Complete Bengali Beginner to Intermediate Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language (Teach Yourself)

Absolutely loving my time with the book so far. You can feel that you are in the hands of a master. You can tell Mr. Radice cares so much about promoting the Bengali language which is touching. This is a book for serious learners only. The accompanying free audio support online is incredible as well. Teach Yourself is truly a wonderful brand that genuinely cares about language learning. I will treasure this resource forever, thank you.It is also so rare to see a language learning book include prominent works of literature from the real world, in that language, for even more practice, which is at the end of the book. Truly a nice touch.

A really good book.

The Introduction to this book makes frequent reference to a recording, for the purpose of learning pronunciation, which the author recommends listening to. No such recording accompanied the book.

Just perfect

Book arrived damaged I’m not pleased.

I was looking for a book to learn the language including the script. I didn't want to learn with transliterations only. With some patience and dedication I was able to make huge progress in a short time (but you have to practice regularly!) I was able to find the audio tracks online very quickly, which made up for the fact that there is no CD.

Leider steht nirgendwo im Buch ein Link zum Audio. Bei der Google-suche gibt es eine Sicherheitswarnung, weil es auch gefakte Seiten gibt. Bei einem Buch, welches aktiv die Arbeit mit Audio einfordert ist das am anfang echt nervig ... nach einer Stunde habe ich dann die App gefunden, danach war alles gut. Setzt allerdings auch ein Smarthphone mit ausreichend Speicher voraus und ist nicht 100% bedienerfreundlich.Nachtrag: was leider erst im Verlauf des Kurses klar wird. Es wird hauptsächlich Bengali aus West Bengal (Indien) gelehrt. Bengali aus Bangladesh wird nur gelegentlich am Rande erwähnt. Ohne einen Muttersprachler und ohne Audio würde ich nur einen Stern geben. Das Audio ist unverzichtbar, der Muttersprachler auch, wenn man plant in Bangladesh zu sprechen

Truth be told I bought this book 6 months prior to actually grappling with it as I found it quite daunting at first with the Sanskritic script, which is quite a challenge for those of us who are used to the Anglo languages. But suffice to say after really sitting myself down to understand the script; which is extremely important might I add for how the rest of this book is laid out, it is absolutely brilliant. Periodic gems scattered throughout to help you understand the small details that will help you aspire for fluency as well as countless translations of conversations that are ideal for each chapters difficulty. I can’t speak for the other languages on offer but William Radice’s Bengali is a great beginner resource for those looking for a comprehensive breakdown of one of Asia’s most popular Sanskritic languages.

Book is certainly good for some one eager to learn the language

Explanations are not that clear, but as a complement to other methods this book is a very useful tool. Sound track is okay but could be enlarged. Very good purchase