YVONNE ALEXANDRESCU

This course introduces both colloquial and written forms of Romanian with the emphasis on learning to use Romanian in a variety of situations. Dialogues, culture notes, grammar and exercises should allow you to participate fully and confidently in all aspects of Romanian life.

Romanian, because of its Latin origin and the fact that it has borrowed words from other Romance languages, will be recognisable to anyone who knows French or Italian. This course introduces both colloquial and written forms of Romanian with the emphasis on learning to use Romanian in a variety of situations. No knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed but traditional grammatical terms are included for those who are familiar with them.;Most of the 2000 words introduced in the course are those frequently used in everyday conversation and many of the vocabulary items are listed in the Romanian-English and English-Romanian vocabularies at the end of the book. The 20 graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar and exercises should give you all you need to be able to cope with a whole range of situations and participate fully and confidently in all aspects of Romanian life.

This book constitutes a course in Romanian, incorporating the vowel changes in the Romanian language. It is designed for those who have never studied the language before, or those who want to build on existing skills. The course is based on the Council of Europe's Threshhold guidelines on language learning, and its graded structure includes exercise material. A cassette, recorded by native speakers to accompany this book, is available separately, or both items are available as a pack.

Romanian, because of its Latin origin and the fact that it has borrowed words from other Romance languages, will be recognisable to anyone who knows French or Italian.This course introduces both colloquial and written forms of Romanian. The emphasis is on learning to use Romanian in a variety of situations. No knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed but traditional grammatical terms are included for those who are familiar with them.Most of the 2,000 words introduced in the course are those frequently used in everyday conversation, and many of the vocabulary items are listed in the Romanian-English and English-Romanian vocabularies at the end of the book.The 20 carefully graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar and exercises give you all you need to be able to cope with a whole range of situations and participate fully and confidently in all aspects of Romanian life.The page design has been improved and sections headings are given in English to make it easier for you to learn Romanian without a teacher.The accompanying recording (cassette or CD) has been recorded by native speakers and gives 70 minutes of listening practice.