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Get Started in Gujarati Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support)
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Main Details
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Get Started in Gujarati Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support)
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Rachel Dwyer
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Physical Properties |
Format:Mixed media product | Pages:240 | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 164 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781444195408
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Classifications | Dewey:491.47824 |
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Publishing Details |
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John Murray Press
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Imprint |
Teach Yourself
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Publication Date |
23 December 2013 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Through culture notes, clear language presentations, and extensive practice and review, you will pick up the Gujarati you need to communicate naturally in everyday situations - from shopping and travelling to food and daily life. Engaging with our interactive Discovery Method, you'll absorb language rules faster, remember what you learn easily, and put your Gujarati into use with confidence. GET STARTED IN BEGINNER'S GUJARATI has a learner-centred approach that incorporates the following features: - Outcomes-based approach - focus your learning with clear goals - Learn to learn - tips and skills on how to be a better language learner - Discovery method - figure out rules and patterns for yourself to make the language stick - Self-check and test yourself - see and assess your own progress - Personalisation - use the language in real situations
Author Biography
Rachel Dwyer is Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS, University of London. She took her BA in Sanskrit at SOAS, followed by an MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in cinema and supervises PhD research on Indian cinema. Emilia Bachrach completed the revision of the GET STARTED IN GUJARATI course. She has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School where she studied South Asian Religions, and has received several scholarships, including the American Institute of India Studies Junior Fellowship, to study language and religion in India. She holds a PhD. in Asian Cultures and Languages from the University of Texas - Austin.
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