Book Description
Creole Made Easy. A simple introduction to Haitian Creole for English speaking people. Sixteen easy lessons cover the basic elements of Creole grammar and how to pronounce Creole words. The lessons include simple exercises and translation keys. A thorough up to date dictionary of over 4600 words Creole to English and English to Creole word translations is included. A 2 CD set pronunciation guide is available separately.
Customer Reviews:
Great for learning the language.......2007-05-13
This book had easy lessons that didn't cover a lot of material and so could be learned one lesson at a time in short periods of time.
Great for pronounciation basics.......2007-04-10
Dictionary is helpful, pronounciation guides are helpful, phrases and practices are not commonly used phrases or very practical phrases.
a great intro to Haitian Creole.......2007-04-03
I recently took a trip to Haiti, and in preparation for the trip I used the Creole Made Easy materials, including the Pronunciation Guide cd, and the Workbook. I used all three of them together, so I'll review them together as well.
Creole Made Easy is an excellent introduction to the Haitian Creole language. It provides the basic building blocks in terms of grammar and sentence structure from which to go further. This book is not an "emergency Creole" book, and didn't have anything by way of greetings, phrases to use while traveling, etc. Being in Haiti, those things were very easy to pick up, especially with some of the basic grammar under my belt. The Workbook is split into two sections, the first with exercises that correspond to each of the 16 lessons in Creole Made Easy. The second half of the workbook has more practical lessons like: numbers/time, months/days/seasons/weather, colors, family/friends, marketplace/food, around the house, and health and medicine. Indispensable to learning any foreign language is listening to it, and the Pronunciation Guide cd was excellent in that regard. I found that it was great practice for listening to the native speakers (though even then, I was listening too slowly most of the time) and great for understanding how to pronounce all of those nasal sounds. There were a couple of moments of frustration in using Creole Made Easy: there were a couple of misspellings; sometimes a word or phrase was used seemingly out of nowhere and wasn't listed in the mini-dictionary in the back of the book; a couple times a grammatical structure or phrasing was used and I had no idea why it was used that way, and it wasn't explained. This happened very few times, and can sometimes be a good problem-solving exercise that you need good practice for when trying to have actual conversations with Haitian people.
Of the eight people who went with me on my trip to Haiti, I was one of two who used Creole Made Easy, and the only one who completed all 16 lessons. I think some of the others used the Pimsleur cds (not any books). I was by far the best Creole speaker/listener and felt like I was in a perfect position to learn exponentially more while I was there. I was told over and over again "ou pale Creole byen!" ("you speak Creole well!") which I shrugged off for awhile until it began to sink in that this was true. Also, I wish I would have brought Creole Made Easy along with me instead of the Hippocrene Haitian Creole/English dictionary, because I think the dictionary in the back had a better selection of words and phrases I wanted to say. The Hippocrene has no phrases at all, and often didn't have the words I was looking for. All this said, I would strongly recommend the Creole Made Easy materials to anyone interested in learning Haitian Creole.
The Perfect Little Helper.......2006-07-21
I went to Haiti this year and before I left I had bought this book. Thank goodness I did. It was my bible the whole time I was there and it helped me get by very easily and the back of the book has a very useful dictionary that is easy to interprate.
Kreyol phraseologist........2006-06-02
This is THE book if you have heard the CD, of the same name and/or have some understanding of how words are phrased and the ennunciation of the Haitian Kreyol alphabet. If you do not have those basics down, you might be lost. Some of the pronunciation might be familiar, if you have had French, but since some of the Haitian Kreyol words are pronounced completely opposite of what you might think, you and the person you're speaking to, still may not understand.
All in all, I do recommend the book, but with those above stipulations.
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This volume brings together a multiplicity of voicesboth theoretical and practicalon the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating studentsin North America and worldwidewho are speakers of diverse or nonstandard varieties of English, creoles, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, West African Pidgin English, and Indian English, among others. The number of such students is increasing as a result of the spread of English, internal and global migration, and increased educational access. Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education offers: a sociohistorical perspective on language spread and variation;
analysis of related issues such as language attitudes, identities, and prescribed versus actual language use; and
practical suggestions for pedagogy. Pedagogical features: Key points at the beginning of each chapter help focus the reader and provide a framework for reading, writing, reflection, and discussion; chapter-end questions for discussion and reflective writing engage and challenge the ideas presented and encourage a range of approaches in dealing with language diversity. Collectively, the chapters in this volume invite educators, researchers, and students, across the fields of TESOL, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English, literacy, and language education, to begin to consider and adopt context-specific policies and practices that will improve the language development and academic performance of linguistically diverse students.
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Thematic English-Haitian Creole medical terms with illustrations. Useful for health care workers, students and patients.
Customer Reviews:
A MUST FOR MEDICAL MISSIONARIES.......2007-07-22
I lived and worked in Haiti for several years, so I already speak and read Creole. We didn't have a book like this to study from, but now that I am back in the States, I decided to get it to "bone up" because I am working with Haitians here.
