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Teach Yourself Polish with CD (Audio) (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)) [Paperback]

Nigel Gotteri (Author), Joanna Michalak-Gray (Author)
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Publication Date: April 2004 | Series: Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill)
You can use Teach Yourself Polish Complete Course to learn at your own pace or as a supplement to your classwork. This complete course utilizes the very latest learning methods in an enjoyable and user-friendly format.

The new edition also features:

  • Engaging visual materials such as menus, photographs, signs, and tickets
  • Two CD recordings allowing quick and easy access to individual lessons and exercises
  • A clear, accessible new page design
  • Strong, striking cover photography

Product details

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Teach Yourself; 3 Com/Pap edition (April 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071431675
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071431675
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.3 x 4.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,212,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

Nigel Gotteri

has taught Polish at the university level since 1973^

Joanna Gray

is an experienced tutor of Polish to adult language learners.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars An incredibly unhelpful book 27 Dec 2009
By Ms. J. A. Wajdner
Polish is a really complex language, and I got this book to be able to converse properly with my relatives. Although many other books are about memorising words which are wholly unimportant, this is actually no better for it's conversational take. The idea would work well if there was sufficient audio material on the cd to help.

Pronunciation of Polish words is a major obstacle to tackle, and the half-page guide at the front is really no help. When it comes to a rare section that is on the cd, you play the woefully short track only to discover a word you thought would be pronounced one way is pronounced entirely differently. Esentially since I need to speak Polish and not write it just yet, this guide only confused and confounded me more and just got shelved.
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1.0 out of 5 stars NOT FOR BEGINNERS!! 14 April 2006
By Robert Paden - Published on Amazon.com
As a language instructor of English and French(MA in TESOL) I found this book to be problematic. There are not enough listening and vocabulary activities on the c.d. As a total novice in Polish I need a lot more chances to hear the pronunciation. Each chapter gives you a very brief dialogue and doesn't even review the pronunciations of the lists of new phrases and words from the book. Then, in the chapter review they include new words and phrases not yet introduced!! Hello? How can you review something not yet introduced? My fiancee is Polish and I will be going to live and work there next year. If anyone can recommend a decent polish workbook with grammar for beginners I would really love to hear about it!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible AND a RipOff 5 May 2006
By k - Published on Amazon.com
I bought this yesterday the local bookstore. The packaging on the outside reads "Includes Two 60-minute CDs". CD #1 contains 48 minutes of audio and CD #2 contains another 22 minutes. That comes out to 1 hour and 10 minutes...NOT the 2-hours proclaimed on the packaging! Very misleading.

On top of that, this book/CD set jumps into the language as if you know some of it already. Little discussion/explaination of the nuances of the Polish language. It jumps into dialogue immediately with very fast speakers (instead of slowly exploring the pronunciation in depth) and I missed several consonant sounds. The alphabet was glossed over so quickly that I had to hit "rewind" on the CD player every 10 seconds. Bad investment. I'm taking it back and hope I can exchange it for a better program!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Learning Polish is a daunting task 28 Mar 2005
By Lucy Easter - Published on Amazon.com
Any way you look at it, to a complete novice, learning Polish is difficult. The book seems fairly well-laid out, but there is just not enough Polish on the cds to be helpful. Each lesson is approximately four minutes long. The dialogue goes by too fast to be comprehended and it seems that there is more English on them than Polish. That is annoying when I have to keep replaying the lessons.
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