TEACH YOURSELF OLD ENGLISH (BOOK + AUDIO CD)

Teach Yourself Old English is a self-access course for the independent adult learner who wants to learn to read Old English texts in the original. Texts of literary and historical interest are used to introduce the language, which is then explained in simple modern English, as it is not assumed that the student has learned a foreign language before. Exercises - written, audio, and pictorial - are used to reinforce learning. Short 'cultural context' items bring the culture of medieval England tolife, and explain the relevance of Old English language and literature to speakers of modern English. Selected extracts in Old English feature on the audio CD. The accompanying double CD (0340 915064) is available separately, as is the book (0340 915048).