Textbooks for Language and Culture Classes in Madison

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Class

Textbook

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Arabic 1

Alif Baa
Georgetown University Press, 2010, 3rd edition
ISBN: 978-1-58901-632-3

Alif Baa textbook

Chinese 1-3

Materials provided in class. Recommended: Integrated Chinese (3rd edition, simplified) (Level 1 Part 1). ISBN: 0887276407

Integrated Chinese

French Language and Culture: Beginning 1 and 2

Voila!: A Course in French for Adult Beginners, by Jacqueline Gonthier
ISBN-10: 0340813679
ISBN-13: 978-0340813676

 French 1 & 2

Don’t Forget Your French

Materials provided in class.

 

French for Reading Knowledge

A Short Course in Reading French By Celia Brickman
ISBN-10: 0231156774
ISBN-13: 978-0231156776

Recommended: English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French ISBN: 0934034370

French for Reading KnowledgeGrammar for students of French: the study guide for those learning french book cover

German Language and Culture: Beginning 1 and 2

Themen Aktuell 1 (Hueber)
ISBN: 31900169609
and Glossary
ISBN: 3190816905

 

Recommended: Themen Aktuell CD set
ISBN: 3190316902

 

 Themen Aktuell 1
themen 1 glossar
themen aktuell cd

German Intermediate

Berliner Mietshaus (Liebmann)
ISBN: 3-8333-0242-9

 German Intermediate

German for Reading Knowledge

German for Reading Knowledge, 7th Edition Richard Alan Korb Columbia University
ISBN-10: 1133604269
ISBN-13: 978113360426

German for Reading Knowledge

Hindi Language and Culture 1: Beginning and 2: Ongong

Get Started in Hindi w/CDs 
ISBN:  978-0-07-173948-1

 Hindi Textbook

Irish

Buntus Cainte Ceim a hAon: A First Step in Spoken Irish Part 1 (Irish Edition)
ISBN-10: 1857910656

Irish Glance Card Purchase at: http://www.omahonys.ie/catalog/irish-glance-card-p-188738.html

 

 Irish textbook

Italian 1

Materials available in class

  

Italian for Conversation

Italian: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd edition 2000 (Antonio Lebano)
Published by: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
ISBN-10: 0471359610

 Italian Conversation Book

Japanese 1 & 2

Japanese for Busy People, Kodansha USA; 3 edition (November 11, 2011)
ISBN-10: 1568363842

 Japanese for Busy People Text book

Korean Language and Culture 1 & 2

Sogang Korean 1A: Student's Book (2 Books + 1 CD) [NEW Ed.]
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Author: Korean Language Education Center, Sogang University
Publisher: Sogang University Press
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Sogang Korean 1A: Workbook (1 Book + 1 CD) [NEW Ed.]
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Author: Korean Language Education Center, Sogang University
Publisher: Sogang University Press
ISBN: 8976995732

You can find these books here.

 Sogang Korean IA
Workbook

Korean Language and Culture 3 &4

Korean 1B Student's Book (2 Books + 1 CD) [NEW Ed.]
Author: Korean Language Education Center, Sogang University
Publisher: Sogang University Press
ISBN: 8976995724

Korean 1B Workbook (1 Book + 1 CD) [NEW Ed.]
Author: Korean Language Education Center, Sogang University
Publisher: Sogang University Press
ISBN: 8976995732

Sogang Korean
Korean 1B Workbook

Norwegian

Materials available in class

  

Portuguese

Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language Klobucka, Anna
ISBN-10: 0131894056

Portuguese

Russian Language and Culture 1: Basic

Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way Thomas Beyer (Barron’s)
ISBN-10: 0764142143

Optional:
Russian-English/English-Russian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks)
ISBN-10: 0781810035

 Russian Textbook

Spanish 1- 4

Basic Spanish, 2nd Edition 2010 (Jarvis, Lebredo, Mena-Allyon)
ISBN: 0495897043

 Basic Spanish

All other Spanish classes

Material provided in class

  

Spanish for Reading Knowledge

Materials available in class