Reviews for Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Audio Supplement to Acoompany Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook

The average rating for Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Audio Supplement to Acoompany Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-31 00:00:00 ktqxqtcy catuiile This was the third Pimsleur series I'd tackled, and at this point I've found a number of shortcomings with a system that I otherwise genuinely recommend. On the positive side, using the Pimsleur tapes really does help develop speaking confidence and more accurate pronunciation. Now for the flaws. First, although I know that each lesson is meant to be listened to once, I found myself listening multiple times. This is perhaps my own stubbornness, but there always seemed to be just a small section that eluded me, so I'd go back to listen to that part again. Since the lessons are set up as *one entire half-hour track*, however, it meant listening to the entire lesson, or (if I was listening by iPod rather than in my car), fast-forwarding through to find the section I wanted to review. I really wish the lessons were broken into several tracks rather than a single one for this reason. Second, (and most critical) is the paucity of vocabulary presented. Only a handful of verbs, for example: understand, speak, drink, eat, buy, do, want (would like).... granted, these are important verbs, but they don't make much of a dent. It seems to me that the folks at Pimsleur could do less repetition and include more lexical variety. Since I suspect many of the other listeners do as I do and listen to each lesson more than once, having more words and phrases would not present a huge pedagogical stumbling block. Finally, I question some of the choice of phrases that a great deal of time is spent on. While in Croatia, I found that it was helpful to be able to ask, "Excuse me, where's the....?" but of VERY limited use to be able to say, "Would you like something to drink?" However, unfortunately, a great deal of time is spent on this dialogue, which I suspect is included because it is deemed of use to business travelers. On the whole, though, I still subscribe to the Pimsleur approach. For "ear learners" like myself, it's a great fit. I just wish they'd broaden the scope of the lessons to include a wide (and more useful) repertoire of words and phrases.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-27 00:00:00 Ken Burows This book is an awful dictionary. On the English-Bulgarian side, it translates the words using Cyrillic alphabet, yet doesn't offer the Romanized version, so how are you supposed to know how to pronounce it? What's a Westerner to do?