Czech: Start Speaking Today (Language 30)

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Summary: Convenient tool for travelers
Review: I recomment this book for someone planning to visit Czecho Republic both on business or pleasure. The contents covered most of the situations we might encounter in the country and some crucial terms for emergency. Most sentences are concise and not long enough to make you feel tired of repeating them. Since the textbook is very compact, you can carry it in your bag, as well as your portable cassete taperecoder, and show some of the sentences to people, ask them to write down the answer. I would never say that you will become able to speak Czecho fluently by just learning the expressions in this book. But at least, you will be a bit familiar with one of the most complexed language in Europe.

Rating:
Summary: So-so
Review: It is good if you want to learn a wide range of things. It has lots of phrases, and the phrase book is small enough to carry around, and you can use the index to flip right to pages with sentences using the word you looked up. For actual learning i dont think it is that great though. The tapes only say each phrase twice, and not slowly enough. Also, this set is just words and phrases- there are no activites or anything to give you practice using the language. If you just want to pick up some words for a trip, sure get this product, but for really learning some of the language i would suggest investing a little more $ in a more educational product.