Colloquial Slovak: The Complete Course for Beginners

ISBN-13: 9781138960206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 355 str.

James Naughton

Opis

Colloquial Slovak: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Slovak as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Slovak in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Slovak is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include:

• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Slovakia
• An overview of the sounds of Slovak

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Slovak is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Slovak. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Spis treści

Introduction; Pronunciation Guide; 1. How are you? 2. What are you doing? 3. Are you lazy? 4. I’m going to town 5. I want to go to the cinema 6. That’s a lovely village! 7. Breakfast, lunch, supper 8. She wanted to write an email 9. I’ve lost my passport 10. Can I come in? 11. Shopping 12. What time is it? 13. Like a cat with a mouse 14. A sweater, the Tatras and L’udovit Stur 15. What If? 16. Do You Have a Free Table? 16. Do you have a free table? Grammar summary; Key to exercises; Slovak-English glossary; English-Slovak glossary; Index of language points

O autorze

James Naughton