- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself Books; New Ed edition (1 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340860294
- ISBN-13: 978-0340860298
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #20 in Books > Languages > Grammar, dictionaries & phrasebooks > Bengali
- #21 in Books > Languages > By Language > Other Asian Languages > Bengali
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Book Description
Teach Yourself Bengali is the course for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding. speaking and writing Bengali with confidence.
About the Author
William Radice is Senior Lecturer in Bengali at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has pursued a double career as a poet and as a scholar and translator of Bengali, and has written or edited more than twenty-five books. He has given numerous lectures and poetry readings in Britain and overseas, and has been awarded literary prizes in India and Bangladesh. For the last three years he has written a fortnightly column for the Statesman newspaper in India, and has been a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2's early morning 'Pause for Thought'.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book, Useless CD,
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Bengali (Teach Yourself Complete Courses) (Paperback)
The actual book is very useful and well worth the money, the CD is useful is you are learning the language from scratch and need to know how to pronounce the words, but if like me, you just wanna learn how to read and write bengali, the CD is kinda useless and definetly over-priced.
But overall this book is excellent for people wanting to learn bengali
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3.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
not bad, considering the options...,
By Rachel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bengali (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)
This is meant for those who really want to learn the language as opposed needing a few phrases on their round-the-world trip. It's particularly strong at the beginning as it walks you through the process of learning the Bengali script. A good tool to coach you into genuinely 'reading' the Bengali script rather than always trying to think in the English equivalent. I wanted to learn Bengali because I'm married to a Bengali and I wanted to communicate with my in-laws. After studying the book, I was ready to start really trying to pick up words while I was in Calcutta. The problem was, I only got about halfway through the book before it seemed to accelarate too quickly without offering enough to help build my vocab. Translating Tagore by the end of the book? Ummm...yeah, I think that's a bit unrealistic. I learned most of my vocabulary from the Lonely Planet Bengali phrasebook and from talking to my in-law's maid. Considering there aren't many options, it's probably the best place to start, but at the very least you'll need a good Bengali-English dictionary to accompany it...and I have yet to find a good one of those that's geared for English speakers.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Could be of use,
By shock - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bengali (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)
This book could be of use. If you are a teacher and have little creativity, this book can help you structure a course. However, it is of note that the book reflects a particular muslim region by the way the phrases are presented. Better than others, but not the best for me.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Difficult,
By C. McPherrin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bengali (Teach Yourself Books) (Paperback)
I think this book has potential to be a great help in learning the language. But, if you're like me, someone who is trying to learn alone, it might be too advanced. The vocab section helps, but the book moves too quickly in the written form of the language.
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