Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

Appleyard, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138949620 ISBN 13: 9781138949621

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic 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 Amharic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Amharic 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 Ethiopia.

An overview of the sounds of Amharic

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Amharic is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Amharic.

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. Additional information on writing the Amharic script can also be found here.

About this title

About the Author

David Appleyard

From the Back Cover

Colloquial Amharic is easy to use and completely essential. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Amharic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138949620
• ISBN 13: 9781138949621
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 396