Instant Greek (Teach Yourself Languages) - Tapa blanda

Designed for people who want to speak basic Greek immediately or who have tried other courses without success, this course uses a carefully structured method that targets only the most important vocabulary and grammar to get you speaking straight away. The special learning programme takes only 45 minutes a day for six weeks and has fewer than 500 words for you to learn. The grammar has been pared down to the "bare bones" and is explained in a no-nonsense way in simple English so you will not get bogged down by unnecessarily complicated structures that you will not need. There is lots of practice for you as you work through the course and by using the flashcards provided at the end of the book and the memorizing the sentences in the "learn it by heart" sections, you should find that you are speaking in whole sentences and with confidence right from the start. The rules of pronunciation are simplified and are available on the accompanying CD so that you will have a model to follow rather than trying to follow written instructions.

Elisabeth Smith is German and has taught French, German and Spanish at different levels all over the world for the past 30 years. She was the Chief Executive of a South African publishing house before moving to Spain, where she now lives for most of the year.