Get Started in Hindi Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support) (Teach Yourself Language)
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Do you want a solid foundation to your Hindi studies? If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Hindi in no time. Through authentic conversations, clear language presentations, and extensive practice and review, you will learn the Hindi you need to communicate naturally in everyday situations - from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family. What will I learn? Basic Hindi is slowly and carefully introduced to ensure you progress confidently through the course and build up a foundation to allow you to feel confident in everyday situations and move to the next level of your learning. It teaches grammar, vocabulary and listening, reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation skills. By the end of the course you will reach a solid Novice High proficiency level of ACTFL (The American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and A2 Beginner level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines. Is this course for me? Get Started in Hindi is for absolute and false beginners of Hindi. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Hindi. There are extensive illustrations to support the learner working on his or her own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course. What do I get? This book has a learner-centred approach that incorporates the following features: - 10 units of learning content - covering everyday topics from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family - Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns yourself to make the language stick - Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims - Vocabulary building - thematic lists and activities to help you learn vocabulary quickly - Test yourself - see and track your own progress - Native speaker audio - available as a digital download - Free, downloadable audio transcripts and vocabulary and language reference lists This pack includes a book and one MP3 CD of audio material. Where do I go next? If you want to advance your Hindi, our Complete Hindi course (9781444106831) will take you to an intermediate level of Hindi. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years Review: Engaging, well-written and easy to understand - This is a great introductory book to help you learn Hindi. Duolingo is excellent but it often doesn't explain things, it just asks you to learn them -- if you want a bit more context and explanation this is a great (and entertaining) option. Review: Highly recommended - A very good book all round. More concise than the Complete Hindi book by the same author. I’d recommend brushing up on Devanāgarī beforehand because it isn’t covered in the book and will really help with pronunciation in the book. Some of the dialogues seem a little unnatural (I’ve never heard anyone introduce themselves with Srī) but nothing harmful. Overall this series (learning to read, get started and complete especially) are the best you’ll find for Hindi outside of an actual class (though these are used in the classrooms of the best Hindi classes too, such as SOAS).
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| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 332 Reviews |
A**S
Engaging, well-written and easy to understand
This is a great introductory book to help you learn Hindi. Duolingo is excellent but it often doesn't explain things, it just asks you to learn them -- if you want a bit more context and explanation this is a great (and entertaining) option.
S**.
Highly recommended
A very good book all round. More concise than the Complete Hindi book by the same author. I’d recommend brushing up on Devanāgarī beforehand because it isn’t covered in the book and will really help with pronunciation in the book. Some of the dialogues seem a little unnatural (I’ve never heard anyone introduce themselves with Srī) but nothing harmful. Overall this series (learning to read, get started and complete especially) are the best you’ll find for Hindi outside of an actual class (though these are used in the classrooms of the best Hindi classes too, such as SOAS).
F**L
So far so great
I'm only a month into my study of Hindi but so far I'm very pleased with this method. I'm very busy and can only dedicate 20 minutes a day to language study, but I am thrilled that after only a few weeks I can understand a very simple spoken dialogue, I was also able to read a word or two of Hindi at the Indian embassy whiile queueing for my visa! Since learning another language was the last thing I thought I'd be doing at my age (60) I am extremely encouraged and sincerely hope I will persevere after my trip. The method is simple and direct and allows the student to make quick progress. I haven't given this purchase 5 stars because of a minor defect. The Hindi script in the book is tiny and difficult to read. I need a magnifying glass to identify the letters. That aside, I highly recommend this method.
P**S
For serious students only
It is too serious and the emphasis on the written language is daunting. I shall go back to it after I have acquired a better ear for the material
A**R
Book looks great but the CD that was promised did not arrive with it
My first start with this book is really promising - looks excellent. I don't want to put people off the book with a negative review, but I am most frustrated that it specifically said a CD would come with the book and it hasn't, as one other recent customer has said. There isn't an obvious way of pointing this out to Amazon - either you get a refund or a replacement (which presumably wouldn't have one either), but I can't see a place for reporting it except here. The downloadable audio does seem to work reasonably well, although you need to download an app and its rating is just 2.5* which is not promising, but nonetheless I bought the book here specifically because it claimed to have a CD with it and not sending one is annoying.
H**R
Hindi
Great book to get you started but there is some unclear bits that leave you guessing abit to start with. But generally it's has got me started. Overall its a great book.
A**.
Excellent way to start Hindi
Not much to say, except this book teaches Hindi in an efficient way. The audio CD is also super useful for listening practice (every resource should have one!)
R**1
Four Stars
Useful guide
S**E
livre de grammaire très bien structuré et accéssible pour les vrais débutants.
En quelques semaines j'ai pu réellement abordé le Hindi et commencer à le parler. Livre très bien structuré. Les explications grammaticales sont simples et efficaces. Après chaque leçon il y a un lexique détaillé de tout le vocabulaire le concernant ainsi que des exercices et leur correction. De plus est associé au livre, gratuitement, la bande audio sur le site get started de tout le livre et ainsi apprivoiser la prononciation. Je suis convaincue de son efficacité.
C**N
Regular
La edición es de mala calidad y se ve fatal. Las explicaciones son claras y simpáticas. Pero en cada lección hay demasiada densidad de gramática y vocabulario y muy pocos ejercicios, así que se aprende todo de manera muy superficial, no se llega a interiorizar. El vocabulario hindi es un poco inventado, con muchos anglicismos. El audio se puede conseguir gratis en su web, pero los que hablan no son nativos y van rapidísimo, demasiado para un nivel inicial. Total, que no me gusta demasiado. Lo malo es que no hay más opciones.
C**N
Excelent!
Excelent! Best book to learn Hindi that I have ever bought. Content very didactic and easy to understand. I bought this book because of the good reviews in the comments and I can say that I did not regret it at all.
L**R
Great product
Great resource to learn Hindi from scratch. I have done a fast and huge progress by using this book!
A**I
nice
nice - good to learn.
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