Includes an answer key, a Turkish-English glossary, and an English-Turkish glossary.

Do you know what the hardest thing for a Turkish learner is? Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle...which is precisely the reason we've written this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes - it's not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all! In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Turkish tongue. How Turkish Short Stories for Beginners works: - Each story is interesting and entertaining with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. - The summaries follow a synopsis in Turkish and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. - At the end of those summaries, you'll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! - Finally, you'll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Turkish, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don't worry if you don't know the answer to any - we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating! We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles! So look no further! Pick up your copy of Turkish Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Turkish right now!

NOTICE FOR AUDIO NARRATION: Please visit our youtube channel in order to listen to the recordings of the stories until we update our ebook file: Audio Package Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWb83IehyN7H-byVfG8SZZ6Rvc43xCtFY ABOUT THE BOOK Whether you are looking to improve your Turkish or to repeat it for pleasure - let’s make both reading and listening fun and enjoyable! Practice with questions, explore the glossary and grammar appendix to improve your Turkish vocabulary and grammar knowledge, in real-life situations. Dialogues and Short Stories in Turkish offers you a unique experience in both cases. Read funny stories, listen to them from native speakers, answer different types of questions and even try to create one yourself! This book targets a wide range of Turkish learners. You can start using the book If you are already at the second half of A1 (beginner) or in the A2 (elementary) level. If you are on intermediate (B1) or upper-intermediate (B2) level, you can still benefit from the book in terms of learning more vocabulary, having fun reading, listening and quiz activities. What's inside? - 15 fun dialogues and stories considering real-life situations including daily plans, families and neighbors, vacation plans, historical and touristic places of Turkey, past and future actions, routines, hobbies, diaries, jokes, with original illustrations. - Audio recordings of the stories by native speakers. 80 minutes of story narration with external links to publishers' website. - Question sections: A total of 130 question articles linked to the Answer Key for easy navigation. - Writing tasks: 11 original writing tasks at your level to motivate you to create and think in Turkish. You can write and send it to the publisher to review! - Grammar appendix: A full list of grammar structures with short English explanations and example sentences from the stories. - Turkish-English glossary: including a full list of words and phrases in the stories linked in the index for easy navigation. You can still use Google Translate for any language by selecting the text or sentence in Google Play Books. Who is it for? - A1 Beginner Level - Minimum second half period of this level. Skills and grammar booster, plus vocabulary enricher. - A2 Elementary Level - Reading and listening for pleasure and boosting the level and language skills. - B1 Intermediate Level - A grammar reviewer and more fluent reading experience, plus listening skills booster. - B2 Upper-Intermediate Level - Reading and listening for pleasure, enriching more vocabulary. Reviewing for lower-level structures. Kolay gelsin! ;)

• What is easy Turkish Grammar? easy Turkish Grammar is a self-study reference and practice book for learners who want to study Turkish for the first time but are not sure where to start. It teaches all the grammar and vocabulary they need for speaking and writing in Turkish. Not only does it explain the rules, it also shows how the language works and gives plenty of practice. It can also be used by lower-intermediate learners who want to revise their knowledge of Turkish. • Which Turkish does easy Turkish Grammar teach? It teaches modern standard Turkish, the dialect you read in newspapers and hear on TV channels. • How is easy Turkish Grammar organised? The grammar To help you have a feel for how Turkish works the book starts with a brief introduction about Turkish spelling, pronunciation, word order and parts of speech such as verbs, nouns and adjectives. After the introduction you will study 36 units presented in order of difficulty. First three units, which deal with spelling and pronunciation, come with online audio. Each unit covers one part of grammar explained by making references to English so that you can compare relevant areas of grammar. Areas where you may have difficulty have been treated with particular care and attention. Each topic is illustrated by plenty of real-life examples written by using the equivalents of 2000 basic English words. And each and every example in the book is translated into English. In the book some unique conventions are used for spelling, pronunciation and grammar in order to help with the learning process. Each set of suffixes in Turkish, which might be mind-boggling for speakers of European languages such as English, is highlighted with a different colour throughout the book so that you can easily spot the order and function of every suffix. You can find the colour-legend at the bottom of the pages. Besides grammar, easy Turkish Grammar teaches lots of everyday phrases and expressions so that it may also make a useful handbook for daily Turkish. The exercises As practice makes perfect, the utmost care has been devoted to writing the exercises. At the end of the units you can find an extensive set of exercises. The appendices The appendices include 11 supplementary lessons, which you are referred to while you are studying the units. The key The key includes the answers to all the exercises. Online audio for the answers is also available. The index The index is unique in that the entries include only titles in English so that you can compare relevant areas of grammar. For example, if you want to know how to say must or express obligation in Turkish, all you need to do is refer to these titles. Here you will find information not only about how to say must in Turkish but also how Turkish suffix for must is also used to mean should. Or if you want to add -ness to an adjective or -ship to a noun, you will be referred to the relevant page where you will find that Turkish only has the suffix -lik for both. The bibliography If you buy this book, you can get the title 'Turkish Vobabulary Booster: Word formation in Turkish' by the same author for free. To get your promo code, contact the author after purchase through his website: htttp://www.easyturkishgrammar.com

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners of Turkish. "Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Turkish for Beginners has been written especially for learners from high-beginner to low-intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading. What does this book give you? · Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary · Controlled language at your level to help you progress confidently · Realistic spoken dialogues to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability · Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way · Beautiful illustrations accompanying each story, to set the scene and support your understanding · Pleasure! Research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including: · A glossary for bolded words in each chapter · A bilingual word list · Full plot summary · Comprehension questions after each chapter. As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Turkish for Beginners will make learning Turkish easy and enjoyable.

There are simple and funny Turkish texts for easy reading. The book consists of Beginner and Elementary courses with parallel Turkish-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation by funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM Method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method) utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The author composed each sentence using only words explained in previous chapters. The second and the following chapters of the Beginner course have only about thirty new words each. The book is equipped with the audio tracks. The address of the home page of the book on the Internet, where audio files are available for listening and downloading, is listed at the beginning of the book on the copyright page.

A complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, this work presents a full and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use.