The book is fantastic and will be helpful to health professionals.
The only beef I have with it is that there should be a pronunciation guide at the beginning of the book. Such as, "a" is pronounced as "ah" and "e" is pronounced as "a", "i" is "ee", etc. I can just hear the Americans pronouncing some of these words incorrectly and the people will not know what the Americans are talking about. Slight mispronunciations do make a difference in meaning in many words.
BUY THIS BOOK!
Fantastic Medical Dictionary.......2006-09-01
I would highly recommend this English/Haitian Creole Dictionary. It has many illustrations and is divided into body systems. In addition, it has an alaphabetical word listing. There are also plenty of complete sentences translated to help with patient questioning and examination. A Haitian friend of mine said the dictionary was written the way Creole is spoken in rural areas, where I often work. I am not going to Haiti again without it.
Average customer rating:
- The Best!
- Excellent tool for teaching English or just communicating
- Nice for learning vocabulary
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The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Haitian Creole Edition (Oxford Picture Dictionary Program)
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Creole-English/English-Creole (Caribbean): Hippocrene Concise Dictionary
ASIN: 0194351955 |
Book Description
A comprehensive, flexible, and up-to-date vocabulary reference and teaching tool for English language learning. The Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components create a highly teachable programme that can be used as a complete, four-skills beginning course, or as a language development supplement and practical reference. h4span style="font-size: smaller; color: #ff0000"NEW /span Grammar Activity Book/h4
Customer Reviews:
The Best!.......2007-05-13
All of the Oxford Picture Dictionaries are amazing! I use them with all of my students who come from many foreign countries. This book is the best thing for vocabulary. You can use the book to teach English or Creole by working with a particular topic or the students can easily use the book to learn practical vocabulary for daily interactions. I highly recommend this book!!!!!
Excellent tool for teaching English or just communicating.......2007-03-08
In the process of adopting 4 Haitian children who know little or no English I have been concerned about communicating with them on the most basic level. I also will be homeschooling them and know that there are areas not covered in a regular English/Creole dictionary. When I purchased this dictionary I had hope that it would be helpful. Little did I know how helpful. This dictionary which has pictures to help understand the concept is going to be an excellent tool for the children as well as for me. I use it now to translate letters to and from the children. It is not a program for teaching English but it will be useful everyday to communicate to the children what I need for them to do and to understand them as well.
Nice for learning vocabulary.......2004-05-28
Nice picture dictionary arranged in themes. Meant for Creole speakers learning English, but very helpful for people like me who speak English and are learning Creole. Would be even nicer if the exercises at the bottom of the pages also had the Creole translation as the rest of the items do.
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Provides parallel English and Haitian Creole current and comprehensive word lists containing 15,000 items for each language. It covers a broad range of subjects ...science, mathematics, medicine, technology, industry, commerce, arts, leisure, automobiles, supermarkets, and much more. In school environment, it is used for exams in New York and Florida (FCAT). In interpretation and translation environment, it is used as a reference. In educational material development it represents a standard for vocabulary and orthography validation.
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Student-friendly!.......2007-06-11
This is a valuable resource for my Haitian ESL students. They use it to name new things, I use it to clarify instructions.
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Pidgin Grammar: An Introduction to the Creole Language of Hawaiÿi is an interesting and accessible reference for anyone wanting to know more about this unique language of the Hawaiian Islands. This is the first book devoted entirely to a serious description of Pidgin origins and grammar, and the first work on Pidgin grammar that does not require knowledge of linguistics.
Many people today view Pidgin as "broken" or incorrect English. Authors Kent Sakoda, native speaker of Pidgin and instructor in the Department of Second Language Studies at UH-Mânoa, and Jeff Siegel, Director of the Charlene Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole and Dialect Studies at UH, explain that Pidgin is a distinct language with its own vocabulary and grammatical patterns. They begin with an account of the origins of Pidgin on the sugar cane plantations of Hawaiÿi, showing how it has been influenced by Hawaiian, Portuguese, Cantonese, Japanese, and other languages. They further explain that Pidgin is technically a creole language, similar to creoles in other parts of the world, such as the Caribbean. Using examples from local Pidgin literature, Sakoda and Siegel illustrate the pronunciation and writing system of Pidgin and its word classes, phrases, and sentences. The book also includes a short list of Pidgin words sure to be familiar to island residents.
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Hawai'ian Pidgin.......2007-08-11
This is a great book that descibes in clear, precise detail how the language is spoken. Good for haole to understand Hawai'ian Pidgin.
Pidgin to da Max.......2004-04-05
Most non-linguists will find the first two chapters and the conclusion pretty fascinating, but may want to skim the rest of the book because it goes into word classes (which are pretty interesting, actually), phrases, sentence structures and da kine. One of the most interesting sections in the book is called "The current situation." If you look around the newsstands and bookstores in the islands, you will discover that there are books and even magazines in pidgin now! In recent years, the authors explain, advocacy of pidgin has developed in Hawai`i. There is a group at the University of Hawai`i called "Da Pidgin Coup" that has written a position paper on "Pidgin and Education," which is available on the Internet. There are currently many flavors of spoken pidgin, from "heavy" to "light" and variations in between. What helps make this book interesting is that the authors stick pretty much to the "heavy" variety in their exploration of pidgin grammar, so much of the content is somewhat exotic for non-pidgin speakers. There is a good pidgin word list and references at the end of the book.
