What Makes a Textbook Stand Out?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @ProfASAr
    @ProfASAr  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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  • @richie2550
    @richie2550 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Great video, professor. When it comes to textbooks, my biggest problem with a lot of contemporary ones is that they choose to introduce the language as if you're going to be traveling there in a few months, so you end up getting chapters structured around situations like checking into a hotel, going through an airport, etc. I never liked this. Certainly, I hope to travel to many of these places one day, but I would prefer more general vocabulary centered around the most common verbs, as well as the most basic adjectives and adverbs in the very beginning. Instead, I'd get too many context-specific nouns that are far less versatile and useful as a beginner. I also prefer short chapters, just so I don't feel overwhelmed. Psychologically, it also makes you feel like you're making quick progress, so it spurs you to go further. For that reason, one of my favorites is Russian for Beginners by Duff & Makaroff (1962). I also like Basic Oral Spanish by Barlow (1947), Basic Italian by Speroni & Golino (1972), Teach Yourself Polish (1992), and Getting Started with Latin by Linney (2007). I also like using Fastlingo's apps to learn French, Spanish, and German; they are very effective and intelligently made. It's a shame they aren't available in more languages.

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, the "glorified phrasebook" model is too widespread.

  • @joshplante8142
    @joshplante8142 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love the jug of water next to your glass idea. I’m always getting out of my chair to refill in the kitchen 👌🏻

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Stay hydrated!

  • @Babbler49
    @Babbler49 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There aren't a lot of materials for Tagalog/Filipino. Other than the Teach Yourself (which I think is now only available as an ebook nowadays), there are some books released by Tuttle Publishing and materials from the University of Hawaii from the 1970's. Living Language also had a Spoken World textbook for Tagalog, but I don't believe that's available anywhere.
    I think the situation is a bit better for Indonesian and Malay, where there are also textbooks from Assimil IIRC.

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There was also an older Linguaphone Malay.

    • @Christopher_Stead
      @Christopher_Stead 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ProfASAr That reminds me, a local seller has a mint condition copy of Linguaphone Malay they're selling for $5. I haven't bought it because it's not a language that really interests me all that much, but maybe I should... I did get their Finnish Linguaphone for $20...

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Routledge Colloquial series is pretty good. I've tried their Greek course. Not bad!!! Good, clear and pleasant native speaker audio and good conversational and grammatical material.

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for sharing.

  • @XboxTheBeatboxer
    @XboxTheBeatboxer 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I do prefer the videos that are just you talking about things. They flow a bit more naturally and are more engaging (to me).

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You mean you prefer this kind of video to the one's where I am answering someone's questions?

  • @M.Barker-n3p
    @M.Barker-n3p 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Colloquial seems to seems to put the vocabulary in the back of the book and only part of it in the lessons itself at least for the Icelandic and Japanese courses

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for sharing your experience with Colloquial.

  • @RJ-ku2mh
    @RJ-ku2mh 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Those are beautiful

  • @portcontainer9727
    @portcontainer9727 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cat... Jug of water... Books...
    Hmmm...

    • @ProfASAr
      @ProfASAr  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ??

    • @portcontainer9727
      @portcontainer9727 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ProfASAr Apologies for the confusion Prof. It's not you. It's me. Me and my bibliophilic paranoia. Three things that usually appear in your videos are your cat, a jug of water, and books. I was just imagining your cat knocking over the jug of water onto the books. Sorry if I confused you.Hope you have a great new year! Καλή και ευτυχισμένη χρονιά! !Feliz ano nuevo!