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| CetteFilleErica Newbie United States Joined 4136 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 9 04 March 2013 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Can anybody recommend any good textbooks good for teaching myself Turkish?
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4976 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes  Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 2 of 9 04 March 2013 at 9:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you say textbooks, do you mean actual, classroom textbooks? Or do you mean courses?
There are quite a few resources out there for self-learners. There's Teach Yourself, Colloquial, Assimil, Pimsleur, and of course there's also FSI, which is old vocabulary- wise, but gives a good grammar base to go on to other materials. There's also a bunch of Turkish-only class-oriented materials out there, but you wouldn't make it very far in these courses without completing at least one, preferably two of the above-mentioned self-teach courses. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4204 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 9 06 March 2013 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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You can look for Michel Thomas and/or Pimsleur for audio only, to learn how to speak with some confidence.
Combine those with any of the methods you'll read about all over this forum. Assimil, Linguaphone, teach yourself, colloquial turkish, etc. There is a lot of material available, if you look to the right place. My own favourite lately is the FSI course, but I am not sure where you can find it online these days. Look around the forum for "FSI" and see what other members have to say for finding the turkish course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7067 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 4 of 9 06 March 2013 at 3:20pm | IP Logged | ||
The quoted sentence suggests there is a Michel Thomas Turkish course. Can you provide more information, as the thread is specified in learning Turkish. I am aware of a Pimsleur Turkish, but where did you hear of a Michel Thomas one? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4204 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 5 of 9 06 March 2013 at 4:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if there is, I assumed there was. Wishful thinking on my part...
I have the Pimsleur myself. Thanks for pointing this out. Edited by renaissancemedi on 06 March 2013 at 4:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7067 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 6 of 9 06 March 2013 at 5:13pm | IP Logged | ||
I was wishing, that you were right and there was a Turkish MT course. I like using all audio courses first. Maybe in time there will be one. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4976 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 7 of 9 06 March 2013 at 7:43pm | IP Logged | ||
A couple years ago when MT was setting up its presence on Facebook and revamping their current courses, I asked them if they were planning on introducing any new languages. I got a very candid "No" as a response. Unless they've changed their stance - and I don't see that they have - I doubt a Turkish course will ever become available. In any case, if they were to change their mind and release a Turkish course, the OP would have far surpassed the need for such a course by the time it was released. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5421 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 8 of 9 07 March 2013 at 2:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil, Colloquial, Teach Yourself, FSI, Elementary Turkish, the University of Arizona
DVDs. There are a few more that are worth looking at. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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