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The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States
ASIN: 1880684756 |
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Open Gate is the first bilingual volume of Haitian Creole poetry published in English. Seven years in the making, this anthology is the result of the dedication of its editors and translators, Paul Laraque, Jack Hirschman and the Haitian poet Boadiba, as well as Max Manigat, one of the first teachers of Creole on the university level who was an invaluable advisor.
The editors focus on contemporary Creole poetry that reflects the struggle for human rights in Haiti. The book is divided into three sections: Pioneers of Modern Haitian Creole poetry, beginning with the founder of modern Haitian Creole literature, Felix Morisseu-Leroy (1913–1998); the flowering of Haitian poetry as represented by the literary movement, "Society of Butterflies," some of whose members were jailed or exiled by the bloody Duvalier dictatorship; and the New Generation featuring primrily those poets in the Diaspora whose work has been published in the last 15 years.
We Pass Through A Foreigner's House
We go up a foreigner's steps
And find our children
Sweeping his floorWe pass through a foreigner's house
And find our paintings
On his wall
We hear our music coming from his gulletWe enter a foreigner's kitchen
And find our dove
In his cooking potHe's trying to cook our bird alive
He's trying to smother our wild doveSomeone's lifting the lid
The dove's escaping
Leaving on the fire
An empty pot
That's burning.
The poet
Paul Laraque was born in Haiti in 1920. At present Laraque devotes his time to his writing and to his work as Secretary of the Association of Haitian Writers Abroad.
Jack Hirschman authored more than 25 translations of poetry from 8 languages. He lives in San Francisco.
Customer Reviews:
Open Gate.......2004-05-06
Extraordinary, as the reviewer says "essential." A re-shaping of contemporary poetry is taking place in Haiti and the diaspora.
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Overstanding the Language of I-man.......2000-07-25
With Dread Talk, Velma Pollard has done a remarkable job of both describing the language of Rastafarians, highlighting its growth from and influence upon Standard Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois, and explaining the cultural and philosophical rationale behind the language. She also tracks its influence, growth and spread across the Caribbean and around the world. Linguists and others interested in the growth of language (especially when the growth is partially shaped by a sociocultural agenda) should find Dread Talk an interesting read. Especially illuminating are the discussions of the ways new words are formed and the illustrations of these processes from Rasta poetry and reggae music.
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With every speech act all individuals perform, to a greater or less extent, an â€~act of identity’, revealing through their personal use of language their sense of social and ethnic solidarity or difference. Yet at the same time people also have powerful (if unconscious) stereotypes about the norms and standards of their own language and those of others - often at variance with observable behaviour. The view of language use proposed here derives from the authors’ extensive fieldwork in the Creole-speaking Caribbean and among West Indian communities in London, and is forcefully illustrated by the data they present, which include recorded conversations and stories. The authors re-examine such concepts as â€~a language’, â€~correct usage’, â€~race’ and â€~ethnic groups’ and clearly reveal the complex role of language in establishing relationships within regional and social communities and at the state or national level.
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This photo-flap book is a printed version of every baby's favorite game: Where is it? Babies will clamor for more, again and again, as each page is turned for the little listener to lift the sturdy flap and find the missing kitten.
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Great Little Book.......2007-01-10
I bought the whole serious for my 10 month old daughter after her doctor gave her, "Where's the puppy"? at one of her well baby check-ups. She absolutely loved the book! We took it with us to Church every Sunday and it kept her occupied. My daughter is now 15 months old and she still loves this book and all of the others in this series. These are by far her favorite books and she has a lot of books. They are also fun to read to her. Even her older 10 year old sister enjoys reading these little flap books to her baby sister. If you have a baby or need to buy a gift for someone who does, you can't go wrong with this book!
Me encanta este libro.......2001-04-20
"Donde esta el gatito?" is great for toddlers, especially one like mine who wants to open the flaps and turn the pages himself. Not only does he get to identify the cat, but there are also everyday things he can recognize on each page- bananas, a toybox and a laundry basket. The Spanish version lets me practice a little Spanish on him (and me), with easy and a little more difficult words mixed together. I recommend the series in English or Spanish.
A wonderful book for toddlers who love kittens & surprises.......1999-10-27
I bought this book for my oldest son about six years ago, and he just loved it (we have a cat, and he loved our cat too). It's a wonderful book for little kids because they can participate by lifting the flaps, and they love the surprise of finding the kitten hidden underneath. The book has been out of print for a while, so I am thrilled to see it's available again.
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The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Haitian Creole Edition (Oxford Picture Dictionary Program)
