Ordered this book at the request of the teacher of the ASL class at our Church - It is very helpful in teaching the words and giving you exercises at the end of each chapter. To fully...
The only reason I purchased this book was it was required for the course ASL I I was taking at a local college. The instruction is not in depth at all and does not explain anything at all. All the...
I ordered this book for the class I was taking. I like the spiral binding as it makes it easier to work with. However I don't think it is all that well-organized. It would be better if all the...
There are three things that I find valuable about this product. First, the tapes give you an opportunity to hear real Russian spoken by four different narrators. This is a great way to get used...
I agree with reviewer from Michigan. My objective was to learn a little Russian in three weeks to speak with some visitors from Russia. It is not much help. The tapes have no English speaking...
I have to agree with the majority of reviewers here. The book leaves a lot to be desired. I don't have a problem with the concept and structure of the book, but I do have a problem with the...
I can only agree with most other reviewers here, the book is awful. In recent years, the Teach Yourself series has expanded and published courses in many new languages. That's great... were it not...
I have lived with a hearing impairment all my life and it just progressed to a profound loss this week. Now that I am deaf, I finally decided to learn sign language. Imagine my shock and dismay...
Very good and inexpensive dictionary for a beginner-intermediate who wants to expand their vocabulary - many definitions are shown in their common usage in phrases which I appreciate.
No didactical at all, very boring, bunch of words grouped together in lessons pronounced in good french though, very little conversation, not what I expected. Wouldn't recommend it!
I bought this french lesson kit 3 years ago, before a trip to France. I didnt know any french whatsoever, never had a class, watched a movie, nothing. Thinking back, I think the package said...
I am constantly searching for new materials to advance my Italian and I was not disappointed with this set. After just three weeks of listening and reviewing the materials I feel that I have...
I considered myself an intermediate to advanced speaker. Maybe I am only an intermediate speaker. The audio CD's phrases are too long, and the time provided to repeat is too short. The CD cover...
Definately for the advanced speaker, this program is best when the book is used along with the tapes. The accents are easy to understand and a good variety of topics (shopping, travel, computers,...
A little difficult for anyone who has never seen the language before. I'm in a Hebrew class, which helps out a lot, but I wouldn't have understood much if I were studying by myself. Each chapter...
This book is definitely not aimed at beginning Hebrew. Not only does the author assume the reader is familiar with the Hebrew alphabet, but also alreadty knows many works (well over 100). The...
This book is so unfriendly my professor suggested we sell the book back on the first day of class because she said we'd learn more from using journal articles as opposed to fighting through this...
From page 1 of the introduction, Teach Yourself Swedish claims to be for absolute beginners, however I would disagree. There is nothing wrong with fast pace dialogs once you already have the basics...
If you are already bilingual or an advanced language learner
This book is excellent for people who already speak German or another similar second language. If you're new to learning languages, you might prefer something else. I really like this book and CD...
this book as seen in other reviews moves really fast and would only be reccomended as a supplement to other (slower) courses. there is no spoken section that focuses on how to pronounce the 3 new...
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What is there to say about Ferdinand de Saussure's most important work that I could possibly say in a short Amazon review? This is a foundational work of incredible importance. If you're looking at...
The book does not contain answers to its problem sets, which I don't find very helpful. Also, the grammar rules are often not very thoroughly explained.
I'm about 1/3 done with this book & CD set. I've been taking French for years and I minored in it college. I used to be good, but 3, 4 years of never speaking or reading it really set me back and...
The "lessons" in this package are simply lists of words and phrases. Some of these words are in boldface, the CDs contain those words - nothing more - nothing less.
This is definitely the greatest purchase I've ever made online! I've been listening to "Drive Time Italian" for about 3 weeks now and I can already carry descent conversations with my boyfriend's...
My first impression of 'Drive Time Italian' was mixed. I enjoyed the pace of the native speakers on CD1 but I found the honking horns which divided the lessons to be very distracting. In fact, I...
A great idea to study and practice while driving. One big problem though, the actual physical CD is more thin than average. It skips in my CD player in the car. I don't have this problem with any...
Definitely great for people on the go or who just don't have time at home to devote to learning Spanish or taking a class. It can get a little fast sometimes and tends to throw a LOT of...
Spend the extra for Behind the Wheel Spanish or Learn in Your Car Spanish
I bought this course along with the Learn in Your Car course about 1.5 years after buying Behind the Wheel Spanish I and II. I have a couple hundred hours of Behind the Wheel Spanish behind me and...
The Difference Between Drive Time and Behind the Wheel
The difference between Drive Time and Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CDs Behind the Wheel - Spanish 1 (Behind the Wheel) is the difference between 'dia'and 'noche'. Behind the Wheel is the 'day'...
This text stands almost alone among those available purporting to teach Modern Standard Arabic, because the authors (two longtime Arabic teachers)actually went to considerable pains to craft a...
Learning Arabic on your own is a struggle. Your struggle is harder if textbooks are below standard. Admittedly, the author put a lot of effort into the book but efforts alone don't make this...
I bought this book shortly after starting to self-study Arabic using Rosetta Stone software. What I was hoping to find was a well written, useful book the basics of spoken Arabic with effective...
Excellent if you are prepared to put the effort in.
Teach Yourself Hindi is an excellent value book that covers the most common aspects of Hindi grammar. Being only a relatively small book it does not go into great detail and moves at a fast pace....
Adequate book if you're willing to invest the time
Of the few books that are available to anyone who is interested in learning Hindi on their own, this is probably one of the better books on the market. Though there are things that I like about...
I came to this book from a slightly different point of view than some of the other reviewers, since I studied Mandarin for four years in college (mostly using the admirable and still very...
Being an American student of Mandarin Chinese I found this book not as linguistically clear as the elementary book of Chinese by the same authors. The exercises are evident, but the dialogues need...
After reading several of the reviews, I purchased this product. I should have read more reviews. There is NO correlation between the text and the CD's. I would have preferred to learn from a class...
First off: Most of these bad reviews are coming from tourists who really only need to learn a couple of phrases like, "where is the shopping center?" and "will you take my picture?" This program is...
We will be spending one week in Prague this fall, so thought it would be helpful to know some basics of the language. This product is way over-kill for our purposes, although it might be good for...
While I believe the lessons would eventually teach Czech well, they seemed to be designed for someone sitting down at a desk and repeatedly replaying the CD's while following along the written...
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