Teach Yourself Hindi by Rupert Snell

Teach Yourself Hindi by Rupert Snell

Original Title: Teach Yourself Hindi ISBN: 034086687X ISBN13: 9780340866870 Autor: Rupert Snell/Simon Weightman Rating: 3.2 of 5 stars (2484) counts Original Format: Paperback, 359 pages

Download Format: PDF, FB2, DJVU, iBook. Published: 2003 / by Teach Yourself / (first published 1989) Language: English Genre(s): Humanities >Language- 9 users Cultural >India- 7 users Reference- 6 users Nonfiction- 4 users

Description: From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and userfriendly.Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: -- Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues -- Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises -- Step-by-step guide to pronunciation -- Practical vocabulary -- Regular and irregular verb tables -- Plenty of practice exercises and answers -- Bilingual glossary -- The new editions also feature: -- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout -- Self-assessment quizzes to test progress -- Website suggestions to take language study further

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Rewiews:

Jan 30, 2016 Rawa Muhsin Rated it: it was amazing I started studying this book somewhat seriously around two months ago. I was hoping to finish it quite soon. Since I had this goal in mind as I was progressing through the chapters and not quite revising the previous grammar topics suitably I started to benefit less and less from the later chapters. By the final chapters I would simply skip trying to solve the exercises and simply look at the solutions. I did try to memorize (though lousily) the word list of each chapter as I went ahead. When I r I started studying this book somewhat seriously around two months ago. I was hoping to finish it

quite soon. Since I had this goal in mind as I was progressing through the chapters and not quite revising the previous grammar topics suitably I started to benefit less and less from the later chapters. By the final chapters I would simply skip trying to solve the exercises and simply look at the solutions. I did try to memorize (though lousily) the word list of each chapter as I went ahead. When I reached the end of the book I started memorizing the entire Hindi-English glossary at the end. When I properly finished that I came back to the start of the book and re-studied the dialogues and grammar of each chapter, making sure I understand every grammar topic and making sure I can analyze the grammar of every single expression in each dialogue and example. This second reading was a very fulfilling experience since this time I could actually what was being said and why it was being said like that. I also made a note of the difficult verb mixtures and wrote them down on a paper for my reference. I didn't redo the exercises this time, though, but I plan to redo them iA in the future after my next project. When I finished this I did another review of the Hindi-English glossary. Then I memorized the English-Hindi vocabulary (memorizing one way doesn't mean you know it the other way also). Along the way I would also listen to the Glossaries Alive audio files of Rupert Snell and go with the handouts. I am planning to redo these handouts more seriously in the near future iA. My next step or project for consolidating my basic knowledge of the language is to go with A Door Into Hindi by Afroz Taj: http://taj.chass.ncsu.edu/ It is a very good resource and is cross-linked to TYH, which makes it even better. Perhaps with or after this I might go through the Glossaries Alive handouts more seriously, trying to become comfortable with the various expressions in it. With or after these I can then start to read simple Hindi story or comic books such as the Hindi versions of Amar Chitra Katha. -------------------------To avoid what I had to go through I suggest either you go through this in the form of studying with a friend if available. You can try going more slowly and keeping up with each other, which should ensure that you don't miss points along the way. Another possible suggestion is to first memorize the Hindi-English glossary at the end of the book then start going through the chapters. This may be somewhat difficult in the beginning and may take some time, but it seems to be worth trying. In any case this book is a very good and inclusive introduction to learning the language. 3 likes 5 comments