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Swahili (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

by Joan Russell (Author)

3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: Teach Yourself Books (15 Jul 1996)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0340620943
ISBN-13: 978-0340620946

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 755,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a complete course in Swahili for beginners, assuming no previous knowledge of the language. It is based on the Council of Europe's guidelines on language learning, and the emphasis is on communication skills. The graded structure of the course includes much exercise material and the book and the cassette are each available separately, or as part of a book/cassette pack.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could be better arranged, 3 Nov 2004

By	Ian Dudley (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swahili (Teach Yourself Languages) Accompanies Book (Audio CD)

Overall, this is a very good book. It does give pretty comprehensive coverage of the language, and by the time you have completed it, you will have a real grounding in it. I do however partially agree with the previous reviewer that it could be better arranged - more elementary material could be included at the beginning of the book. The latest edition has attempted to address this problem by including a kind of 'phrase book' chapter at the end of the book, thus giving a potted guide to everyday phrases. But really, the book should be slightly reworked to introduce this kind of material earlier on - then the 'phrase book' section would not be necessary.

But it's still a very useful book for learning about Swahili. I started as a beginner, and its given me a real appetite to take the language further.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Worst language textbook I have ever seen or used, 18 Oct 2002

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I bought this book before going to Tanzania to do 9 months' voluntary work. This is going to sound harsh, but having previously studied four foreign languages I have to say that this is the worst textbook for a foreign language I have ever used.

Swahili is one of the easiest languages in the world to learn, but I found this book was set out in an illogical fashion with relatively uncommon grammar points at the front and everyday useful stuff hidden in the depths. In terms of developing communicative competence for common situations you might meet on first arrival in Tanzania, which is likely to be a priority for many people who start studying Swahili, this book is a very poor choice. I would instead recommend Peter Wilson's "Simplified Swahili" as an excellent, well set out and easy-to-learn from beginner's book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An easy to follow comprehensive guide to Swahili, 5 Jun 2002

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I bought this book to try and learn Swahili more as a hobby than anything else and found it to be very useful. It is easy to follow and has exercises at the end of the chapters to help you see if you have understood the material covered. The only small thing I would point out is that the vocabulary in the converstions is often not included in the vocabulary boxes until the end, so it would perhaps help to read the vocabulary boxes first before attempting the conversations as you may feel a bit lost otherwise. If you seriously need to learn Swahili, I would think you would be better off using the tape as well, as it is difficult to learn pronuniation from a book. And the obvious disadvantage to learning a language from a book is that you might teach yourself bad habits. However I think this is unavoidable in teaching yourself a language. If you don't already speak more than one language and aren't used to learning another one, the book might seem daunting at first, but I think with perseverence it would provide a very reasonable basis to learning a language if nothing else.

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