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Designed with busy people in mind, PDQ is an effective way to learn essential and practical Greek. Native speakers take the listener to Greece to learn the essential Greek he or she needs to get by. Topics covered include: meeting people for the first time; asking a question; ordering food and drink; starting a conversation; getting to know someone; talking about your family and friends; finding your way around and asking directions; talking about your home and where you live; hiring a car; and sightseeing. The recordings are bilingual so the learner can study simply by listening to the lessons. The book offers helpful backup and extra practice.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Bob
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The strength of this beginning Greek course is in the four audio CDs which can almost be used as a stand alone course for learning while driving the car. They are clearly spoken, interesting, and move the course along at a good pace. Key points are repeated to assist learning, and there are a variety of spoken exercises to assist memorising the vocabulary. The 64 page book which comes with the CDs is colourful with many photographs and breakout sections, but it is not well organised for language learning and can be difficult to follow. It has the text of the main dialogues and vocabulary in Greek and English and some token exercises.
The are two main problems with this course. One is the choice of vocabulary. Linguaphone claim the course teaches 500 words, though there are just over 300 in the vocabulary at the end of the book. The vocabulary is not well adapted to the needs of some-one visiting Greece, it is more a general introduction to the language. The second is the hit and miss approach to the grammar or the patterns of the language. Greek is an inflected language (i.e the endings of nouns and adjectives change according to their role in the sentence) but the changes are rarely explained in this course, which means that it is difficult to move beyond the phrases and sentences presented because you don't understand how to use the words you have learned in different contexts. Obviously in a short course such as this it is not possible to deal with the grammatical complexities of the language in any detail, but even so this is a serious weakness of the course. I hadn't got past Unit 2 before I went out and bought "Essential Modern Greek Grammar" (Douglas Adams, Dover, recommended) so that I could understand how the language worked.... Read more ›
The are two main problems with this course. One is the choice of vocabulary. Linguaphone claim the course teaches 500 words, though there are just over 300 in the vocabulary at the end of the book. The vocabulary is not well adapted to the needs of some-one visiting Greece, it is more a general introduction to the language. The second is the hit and miss approach to the grammar or the patterns of the language. Greek is an inflected language (i.e the endings of nouns and adjectives change according to their role in the sentence) but the changes are rarely explained in this course, which means that it is difficult to move beyond the phrases and sentences presented because you don't understand how to use the words you have learned in different contexts. Obviously in a short course such as this it is not possible to deal with the grammatical complexities of the language in any detail, but even so this is a serious weakness of the course. I hadn't got past Unit 2 before I went out and bought "Essential Modern Greek Grammar" (Douglas Adams, Dover, recommended) so that I could understand how the language worked.... Read more ›
41 of 45 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
...This course is good and ideal for the car. I struggled at times but feel prepared for Halki now. My personal reservation is that a greater emphasis on food/wine and shopping would be better. The course aimed to strike a difficult balance between business travellers and tourists. I personally have no interest in learning about the Greek for Trade Fair Centre or Athens University. All in all, and considering the price, I was satisfied.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Walnut Baby
This is a good little starter pack for Greek, the CD's are very good and there is lots of practice. It is really quick to get through too - I felt that I was making progress very quickly.
The units build up and use elements from previous units, and the sections on the CD are well broken up so that you can quickly get back to the start of a topic and go over it again.
I'd have liked more on the definate article and which goes with what word, they are in the course but it wasn't as clear as I would have liked and a better section on pronunciation would have been good, particularly for some of the letter combinations that are out of the oridinary.
Some of the subject matter is a little strange, but overall a good introduction to greek.
The units build up and use elements from previous units, and the sections on the CD are well broken up so that you can quickly get back to the start of a topic and go over it again.
I'd have liked more on the definate article and which goes with what word, they are in the course but it wasn't as clear as I would have liked and a better section on pronunciation would have been good, particularly for some of the letter combinations that are out of the oridinary.
Some of the subject matter is a little strange, but overall a good introduction to greek.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By CYMRO
It may well be that this will come back into relevance if the Euro is no longer the Currency. It is 1999 vintage and is therefore a rather Venerable Item. Update needed!!
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