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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 491
EAN: 9780071419840
ISBN: 0071419845
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2003-06-06
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill

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Now learning non-Roman-alphabet languages is as easy as A-B-C!

Readers wanting to learn the basics of reading and writing a new language that employs script will find all they need in the Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series. Each book includes a step-by-step introduction to reading and writing in a new language as well as tips and practice exercises to build learners' skills. Thanks to the experts at Teach Yourself, script will no longer be all "Greek" to language learners--unless of course, it is Greek script! Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series books feature:

Origins of the language
A systematic approach to mastering the script
Lots of "hands-on" exercises and activities
Practical examples from real-life situations

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Summary: Learn to write and read, not the language!
Comment: This is an excellant book for learning how to write Devanagari and to read it. It will not teach you the language and any use of Hindi grammar and vocabulary is just to help you write it.

Get the "Teach Yourself Hindi" course that goes with this book and has two cd's. That book was criticised on reviews for not showing how to write the letters. These go very well together and are not expensive.

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Summary: Teach Yourself Beginner's Hindi Script is Excellent!!
Comment: This book is an essential companion to "Teach Yourself Hindi" by the same authors. It explains Conjungts etc. much much more. It is clearly written and the English signs tranliterated in Hindi are a very practical way to learn Hindi!!

For the few extra dollars, it is worth getting both books together..

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Summary: easy to use
Comment: I've picked it up quickly, I'm taking lessons, but the book is essential, in two weeks I've learned to read and write the language.
reccomended

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Summary: Definitely, Hindi made easy!!!
Comment: EASY EASY EASY!!!!This book is so simplified. I can now write and pronounce Hindi. An excellent purchase for beginners like myself. Just remember like everything else practice makes perfect.

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Summary: Awesome way to teach yourself Hindi script
Comment: This is a great learning resource; very thorough and well-organized. For me, learning to speak a language by ear first- without learning how to read/write- is impossible and unacceptable. So this book was a necessary first step before I could move on to the Rupert Snell "Teach Yourself Hindi" package with the conversation books and CDs (also fantastic).

By the end of this book, I really felt like I had a handle on the alphabet and I was able to read lots of words, even though for the most part I didn't know what they meant (haha!).

I have only two suggestions for improvements:

1) Include directional guidance on how to actually write the letters (it's not always evident where to start and end writting- left, right, up, down...). This can be hard to accept for a perfectionist ;) Fortunately, there are some guides to writing the letters online, .

2) Include a CD with the pronunciation of each letter. Some of these letters are difficult to pronounce despite the helpful hints from the book's author.

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