- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Living Language,U.S.; Com/Pap Bl edition (28 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1400019915
- ISBN-13: 978-1400019915
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.4 x 4.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This simple and effective introduction to Croatian teaches everything one needs to speak, understand, read, and write in Croatian. This program assumes no background in the language, and it explains each new concept clearly with plenty of examples, making it ideal for beginners or anyone who wants a thorough review. Living Language Croatian includes: ·A course book and six audio CDs ·Two unique sets of recordings, one for use with the book, and a second for use anywhere to review and reinforce ·Natural dialogues, clear grammar notes, vocabulary building, and key expressions ·Plenty of practice, both written and recorded ·Notes on culture, cuisine, history, geography, and more ·Real life discovery activities and internet resources ·An extensive two-way glossary
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The 14 Lessons presenet the text in the usual high quality of Living Languages, this time even printed on halfway acceptable paper (not the usual thin law quality toilet paper..
Each lesson starts with Warming Up Vocabulary, followed by a conversation/text which is at first presented in Croatian, followed by the complete English translation. A complete chapter
Highly motivating grammar explanations and excercises follwo, plus notes on country and culture and an extra Phrases part per lesson.
I tried to learn Croatian using the Colloquial Croatian and then the Teach Yourself Croatian books but have learned hardly anything even after having worked through both books twice (with lots of highlighting and marking). Then I compared the Teach Yourself Serbian book which is miles better (also by Norris but apparently a completely new edition after Yougoslavia split apart whereas the Teach Yourself Croatian book is simply a reprint under different name of the old Teach Yourself Serbocroatian whith deletions of those parts that are particularly 'Serbian'.
If you want to learn Croatian as a complete beginner but still thouroughly than I cannot recommend highly enough this Living Languaes Croatian course. It follows a very easy to follow didactical concept and - in conjuntion with the 2 sets of 3 CDs - can be used easily outside of class, which is important considering that apart from London Univeristy College London and Westminster University evening classes) and Nottingham (Nottingham University evening courses) there will be hardly any classes held anywhere else in Britain.
Each lesson starts with Warming Up Vocabulary, followed by a conversation/text which is at first presented in Croatian, followed by the complete English translation. A complete chapter
Highly motivating grammar explanations and excercises follwo, plus notes on country and culture and an extra Phrases part per lesson.
I tried to learn Croatian using the Colloquial Croatian and then the Teach Yourself Croatian books but have learned hardly anything even after having worked through both books twice (with lots of highlighting and marking). Then I compared the Teach Yourself Serbian book which is miles better (also by Norris but apparently a completely new edition after Yougoslavia split apart whereas the Teach Yourself Croatian book is simply a reprint under different name of the old Teach Yourself Serbocroatian whith deletions of those parts that are particularly 'Serbian'.
If you want to learn Croatian as a complete beginner but still thouroughly than I cannot recommend highly enough this Living Languaes Croatian course. It follows a very easy to follow didactical concept and - in conjuntion with the 2 sets of 3 CDs - can be used easily outside of class, which is important considering that apart from London Univeristy College London and Westminster University evening classes) and Nottingham (Nottingham University evening courses) there will be hardly any classes held anywhere else in Britain.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Complete courses are difficult to find on Croatian (or Serbian). The course / publication was published in the USA, so there are comparitive references to the USA in the book and CD's - but this represents no problems. A near 400 page course book and two sets of CD's. One set of three to accompany the book and a further set of three for when you 'out and about'. I found the course clear and a welcome addition to some other material that was starting to look / feel quite tired.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Note that I'm only onto lesson number 2, but this course seems pretty thorough. It doesn't just teach you the basics of Croatian (which by the way is pretty difficult), but also talks about the history and croatian customs. Each lesson starts out with a vocabulary warm-up, followed by a short conversation. Then it goes on to more glossaries and spends also quite a few pages of grammatics. This is where it gets difficult as Croatian grammatics are pretty hard. If you're not familiar with words such as feminin, masculin or neuter and infinitive, nominative, accusative etc. then I would not recommend this course. It is a must that you know how to break up sentences, knowing what is a noun and what is a verb etc., in order to be able to follow this part of the lesson (which is quite an important part in learning the language).
Having said that, the book does come with 6 cd's covering all the material (except for the grammatics). These cd's are of great help and enables you to learn how to pronounce the words. Just as the book has at the end of each lesson, also the cd's have a few (interactive) exercises, where it's not just about repeating words, but you have to answers questions and/or make dialog, as you are learning.
All in all I give this course 4 out of 5 stars, only deducting a star due to the fact that it requires for you to be familiar with all the grammar "expressions". It doesn't explain how to pick apart a sentence grammatically. So if you only speak English and this is your first foreign language to learn, this book would not be for you.
Having said that, the book does come with 6 cd's covering all the material (except for the grammatics). These cd's are of great help and enables you to learn how to pronounce the words. Just as the book has at the end of each lesson, also the cd's have a few (interactive) exercises, where it's not just about repeating words, but you have to answers questions and/or make dialog, as you are learning.
All in all I give this course 4 out of 5 stars, only deducting a star due to the fact that it requires for you to be familiar with all the grammar "expressions". It doesn't explain how to pick apart a sentence grammatically. So if you only speak English and this is your first foreign language to learn, this book would not be for you.
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