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Rating: 
Summary: not bad-not great
Review: I like that I can read the words along with the CD, however there is more english speaking than Turkish. This is a short CD and I doubt that most people could learn more than Hello and a question or two while "in-flight". I should have spent my money on a more in-depth CD. One definatly needs to try to learn before departing and use more than this book/CD set.
Rating: 
Summary: Not a good learning tool
Review: I put this away after 10 minutes and won't use it again. The English narration is too distracting and the Turkish phrases are spoken in a way that it's hard to retain them or develop your own pronunciation. The words and phrases presented are random and do not build on each other.
Audio courses in a language lab have a 'repeat' button so you can jump back repeatedly until your pronunciation matches the audio. A language cd like this one, which of course doesn't have this feature, should compensate with more repetition. And the repetition should not be intermixed with English so that the phrase you are learning remains in your mental ear. As it is, I did not find myself retaining anything from this audio course.
If there is a better cd audio course for Turkish out there, please let me know.
Rating: 
Summary: 4 Stars for Comprehending the Spoken Language
Review: This CD is very helpful if you're trying to learn to speak Turkish. However, by itself it simply isn't enough.I learned to say some basic phrases by listening to the male and female speakers. Hello, Good-bye, Good Evening, Please, Thank You, It's Nice to Meet You, My Name is -- and I can count to 100 without too much cheating. However, what I was doing was simply memorizing and repeating phrases I'd heard -- trying to say them as much like the people on the CD were saying them, without any comprehension of the language structure. In short, this CD alone will NOT teach you to speak or understand Turkish. Consider it a supplement to other books (see my other review of Elementary Turkish). The sounds of this beautiful language are ones we English speakers don't often hear, ones we'll find difficult to emulate. It is complex, but not impossible (you'll need to learn to say "Please speak slowly!" or "Please repeat that!" To understand the language you'll need to listen to someone speaking Turkish, slowly and repeatedly. This CD gives you that, clearly, repetitively and quite slowly. Get this CD along with whatever elementary language book you choose, and you'll be a step closer to understanding and speaking Turkish.
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