Colloquial Turkish provides a step-by-step course in Turkish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Turkish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

* progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

* structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

* an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

* realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

* useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

* additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Turkish will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Turkish.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

About the Author
Ad Backus is a researcher at the Department of Linguistics, Tilburg University. Jeroen Aarssen is a researcher at the Centre for Studies of Multilingualism, Tilburg University.

Reviews

' - Colloquial Turkish is a very useful course which will initiate any speaker of English to this language of many suffixes ... it is a good, sound, easy-to-follow course for any beginner.'

'If you want to get to grips further with any of the [European] languages, Routledge's Colloquial series is the best place you could start.' Rough Guide to Europe

Book Information
ISBN 9781138950214
Author Jeroen Aarssen
Format Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 446g