Hello folks,
I am taking this next month to start learning Turkish. What are everyone’s favourite resources for Turkish, youtube videos, songs, books, apps?
What would you recommend I start with/ not start with?
Thank you so much!
Esther
Hello folks,
I am taking this next month to start learning Turkish. What are everyone’s favourite resources for Turkish, youtube videos, songs, books, apps?
What would you recommend I start with/ not start with?
Thank you so much!
Esther
Hi Esther! Perhaps you can check with Linda @liaands here: Turkish Language Practice @ Venus Room
Hey Esther, I first used Teach Yourself Turkish (now Complete Turkish) and I still think it’s a great resource. It does a great job of familiarizing you with the grammar with some good and helpful dialogues. I went on a trip to Turkey after having done 60% of that book, no other materials, pre-smart phones, and had a lot of meaningful interactions. I also got me and my wife out of some crazy transportation confusions in a hurry!! I would definitely recommend it. (And now Teach Yourself provides the audio for their books online for free via their Library app)
Hi Esther,
I started Turkish with a beginners class at university many years ago and restarted this year. But as it wasn’t completely from zero (only almost from zero), it may not have been exactly the same experience. However, I actually liked Duolingo just to kind of get started somewhere. Sure, you’ll learn a lot of sentences like “the cat eats the turtle”, but the structure is not bad to learn your first words and get into the grammar as well. It actually teaches pretty much all the grammar using a lot of examples.
One of the best resources for me is this one though:
Thank you so much for writing all this down Miri! I’ve started looking at the elon.io website, and it looks really helpful!
Thank you!
I used the TY Turkish in the past, @Alexander, and I really liked it, good for getting the basics to then build on.