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Lao Basics: An Introduction to the Lao Language (Audio CD Included) (Tuttle Basics)
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About Lao Basics: An Introduction To The Lao Language
Product description Learn how to build conversations and how to read and write the artistic Lao script, with Lao Basics as your guide. In this introduction, ômore with lessö really works. Each page offers a carefully measured number of words, phrases and structures. In only 96 pages you'll gain a solid grounding in Lao. Review Caelan 5.0 out of 5 stars great resource Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2012 Verified Purchase I have only just received this so I have not delved too far into it but what lessons I have done have already taught me quite a bit. I love that it not only teaches the spoken but also the written language. I work with Laos people and have been dating someone from Laos for nearly 2 years and hope to have a better understanding of the language by the end of the coarse. From the Author Lao Basics was written toward the end of my 2-year experience living in Laos, working for the Vientiane International School, the US embassy, the Lao-American College and the Mekong Fisheries. I loved living in Laos, pronounced "Lao," but I found at the time that there were few Lao learning books. While visiting Thailand, though, I came upon Easy Thai, by Gordon Allision. It really helped me pick up Thai in an efficient manner and used practical vocabulary. After that, I started working on "Easy Lao," which became "Lao Basics." My co-author, Tee, was a tremendous help. It took much longer than it should have for me to finish this book, because sometimes, to be honest, it's very easy to pass the days in Laos by doing not a whole lot. Tee pushed me to finish it, though, and I am very happy with the result. Lao Basics is a very thin book with a lot of punch. There is a CD and you can download the audio (tuttlepublishing.com/lao-basics-audio) that has all of the Lao spoken by a native speaker to help you with pronunciation; and the format, like Easy Thai is super easy, dare I say, fun, to use. The first chapter for example, teaches the first 4 consonants. Yee recommend that you practice writing them repeatedly, and memorizing the sounds, and eventually you'll know them backwards and forwards. Our practice pages are meant to be used, so use them. Then you move on to the next set. Before you know it, you have learned all of the 26 consonants and are moving on the the vowels, the most unique part of the language. With each vowel set, you learn new and useful words that you can use right away. And you'll be translating sentences from Lao to English and vice-versa starting with this first vowel set. I hope you enjoy learning Lao as much as I have. Once you start, you'll be able to use a Lao dictionary, and a Thai one for that matter. So much of the languages are similar, that you'll find you can get by in both countries with one language, and then you'll learn the other that much easier. You'll even recognize some Khmer. Lao is by far much easier than Thai, and a great place to start. Check out my other language books: Chinese & Japanese Phrase-Day, Instant Vietnamese, and my wife's Vietnamese Flashcards by Linh Doan. If you would like to reach out to me, I'm pretty accessible. Sam.Brier at gmail. From the Inside Flap About the Author Sam Brier is the owner of Academic Experiences Abroad (aeastudyabroad.com), which creates customized study abroad and other educational programs to 100 countries. Phouphanomlack (Tee) Sangkhamponeis from Vientiane, Laos, and lives in London.
