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Turkish Phase 1, Unit 11-15
Learn to Speak and Understand Turkish with Pimsleur Language Programs
This Edition: MP3
Lessons: 5
ISBN: 9781442323957
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Includes 5 lessons (150 minutes) as MP3 download
Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program. Turkish Phase 1, Units 11-15 build on material taught in prior units. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Turkish.
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- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
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- Just for fun
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Turkish Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I'm studying Turkish in advance of a 2-week visit. There can't be any easier or more effective way to get more out of a trip to another country than spending only 30 minutes a day learning a bit about the language. Pimsleur is perfect for that. Will you be fluent after a month of study? Of course not. Will you be able to answer simple questions about yourself, order in a restaurant, shop in a market, and all around impress the heck out of everyone you meet? Oh yeah! The only "not so great" thing is that you must ignore the instruction not to take notes once you get beyond, say, lesson 15. After that, the only way to really understand and internalize the grammar and vocabulary is to start writing it down. This is a special challenge in Turkish because the alphabet is different, and the sound of the word does not really tell you how to spell it (unless you are pretty familiar with the alphabet already). Don't get frustrated!
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I think I read that there is a PDF provided at the conclusion of the course with some notes on the language. If so, that material might be best provided a bit earlier, maybe at lesson 20? I am now on lesson 22 and the family relationships, and noun and verb endings are getting to be overwhelming. Not difficult, but just overwhelming. If I had notes on those endings it would be much easier to keep track of them.
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- Easy to use
- Portable
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Best Uses
- Travel
Comments about Turkish Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
The words seem useful (I'm headed to Turkey in September), and I can do the lessons in the car (though when traffic is heavy, I turn it off so I can focus on driving).
My main problem is that it takes me three-four times before I feel I have learned the lesson, and even then I forget things.
Pros
- Easy to use
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
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- Expensive
- Too Fast
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Comments about Turkish Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I have been trying to learn Turkish for about 6 years now. I've tried numerous programs but was never successful until I stumbled upon a Pimsler series at my local library. After going through the first 10 disks I had retained more than through any program I had used previously, so I went online and purchased the rest.
Each lesson is 30 minutes and my commute home from work is 40, so it's a perfect way to make time spent in traffic productive.
I could not be happier with the Pimsler language program. I've never tried anything that worked this well to really make what you learn stick long term.
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Merchant response: A Reading Program is included at the end of the course, which will introduce you to the Turkish alphabet. It can be done either at the end or integrated with the units, starting around Unit 11.