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| Greek Language and People Course Book (Language and People) | 
 enlarge | Author: David Hardy
Publisher: BBC (BBC Active)
Category: Book
List Price: £14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 11213
Media: Paperback
Edition: New
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 7.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0563519762
Dewey Decimal Number: 489
EAN: 9780563519768
ASIN: 0563519762
Publication Date: March 14, 2006
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 ISBN for Audio CDs October 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The CDs are available separately. This is listed on the page opposite to 'Contents'. For CDs, order ISBN 9780563519775 (0563519770).
 Waste of time and money September 6, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been teaching modern Greek for more than 10 years. This course book is not suitable for students who are serious about learning Greek. It's ok for those who, as tourists, want to be able to order a souvlaki in a greek taverna. I would be very suspicious of teachers of modern Greek who make use of this book. Very disappointing. I'd stick with the Communicate in Greek course books instead.
This is just some exercises -- not a Greek course. September 4, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Groan! After ordering and receiving this product from Amazon, I discover that it's not a Greek course at all -- it's two CDs of exercises for the course book, sold separately.
Nowhere on the Amazon product information page does it say that this is not a Greek course, and even worse, that page is full of reviews of the book, which presumably have ended up on the wrong page altogether.
Let me make this clear -- this is two CDs containing exercises for the coursebook, without which, this product is pretty much useless. You cannot use this product on its own.
 So, So.. June 29, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I m sorry to be not that enthusiast or thrilled about that book,but I honestly thought it was a bit a waste of money for any serious Modern Greek learner .
Don t get me wrong, the Book is very well printed, nice format, mainly in white and blue colours.. and is nice to look at
Now, about its content .
It sounds to me much more like a "SOS raft . how to survive in Greece and Cyprus" than a true textbook. Sure, you will learn how to ask for a coffee, book an hotel room, takle a bus to the Acropolis and be able to survive in a Greek speaking surrounding . But, I doubt it very much that you ll be able to get beyond that basic level.This is the kind of book I would take with me on a flight to Greece to quickly try to learn a couple of sentenses before landing.
I would say that, for someone wishing to quickly grasp a basic knowledge of demotiki, immediately useable.. then get that book or the well done "Teach Yourself Greek" by A. Matsukas
But if your goal is to learn Modern Greek to a decent level.. well.. look somewhere else and save your money.
Welcome new edition August 27, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have had the old book for a while and was just starting to refresh my knowledge of Greek when I noticed the new edition. The thing that I would add to other reviews is the excellent cross referencing of the exercises to cd tracks. Instead of just having one track per chapter as a lot of other books do - meaning that you have to do a lot of fast forward and rewinding to get to the exercise/dialogue that you want, this has been split down into a large number of tracks, one for each exercise and dialogue. Each exercise in the book then has the track number inside. This is exactly what I was hoping for.
This is an excellent book but I would also recommend using "beginner's greek" by Aristarhos Matsukas because this has translitteration i.e. the greek alphabet words spelled out as you would say them in English. This really helped me to get to grips with the alphabet.
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