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Title: A helpful, intense coverage of the basics.
Review: This book, and the cassettes are a good way to begin a serious study of the language. The reader is immediately introduced to useful phrases and along the way some interesting aspects of Estonian that an intermediate or advanced student would appreciate. Not a bad book considering several other attempts which plunge the reader into advanced material. The speakers on the cassette sounded like real Estonians and not "foreign Estonians" i.e. "välis eestlased" with western accents so common in books/cassettes of this type. One might consider 'Estonian for beginners" put out by Estonian Learning Materials Council of Estonian Societies in Australia in 1984. This was my first look at the language and the casettes with it are good. Another excellent approach is "Estonian Textbook" by Juhan Tuldava.
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