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 Message 57 of 58
13 October 2013 at 8:41am | IP Logged 

The name of the book for Slavic languages is "Slavische Interkomprehension: Eine
Einführung". Written in German and the languages covered in the description are
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Czech, Russian, and Ukranian. You can buy it at
Amazon.de
One other thing about the Germanic languages, is the book is suppose to have some sort
of update, but who know when?


There are two reviews:

"A specter is haunting Europe -. Monolingualism the specter of the fear of a lingua
franca, the language skills makes obsolete, but also the ability of communication and
expression diversity of people severely restricts, is clearly noticeable in the current
European domestic politics. As a possible alternative to a binding lingua franca, the
Intercomprehension offers. Intercomprehension is a language learning method to reading
and listening comprehension in other languages ​​(in addition to the mother or a bridge
language, ie, a well-known foreign language) to open up. After Doyé (2005)
Intercomprehension is a "form of communication in which each participant speaks one
language and the languages ​​of other conversation participant understands." With this
approach, the perfectionist approximation to the mother tongue is neglected, the
learner can immediately find out what they already know, ie they do not need to learn.
This is due to the concentration on the Common Language, the quasi already
(unconsciously) known. Exactly at this point is where the author's collective. The
material comes from the reading courses at the Ruhr-University Bochum, in five Slavinen
(Slavic languages) are offered: - Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian - Polish - Czech - Russian .
- Ukrainian the book "Slavic Intercomprehension" is ergo a structural and content
summary of these readers courses, which can be used either directly as a study book and
as a reference by the interested reader. After a concise introduction to the subject
Intercomprehension, a brief but highly interesting linguistic notion of five Slavinen,
with their respective sound and (ortho-) graphics system (letters and pronunciation).
Thereupon includes one fairly extensive (about 50 pages), Table collection of basic
vocabulary to. Presents the key nouns, verbs, numbers up to some standard phrases.
Slavic linguistic history is addressed in the chapter "According equivalent" in
fundamentals. Following this, the most important inflection patterns are in the
"Morphology" section introduced, denoting the others, declension, conjugation,
pronouns. Of course, the syntax (sentence structure: sentence types, sentence
structure) with their characteristics analyzed. In both fields is as characteristic of
the learning method Intercomprehension, the focus on the critical
Sprachgemeinsamkeiten. For understanding the meanings of words and text content the
clear presentation of word formation process is helpful. recently the readers are two
practice texts in five languages, including the exercises, leave for editing: the fairy
tale Cinderella (not too complex text) and the first paragraphs of the Communist
Manifesto ( high demands on language comprehension). The final glossary has been
included for the sake of completeness, and turns exclusively to the professional
audience. Praiseworthy is the most comprehensive and very well structured by subject
bibliography. Intercomprehension The is a very valuable approach in the current
political context. With the work of the authors conclude a substantive gap - Slavic is
thus paving the way to keep the future of the methodical developments, especially in
the Romance language family step. The time required and the teamwork that was required
for this post could be made, deserves great credit. A completely successful
introduction to the topic and a perfect starting point to generate further scientific
knowledge in the field of language learning methods."

Second review:

"The linguist, but especially the language historian, is thrilled. But also for the
general Slavic languages ​​and in particular interested for one, two or more Slavic
languages ​​learners, this book is a great addition. With this book, anyone can even
teach well, but it should be used, etc. of teachers and teachers of Russian, Polish
intensively in the classroom."

One addition is a book, that has a similar cover to the EuroCom books is one named
"Katalanisch express: sofort Katalanisch lesen durch Ihre Brückensprache"

Here is the review:

"Where can you learn Catalan in this country? That is the question, if you decide to
leave on vacation not only to its Spanish or French language skills. The Catalonians
are supposed to be something special and feel free to ask something stubborn when
someone wants to know something in a different language .. So I added myself this book.
Especially with these two other 'Brücken' languages ​​Catalan in the background can
understand quite well. When you know what to look for. The book presents a short
introductory texts before, the importance of which developed themselves. For this
purpose between the lines is always a wider space in which one notes the translation
itself derived using the knowledge of other Romance language / s or even of English.
Footnotes explain the not so simple herzuleitenden terms. And in between the grammar is
explained briefly. Finally, there's still a compendium containing the following: 1
Geographical distribution and number of speakers 2 Historical origin and spread of 3
Dialectal variants of Catalan 4 Characteristic of Catalan 5 Minilex Catalan 6 The
structure of Catalan words , the brief historical excursus explains why the Catalans
are so eager to cultivate their language. And the characteristic explains the
peculiarities of pronunciation. The mini encyclopedia provides an overview of the main
four hundred words. A CD containing the text, read by different speakers. All in all,
much thoughtful material for those who want to deal with this language and already know
one way or another Romance language. And a good help for self-learning."

I once again used google translate, so be aware the translation might not be exact.
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 Message 58 of 58
13 October 2013 at 3:41pm | IP Logged 
Thanks for the information!
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