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Turkish Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Turkish & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
Do you know what the hardest thing for a Turkish learner is? Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes — it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all! In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Turkish tongue. How Turkish Short Stories for Beginners works: We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles! So look no further! Pick up your copy of Turkish Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Turkish right now !
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 14, 2020
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August 29, 2020
This book gives any Turkish language learner, some twenty short stories in that language, with added lists of vocabulary and some questions and their answers, with a short summary of each story in English as well. Some of the stories are quite typically Turkish in nature, but others deal with everyday issues, such as kids deciding to play truant from school, someone having trouble with a neighbour, to having to put an elderly relative into a nursing home. Some words in the stories are shown in bold and these are the ones that are shown in the vocabulary list after each story. You don’t have to wade through a list at the end of the book, which is nice.
I tried to learn Turkish from a couple of books to start with and then took Turkish lessons on and off for a few years. Having that experience made it easier to read Turkish and I wanted more practice. Even though it has been a few years since I was in Turkey, it is still somewhere I want to get back to and I want a refresher on my Turkish skills. I found it difficult to get any reading materials whilst I was there, that were suitable to an adult beginner, rather than a very young child. So the way this book is set out is perfect. I have a lot to refresh myself on, but there were words and phrases I still remembered and the gist of the story was still easy to follow.
It is set up in a nice manner, but a shame the free Lingo Hacks didn’t cover Turkish! For anyone wanting to improve their Turkish reading and understanding skills, this is definitely an easy book to use and to learn from. I will have to keep my dictionary close by, to brush up on my Turkish, to help me improve my vocabulary even more. Very useful and well thought of set up for beginners, but more for those that have a beginner to intermediate level perhaps, or with lots of experience with the language. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
I tried to learn Turkish from a couple of books to start with and then took Turkish lessons on and off for a few years. Having that experience made it easier to read Turkish and I wanted more practice. Even though it has been a few years since I was in Turkey, it is still somewhere I want to get back to and I want a refresher on my Turkish skills. I found it difficult to get any reading materials whilst I was there, that were suitable to an adult beginner, rather than a very young child. So the way this book is set out is perfect. I have a lot to refresh myself on, but there were words and phrases I still remembered and the gist of the story was still easy to follow.
It is set up in a nice manner, but a shame the free Lingo Hacks didn’t cover Turkish! For anyone wanting to improve their Turkish reading and understanding skills, this is definitely an easy book to use and to learn from. I will have to keep my dictionary close by, to brush up on my Turkish, to help me improve my vocabulary even more. Very useful and well thought of set up for beginners, but more for those that have a beginner to intermediate level perhaps, or with lots of experience with the language. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
August 18, 2020
‘Jack is toplantisi icin Istanbul’a gelmiistir’ – Jack comes to Istanbul for a business meeting
Once again Lingo Mastery has come to the rescue, allowing us to make Turkish more accessible to a wider population. In the Introductory Note the goal is stated well: ‘Whether you’re learning Turkish for work, studies or fun, the knowledge of the language will broaden your mind, let you meet new people, and will become a new page in the thrilling book of your life…Our goal with this book will be to supply you with useful, entertaining, helpful and challenging material that will not only allow you to learn the language but also pass the time and make the experience lass formal and more fun…We will not bore you with grammatical notes, spelling or structure...we’ll teach you writing and reading Turkish with stories.’
After their success teaching Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese, now they turn to teaching Turkish! And it works. To make the Turkish alphabet accessible, transcriptions are provided in the form of transliteration and conventional signs used for transcription. In addition to the English translation below each story, the summaries follow a synopsis in Turkish and in English, along with questions (and answers) about the text, ably assisting knowledge of what was just read. Taking it slowly, step by step with practice, Turkish words and the accompanying excellent short stories become accessible!
The technique is solid and the lessons well taught. This is a very fine introduction to Turkish vocabulary that may arise when you visit Turkey or simply conversing and understand the Turkish population here at home. This book is appropriate for all age levels, and a book much needed at this time in our national status!
Once again Lingo Mastery has come to the rescue, allowing us to make Turkish more accessible to a wider population. In the Introductory Note the goal is stated well: ‘Whether you’re learning Turkish for work, studies or fun, the knowledge of the language will broaden your mind, let you meet new people, and will become a new page in the thrilling book of your life…Our goal with this book will be to supply you with useful, entertaining, helpful and challenging material that will not only allow you to learn the language but also pass the time and make the experience lass formal and more fun…We will not bore you with grammatical notes, spelling or structure...we’ll teach you writing and reading Turkish with stories.’
After their success teaching Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese, now they turn to teaching Turkish! And it works. To make the Turkish alphabet accessible, transcriptions are provided in the form of transliteration and conventional signs used for transcription. In addition to the English translation below each story, the summaries follow a synopsis in Turkish and in English, along with questions (and answers) about the text, ably assisting knowledge of what was just read. Taking it slowly, step by step with practice, Turkish words and the accompanying excellent short stories become accessible!
The technique is solid and the lessons well taught. This is a very fine introduction to Turkish vocabulary that may arise when you visit Turkey or simply conversing and understand the Turkish population here at home. This book is appropriate for all age levels, and a book much needed at this time in our national status!
September 11, 2020
I have been learning Turkish on and off for years and this book is hands down the best resource that I have come across. It is difficult to find reading resources at my level so this book was perfect . Some words are in bold to build vocabulary, and then there is a list after the story with the translations. I think it would help if the translations for the bolded words were either on the margins while the reader reads, or beforehand, so the reader can familiarize themselves with the new vocabulary that they will come across. Overall this book was a godsend, and I already feel like a better reader in Turkish!
January 1, 2021
If you are interested in learning Turkish, here you have 20 stories you will enjoy. They are very different: some are funny as The Mercy and The Birthday Surprise; some are sad as What’s Wrong with My Grandma? The Forest and Father and Son; some teach us something about Turkey history as November Morning and The Sun and the Moon.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
August 18, 2020
A pretty useful book
I'd be better if you put some photos of the story it'll help the reader to predict the meaning of the new words
I'd be better if you put some photos of the story it'll help the reader to predict the meaning of the new words
October 12, 2020
An amazing way to start Turkish. I learnt some vocabulary online. I really the liked the chapter named "What's wrong with my Grandma"
The whole book allows you to learn with ease and it has accurate translations, I sent it to a Turkish friend and he appreciated it too.
Recommended, and Thank You Lingo Mastery.
The whole book allows you to learn with ease and it has accurate translations, I sent it to a Turkish friend and he appreciated it too.
Recommended, and Thank You Lingo Mastery.
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