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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes  20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 25 of 167 26 December 2012 at 3:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Since no one has so far objected to the suggestions for names or mottos, I'm putting down Yürükler and Türkçeye giren terler as the team's provisional name and motto respectively. Barring objections or other suggestions between now and December 31, 2012, they will become effective January 1, 2013.
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| Shemtov Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4814 days ago 49 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Aramaic | Message 26 of 167 26 December 2012 at 6:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Hoş bulduk.
As this is my first TAC, I m very excited. My plan for learning Turkish is by working through the FSI course, which I'm up too lesson 7 in. I am also looking for supplements. The "'Turkish tutor" interests me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fireballtrouble Triglot Senior Member Turkey Joined 4524 days ago 129 posts - 203 votes Speaks: Turkish*, French, English Studies: German | Message 27 of 167 26 December 2012 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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In a conversation with a foreigner classmate in my faculty, I asked him about the
resources he used in the preparatory year in Turkey. I heard about a book which I didn't see on your resource lists so I'm telling a bit about it now. Name of the set is " Yeni Hitit " coursebook by TÖMER, a language education center of Ankara University. In 3 levels, it aims to reach up to B2-C1 in Turkish. Can be considered as an equivalent of German's Schritte; French's Taxi, Cafe Creme; Spanish's Nuevo Ven, Aula Internacional; English's Oxford-Headway... Pro's : lively language, lots of vocab, clear pronunciation on CD records. After having a grisp of basic Turkish, course can be used as an accelerator. Con's : Books are 100% in Turkish, not suitable for complete beginners even the first level set aims A1-A2. Good luck for all the Turkish language enthusiasts :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 28 of 167 26 December 2012 at 5:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeni Hitit is indeed a highly regarded set of material, and hrhenry has posted elsewhere about its high quality. Fasulye and Torbyrne also have some experience with it. I myself considered getting it but found out in a very helpful review from Amazon.com that it's meant to be used with the help of a Turkish teacher or at the very least someone with at least near-native abilities in Turkish and a solid understanding (different from comfort in the use) of Turkish grammar, rather than passing off grammatical utterances as "sounding better" or some other vague justification. Combined with hrhenry's own comment that it's very tough going without any preparation in Turkish, the review made me disqualify the course for my purposes as a beginner. Perhaps I'll get it once I'm comfortably beyond the beginner's level.
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| Przemek Hexaglot Senior Member Poland multigato.blogspot.c Joined 6475 days ago 107 posts - 174 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, SpanishC2, Italian, Portuguese, French Studies: Turkish, Hindi, Arabic (Written) | Message 29 of 167 28 December 2012 at 1:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Merhaba!
Could you add me also to the team, please? Turkish is one of the languages I want to focus on this year. I've done Pimsleur Turkish and "Colloquial Turkish" so far. Now I'm doing FSI course (unit 35). My log: Przemek Edited by Przemek on 28 December 2012 at 1:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 30 of 167 28 December 2012 at 4:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hoş geldin!
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 31 of 167 28 December 2012 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | ||
I should probably add that I didn't start with this series until I had a base vocabulary of around 2500 words. By then, the series is totally doable, albeit with a dictionary. But, if you've gone through any half-way decent beginner course, whether TY, Assimil, Hugo 3 Months, etc., you'll have enough grammar under your belt for Yeni Hitit. My main reason for using the course (aside from the fact that I got a rather ridiculously priced course for next to nothing, used) was to increase my vocabulary. And it has served that purpose nicely. I should also note that I didn't start with the series until my second full year of studying Turkish. And it's taken me a full year to get through all three volumes, working with them daily. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 28 December 2012 at 5:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Przemek Hexaglot Senior Member Poland multigato.blogspot.c Joined 6475 days ago 107 posts - 174 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, SpanishC2, Italian, Portuguese, French Studies: Turkish, Hindi, Arabic (Written) | Message 32 of 167 28 December 2012 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hoş bulduk!
Could you please adjust my language list to: Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Swahili and Turkish. These are the languages in which I register my progress. Teşekkürler Selamlar Edited by Przemek on 28 December 2012 at 5:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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