| Pimsleur Croatian Basic Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-10 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Croatian with Pimsleur Language Programs [With CD] Contributor(s): Pimsleur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743562062 ISBN-13: 9780743562065 Publisher: Pimsleur OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: January 2009 Annotation: Comprehensive Croatian I includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary -- 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions -- plus an introduction to reading. Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to: * initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations, * deal with every day situations -- ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family, * communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations, * avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements, * satisfy personal needs and limited social demands, * establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries, * begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Serbian & Croatian |
| Dewey: 491.828 |
| Series: Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur |
| Physical Information: 2.1" H x 6.52" W x 8.59" (0.66 lbs) 5 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Pimsleur(R) Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat This course includes Lessons 1-10 from the Croatian Level 1 Program - 5 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Get a chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Level 1 Program. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Croatian. The Croatian Language Croatian, the official language of Croatia, is spoken by approximately 4.5 million speakers in Croatia, plus 1 million speakers in other parts of Europe, the US, and Canada. There are 3 main dialects: kajkavski, cakavski, and stokavski (official dialect). Pimsleur's Croatian teaches stokavski. Tech Talk - CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pimsleur: - Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called "Graduated Interval Recall." This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs. |