Czech: A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself Books)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Teach Yourself Publishing, David Short Used from £11.72 Pages: 346 (Paperback) ISBN: 0844237582 Pub: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company Pub date: 1994-05 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1047461

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Assumes a person learns everything at first glance! (0/0 people found this helpful)

I found a simple dictionary that showed how to pronounce each word in English. This book assumes a person learns the pronounciation of words throughout the text by reading the front of the book. The book needs to show the phrases throughout the book so that a person is not always trying to dig back to figure out how to pronounce a word or phrase in English. Czech does not look like at easy language to learn.

Mistakes not corrected (1/1 people found this helpful)

This text, no matter how good, cannot be recommended. There is a huge mistake that exists with the letter: t', it comes off incorrectly printed as: afl. Thus, any occurance of a word which contains the letter t', reads as: afl.
The Czech word: at' will appear as the non­Czech word: afl and the Czech word: vrat' will appear as the non­Czech word: vrafl.
I wrote to the publisher four years ago asking for my money back. They only offered a corrected copy when it would be printed. I've never received one, and, these incorrect texts are on the shelves in book stores worldwide.
Look at pages 205, 208 and 215 for some incorrect words.
Once again, no matter the good and great things in this book, you will learn an embarrassing Czech that does not exist if you use this book. Buyer beware!

The 'must have' for anyone interested in learning Czech. (1/1 people found this helpful)

David Short has put together a wonderful text. Truly comprehensive, it goes far beyond the usual survival guide. Each unit is wonderfully laid out and all information is introduced clearly and at a comfortable pace. The "something extra" section at the end of each unit provides an informative and interesting glimpse into Czech culture and lifestyle. While it is a complete language course, this traveller found the dialogues and exercises perfectly appropriate for someone travelling to the Czech Republic. Pick it up today! (And then hope that Short puts out an intermediate coursebook soon...)

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