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makes Gujarati very easy to learn

Looking forward to becoming conversational!

Gujarati learning resources are hard to come by, and this is a good basic course supplemented by downloadable content. My only criticism is that the small format and font are not conducive to reading or learning Gujarati script.

I have some background speaking a reading Gujarati, and this book is FULL of typographical and proofreading errors. Nearly every page has some issue, especially the first part on the script. If this weren't one of the only books available to learn the language as an English speaker, I'd recommend steering clear of it. But since it is one of the only books...

If it weren't for the absolute dearth of Gujarati-English language instruction texts, I would be giving this text 1 star. That being said, it's much better than most other options. Dwyer is a professor and while her translations are often a little too scholarly/elite, they are on the whole accurate. There are clear rules provided for Gujarati grammar and she explains them with precision. Unfortunately, the text itself is laid out terribly. The text written in Gujarati script is tiny and thus difficult to read – especially for beginners. Instead of outlining what vocabulary you will be learning, the text sprinkles new words throughout the chapter without ever clearly summarizing what was covered. This is especially irksome as there is only a Gujarati-English dictionary at the back – NO English-Gujarati one. Plus, there is a distinct lack of practice questions and no space in the book to work on the few prompts that are offered. In short, it's lousy, but until someone makes a real textbook, this is the best you're going to get.

I ordered it and the book came with one CD that didn't work in any of my CD players. I exchanged it for another and the CD still didn't work. I missed the window to return it so I'm stuck with it - useless.

I have recieved this book but it has one Audio cd less. Also had some 40-50 pages missing. Very bad . But loved amazon for their service returned my money. But the book very bad. Incomplete content

I pre-ordered this, but I guess I should have waited so I could have had the second audio CD.

ich hatte sehr auf das Buch gewartet, denn es gibt ja kaum Lehrbücher für den Westler, der Gujarati lernen will. Zum einen sind schon auf den ersten 30 Seiten eine Reihe von Schreibfehlern im Gujarati. Zum Beispiel sind einige conjunct letters falsch, und auch nicht vollständig aufgeführt (in den Aufgaben kommen Conjuncts, die nicht vorgestellt wurden). Das das Buch zum Selbststudium gedacht ist, ist das sehr ärgerlich. Man kann es eigentlich nur mit einem Lehrer bearbeiten, der die Fehler korrigiert. Zum andern sind die Gujarati-Buchstaben einfach zu klein gedruckt. Sie müssten in größer sein, damit man sie gut erkennen kann. Echt schade, das Buch ist in Aufbau und Herangehensweise eigentlich klasse.

Boken var en present till min dotter, som hade läst bra recensioner om den. Välpackad & snabbare leverans än väntat.

These were just as described, really great

I got an older copy of this from a library, published in 1995, and there’s almost twice as much material! Why has this been omitted from this version? I think the content is very good, so no disrespect to Rachel Dwyer. I was learning the language and enjoying the process with the older version. It isn’t perfect, there are some slight errors, but it’s the best way to learn the language as an English speaker (there’s few other options). I decided to buy this copy as I thought it would be an improvement to the original, but it’s a huge downgrade. I don’t think this is worth the amount they’re charging when so much content is missing. As others have mentioned, the text is also far too small and it’s very hard to read the Gujarati script. My eyesight is fine but I often have to take photos with my phone and zoom in, which is ridiculous! I would recommend trying to find the older copy from a library. The audio I’ve listened to so far still matches the original text anyway. This newer version claims to have a new discovery method, but there isn’t much difference in the way the lessons are structured, and the material that’s missing is very good! Emilia Bachrach has revised this version and basically destroyed it.

The book appears to be ideal for a beginner, however the lettering is very smalland the printing very faint making reading and concentrating very difficult even with my reading glasses.