Colloquial Bengali

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Bengali language learning resource
Bengali Letters
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Colloquial Bengali
Correct Present Tense Forms
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grammar
Habitual Past Tense
Home Town
Indian People
Ki Ki
Ki Taka
language acquisition
letters
Ma Baba
Mon Die
Mother's Sister's Son
Mother’s Sister’s Son
noun
Past Habitual Forms
Past Participle
Past Tense
phonological analysis
point
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Verbs
script
second language pedagogy
Simple Past Forms
South Asian linguistics
spoken language practice
stem
Stem Vowel
syntax instruction
tai
Tumi Ki
verbal
Verbal Noun
vocabulary
Vocabulary Point
vowel
Word Bole

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138950078
  • Weight: 360g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Jul 2015
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Colloquial Bengali provides a step-by-step course in Bengali as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Bengali in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Bengali will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Bengali.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely 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.

Mithun B. Nasrin is a Bengali teacher, journalist and writer. She recently published Shornopurir Rajkumari, a fairytale about Bandladeshi politics. W.A.M van der Wurff, a teacher of linguistics at Newcastle University, previously co-authored with her an introduction to Bengali language in Dutch. His other work has included detailed studies of Bengali grammar. Their joint aim in life is to celebrate the beauty of Bengali language, culture and cooking.

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