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| benzionisrael Triglot Groupie Spain Joined 4666 days ago 79 posts - 142 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese, SpanishB2 | Message 1 of 8 23 April 2012 at 10:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I want recommendations for good modern Greek textbooks.
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| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5730 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 2 of 8 23 April 2012 at 11:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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No books, but some online courses the blogger used and recommends:
Here're the resources to learn Modern Greek 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5833 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 3 of 8 24 April 2012 at 12:55am | IP Logged | ||
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A good online course is Filoglossia. It has video, audio, dialogues, exercises and grammar. And I would recommend this text book, .Communicate in Greek which has been recently adapted for English speakers. In total there are 3 volumes, each with 2 workbooks. A little pricey though
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| benzionisrael Triglot Groupie Spain Joined 4666 days ago 79 posts - 142 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, SpanishB2 | Message 4 of 8 25 April 2012 at 12:25am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the site links guys.
I have looked at some Greek textbooks, but they don´t seem as sustantial as the textbooks I am used to. What I want is a textbook dense with material, with many sustantial dialogue texts and a lot of vocabulary. If anyone knows of any textbooks which specifically suit my requirements please recommend them to me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5833 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 5 of 8 25 April 2012 at 1:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe this will suit you, then. Learning Modern Greek It has its merits such as a comprehensive overview of the grammar but I personally found the vocabulary lists too long. Each chapter is split into listening, reading (both mainly dialogues), grammar and vocab lists. There is a separate oral book with speaking drills and several tapes, although these now seem to have been put onto CD.
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| benzionisrael Triglot Groupie Spain Joined 4666 days ago 79 posts - 142 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, SpanishB2 | Message 6 of 8 25 April 2012 at 1:42am | IP Logged | ||
The book you recommended sounds good. Unfortunately I do not have a copy of that one in the archive of Greek textbooks and readers which I downloaded. It has a value of more than 50 Euros. With that kind of money it would be possible to purchase the 80s published Linguaphone course. The 80s generation linguaphone courses are awesome for just about any language and so if I were to invest money the Linguaphone starter course would be my priority. If the textbook you recommended is available to download free online however, I certainly would be happy to obtain it. Right now I am almost broke and don´t have a very large budget for spending on luxuries :( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5263 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 7 of 8 25 April 2012 at 2:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Have you looked at the three volume FSI Greek with audio? There's also DLI Greek with 15 volumes and accompanying audio. Greek by Radio has a free course from elementary to advanced with 105 lessons- the book is available for $20. Lastly there's the audio only, Michael Thomas-like course Language Transfer: the Cypress Project free to download.
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| benzionisrael Triglot Groupie Spain Joined 4666 days ago 79 posts - 142 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, SpanishB2 | Message 8 of 8 25 April 2012 at 2:26am | IP Logged | ||
Thank you for your suggestions Iguanamon. I already have the FSI course which I downloaded online. FSI courses are good for drilling and pronunciation, but I am looking for something more dialogue, text and vocabulary heavy. I have considered using FSI as a side course. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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