lessons she is giving me. I chose Colloquial and am extremely glad I did. The main stumbling block for me when it comes to languages is understanding the gramma and pronunciation. These are introduced easily and logically & along with the useful phrases and a well set learning curve contribute to an excellent beginners guide to the language. It is pretty up-to-date (according to my missus) although one or to phrases it gives as common are apparently hardly ever used these days. Still a minor flaw and forgivable when the work is so well presented. I would recommend that any buyer purchases the audio tapes that go with this manual if no other source of spoken Slovak is available. This is by no means a complete guide to speaking the language but further purchases of a recent large dictionary and a more in depth gramma guide will certainly make the Slovak language an understandable and enjoyable experience. Do Videnia!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have numerous Slovak language learning books. Most of them, especially those published in Slovakia, appear to be be aimed at classroonm use. Colloquial Slovak is the best I have come across for self-study.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am very interested in the culture and languages of european (especially eastern european) countries. For 12 years I have been taking part in international folk dance festivals all around europe, as a violin player, and in these festivals I meet people from all over the world and learn about their cultures and lives. This year I met a Slovakian group and had many good friends. They thought me a little Slovak and I liked it very much. When I turned back to Cyprus, I decided to buy a book and improve my Slovak. Of course, as usual, I searched from Amazon.com and found this perfect book. This book starts with the pronunciation and explains in detail, how to pronounce vowels and consonants. The accompanying cassettes are also very good in this sense. The following chapters teach you the Slovak grammar step by step, in a very logically designed order of topics. When you finish this book, you not only learn the Slovak grammar and many Slovak words, but also be able to speak with slovak people, as the name of the book, "Colloquial Slovak" also implies. I am very happy to have added one more language to my list and I really recommend this book to anybody who wants to learn Slovak in very short time...
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slovak language
the problem with this cd is that the slovak language is spoken very fast and the english spoken slowly.. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ann Grealis
very useful for beginners!!
easy to follow and well explained. lots of exercises to practise and useful vocabulary. would recomend to buy the cd as well so you can learn the pronunciation more easily.
Published 5 months ago by ladybird
Good book
Before i start, i lived in SLovakia for a year and half and went to a language school there some 12 years ago (i was never fluent!). I bought this book to try and catchup. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jayroc2k
Innaccurate description...unpleasant surprise
I was looking for a quick introduction to get started into the Slovak language, thought this might be a super bargain. Read more
Published 16 months ago by more power
ok/good
My Slovak girlfriend tells me-they talk funny in these cassettes-still good if u will be talking with your own accent though-good for basics
Published 19 months ago by Kay
Colloquial Slovak
Bought for my son, based on his judgement, it was very good and assisted better use and development of the language.
Published 20 months ago by B. Wilson
The best I've found so far
This is by far the best book and CD collection that I have found for teaching yourself Slovak. Although the progression is quite fast everything is clearly explained with enough... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by Eric
Colloquial Slovak for beginners?
This is an incredibly difficult CD to follow - very little explanation of the dialogue, the conversation is fast and difficult to follow! Impossible to follow without text. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2009 by The Wanderer
Might not be suitable for the very beginners!
Some time ago I made another comment about this book and I gave 5 stars to it, but now I feel that there are also some drawbacks that have to be mentioned:
I knew some Slovak... Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2001 by Ahmet Akarsu
the best to start learn slovak
It's an interesting book for people interested in visit Slovak Republic. Very easy to understand and also for people without a large knowledgement of english. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 1999
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