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Get Started in Gujarati Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support) [Multiple-component retail product]

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  • Formatas: Multiple-component retail product, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 197x164x16 mm, weight: 194 g, Contains 1 Paperback / softback and 1 Downloadable audio file
  • Išleidimo metai: 23-Dec-2013
  • Leidėjas: Teach Yourself
  • ISBN-10: 1444195409
  • ISBN-13: 9781444195408
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  • Formatas: Multiple-component retail product, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 197x164x16 mm, weight: 194 g, Contains 1 Paperback / softback and 1 Downloadable audio file
  • Išleidimo metai: 23-Dec-2013
  • Leidėjas: Teach Yourself
  • ISBN-10: 1444195409
  • ISBN-13: 9781444195408
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Raktažodžiai:
Do you want a solid foundation to your Gujarati studies? If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Gujarati in no time. Through authentic conversations, clear language presentations, and extensive practice and review, you will learn the Gujarati you need to communicate naturally in everyday situations - from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family.

What will I learn? Basic Gujarati is slowly and carefully introduced to ensure you progress confidently through the course and build up a foundation to allow you to feel confident in everyday situations and move to the next level of your learning. It teaches grammar, vocabulary and listening, reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation skills. By the end of the course you will approach a solid Novice High proficiency level of ACTFL (The American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and A2 Beginner level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines.

Is this course for me? Get Started in Gujarati is for absolute and false beginners of Gujarati. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Gujarati. There are extensive illustrations to support the learner working on his or her own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course.

What do I get? This book has a learner-centred approach that incorporates the following features: - 10 units of learning content - covering everyday topics from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family - Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns yourself to make the language stick - Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims - Vocabulary building - thematic lists and activities to help you learn vocabulary quickly - Test yourself - see and track your own progress - Native speaker audio - available online

The audio for this course is available for free on library.teachyourself.com or from the Teach Yourself Library app.

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Daugiau informacijos

Get Started reading, speaking and understanding Gujarati.
Meet the author v
Introduction vii
The geography of Gujarat viii
The history of Gujarat viii
Religion in Gujarat ix
The Gujarati language xi
How this book works xiii
How to use this course xiii
The audio recording xv
Learn to learn xvi
The Discovery method xvi
Tips for success xvii
The Gujarati script and sound system xxi
The Gujarati syllabary xxii
1 How are you? give information about yourself; ask other people questions about themselves; describe things and people; exchange greetings
2(22)
2 Do you come here every day? talk about your daily activities; ask complex questions; use the simple present and past tenses
24(26)
3 Where do you live? talk about where you live and ask others questions about where they live; talk about your family; express opinions; give commands
50(24)
4 What shall we do? talk about future events; say you are hungry and thirsty and talk about what you like to eat; talk about clothing and styles of dress; talk about how you feel and what you know
74(20)
5 What do you need? express need, necessity and desire; name members of the extended family; say what you want in a shop; talk about your daily routine
94(22)
6 I went to India talk about a visit to India; talk about what you did during your visit; talk about what you did today; talk about a visit to a friend; give directions
116(20)
7 What's the time? count in Gujarati; tell the time; talk about the seasons; talk about possibilities and probabilities; connect phrases and sentences in more idiomatic ways
136(21)
Appendix 1 Conjunct consonants 157(1)
Appendix 2 Adverbials 158(2)
Appendix 3 Verbs with perfective forms other than yum 160(1)
Appendix 4 Dictionary order 161(1)
Appendix 5 Numerals 162(1)
Key to the exercises 163(14)
Gujarati--English vocabulary 177
Rachel Dwyer is Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS, University of London. She took her BA in Sanskrit at SOAS, followed by an MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford. Her PhD research at SOAS was on the Gujarati lyrics of Dayaram (1777-1852). She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in cinema and supervises PhD research on Indian cinema.

Emilia Bachrach completed the revision of the Get Started in Gujarati course. She has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School where she studied South Asian Religions, and has received several scholarships, including the American Institute of India Studies Junior Fellowship, to study language and religion in India. She holds a Ph.D. in Asian Cultures and Languages from the University of Texas - Austin