- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself Books (Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340870869
- ISBN-13: 978-0340870860
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.6 x 5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,317,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This course in Panjabi has been designed for the absolute beginner who may or may not have studied the language before. The course should be useful to people who want to learn Panjabi in order to speak with their Panjabi friends and relatives, to communicate with Panjabi communitites in relation to their work, to learn about aspects of Panjabi culture and society or to travel to the Panjab itself. The course should also be useful to those who already know a little Panjabi but who may not have the confidence to speak, or to those who are fluent but need to learn to read and write the Gurmukhi script. The course is divided into two parts. The first part (units 1-10) is specifically designed for those who want to learn the basics of grammar and vocabulary in order to be able to communicate in a simple manner and to read and write simple sentences. The second part (units 11-16) aims to help you expand your knowledge of spoken Panjabi further and become proficient in the Gurmukhi script. Overall, the course introduces you to a wide range of vocabulary and covers the basic grammar of Panjabi. By the end of the course, you should be able to understand the spoken language to communicate in Panjabi in a number of everyday situations and also have a level of understanding of the written language to begin to read newspapers and write letters. The accompanying double cassette provides approximately 80 minutes of listening material.
About the Author
Surjit Singh Kalra is founder and director of the Panjabi Language Development Board in the UK. He retired in 1992 as Head of the Community Language Service for Birmingham Education Authority. Navtej Kaur Purewal is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Manchester. She teaches Development and South Asian Studies. Sue Tyson-Ward was formerly Subject Officer for Community Language examinations at Cambridge Examinations Board and is now a language consultant and teacher in adult education.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not easy to use, difficult to navigate between book and cas',
By lesross@lineone.net (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Teach Yourself Panjabi [Book and Cassette] (Audio Cassette)
The combination of book and cassette does not work in this case. It is very difficult to match your place in the book, and the cassette. The book in the first chapter tries to explain too much and does build step by step, but just throws the information at you at fast rate. I was disappointed with the cassette, I was hoping to use it in the car. The cassette can not be used with out the book, and does not lend itself for learning conversation. An example of this is when you are introduced to the numbers up to 20, you are told the numbers once, there isn't a pause after the numbers so you do not have time to repeat them. Then you are straight on to another subject. All 20 numbers are said in about 20 seconds.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
not that easy,
This review is from: Panjabi (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)
The book is certainly comprehensive, and perhaps that is the problem - it was too much with the tapes not being linked very well with the text, and far too much emphasis on written panjabi, with later lessons being written in the panjabi script; and for someone just wishing to get a basic grasp of the language is far too complicated.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not very good,
By jana hanson (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Teach Yourself Panjabi (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)
It looks like this course was initially written by someone who knows the language and then reworked by someone who does not. It is not consistent, there are overlaps, and contradictions. It is very difficult to follow and has left me with too many unanswered questions. I am now using another book, actually two other courses. I would not recommend this course to anyone.
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