<![CDATA[Turkish Listening Library - TLL Blog]]>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:04:54 +0600Weebly<![CDATA[Looking for Turkish Audiobooks: Has anyone seen Harry Potter?]]>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:42:07 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/05/looking-for-turkish-audiobooks-has-anyone-seen-harry-potter.htmlI want to ask for your help today.  I have been looking for some time for a source of audiobooks in Turkish.  In English we have Audacity and can get any book written in audiobook format it seems.  

Does anyone know of a source for Turkish audiobooks?

I have found some of the classics and a few Turkish authors as audiobooks online, but I would like to find books like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings and the Narnia books - and I can't find them anywhere.

I can't even find Orhan Pamuk's novels in audiobook format.  I'd love your help on this one.

Thanks! ]]><![CDATA[Watch Turkish Cartoons Online]]>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:44:35 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/05/watch-turkish-cartoons-online.htmlPicture
Today I recieved an email asking where Turkish cartoons could be found online.  I came across a few sites, but this one seems to be the best.  
http://www.cizgifilmizlerim.com/ 

Have you found other places to watch Turkish television online?  

Share them in the comment section and I'll add them to the site.
]]><![CDATA[A Few New Resources]]>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:36:18 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/04/a-few-new-resources.htmlI am always looking for new resources for Turkish and today came across the mother load of e-books for free online.  They are mostly the classics and a lot of Agatha Christi (Is she considered "the classics" yet?).  All are as well only in epub format which works for the Barnes and Noble Nook, the iPad and other e-readers as well I guess. (But they won't work for the Kindle readers from Amazon).  

Anyway, you can find them at: http://www.ekitapbankasi.com/

If you know of other great resources, be sure and email them so we can share them with all of the readers at TLL.]]><![CDATA[Culture Talk Turkish]]>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:11:06 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/02/culture-talk-turkish.htmlI was working on the Arabic Resource Page at The Everyday Language Learner when I came across another great resource for Turkish language learners.  It is called Culture Talk and this is what the site has to say about what they do:
"CultureTalk features video clips of interviews and discussions with people from many different countries and of many different ages and walks of life. Some interviews and discussions are in English; more are in the language(s) of the countries involved. Translations and/or transcripts are given for all non-English video clips. Topics include family, food, education, religious and cultural customs, work, art, sport, travel, and more."
I've added a link to Culture Now Turkish at the Listen Now! page of this site.  You can stop by and listen now by clicking Culture Now Turkish. ]]><![CDATA[New Turkish Resource: Sustaining - Turkish/English Parallel Text Verion]]>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:00:52 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/02/new-turkish-resource-sustaining-turkishenglish-parallel-text-verion.htmlPicture
I have been excited by the response to getting Sustaining translated into Turkish and now am excited to anounce that I have formatted a new version that puts the guide in parallel text format.  This means that each page has Turkish on the left and the  English on the right.  You can read more about Parallel Texts and how to use them at my latest EDLL post, Language Learning Tip: Use Parallel Texts.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the guide, on the translation and on how Sustaining has encouraged you on the language learning journey.  Be sure and share this post and Sustaining (which is FREE) with all of your friends who are learning Turkish too.  


Click here to read Sustaining in parallel text format

If you liked Sustaining, would you please stop by Amazon and leave a review.  It would be much appreciated. 

Leave a Review at Amazon
]]><![CDATA[Turkish in Three Months - Really!]]>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:33:27 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/01/turkish-in-three-months-really.htmlI wanted to share this video with everyone as it is of an accomplished polyglot speaking Turkish after just three months.  Please remember that Richard already speaks 16 or more languages.  He is really quite amazing and if you watch his videos you will see just how amazing.  Anyway, he does a great job and after just three months too.  I am impressed.  

So yes, you can learn Turkish in three months, but. . . . 

It helps to be an accomplished polyglot!

For the rest of us, have fun, work hard and put in the time.  It will come!
]]><![CDATA[Fun New Turkish Language Learner Blog: Turkish and English]]>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:35:55 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2012/01/fun-new-turkish-language-learner-blog-turkish-and-english.htmlHey everyone! There is a fun new blog out there written by a Turkish learner. Each post is about his Turkish journey and is posted in both Turkish and English.  Pretty cool and fun to see the effort. I am sure it might be a good resource for some extra reading and for finding new resources.  Give it a look today.

Benim Türk Arayışım ]]><![CDATA[In Need of Motivation and a New Turkish Resource?]]>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:10:29 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2011/12/in-need-of-motivation-and-a-new-turkish-resource.htmlPicture
I am super excited to announce that my free ebook, The Everyday Language Learner's Guide to Sustaining has been translated into Turkish.  A friend of mine and reader of The Everyday Language Learner blog took it upon herself to translate it and I have gotten it all formated and put together and uploaded to the web today.  It is a pdf ebook and can be read simply by clicking on the link below.  

I am working at figuring out how to create a side by side Turkish/English version, but for now you will have to read them seperately.  I wrote the guide nine months ago as a resource for those struggling with motivation on the language learning journey.  Thousands have read the English version and now I am excited that it might also encourage Turks who have yet to master English.  This is all part of Project I-586 and I hope to have all of my guides translated into Turkish this year and into a few other languages as well.

I would like to next have a native Turkish speaker record the ebook to put on the podcast for your Turkish listening pleasure.  If any of you would like to have a Turkish friend make the recording, please send me an email.  I'd love to have your help.  

As well, feel free to share the Turkish version with your Turkish friends via Facebook, email or Twitter. I'd love to see it spread and help as many people as possible.

And here it is:            Turkish Version          English Version
]]><![CDATA[Turkish Comes to LingQ]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:01:57 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2011/12/turkish-comes-to-lingq.htmlI was extremely excited to recieve an email today from LingQ Headquarters announcing that Turkish would be the next language added to their great site.  It is in the BETA stages now, but should be great. I have used Spanish at LingQ and think it is a great site and want to encourage all of you Turkish learners to take a look.  Here is a link to the announcement: Turkish is Now on LIngQ.  This should be a great resource and will get better as it grows.  There is also always listening to be had at LingQ and it will be another great resource for Turkish language learners.

Last year as I was just getting The Everyday Language Learner up and running I ran a series called The Online Resource Tour and featured LingQ in one of the articles.  You can read it HERE.

Make sure and stop by LingQ today and become part of the LingQ community. ]]><![CDATA[More New Resourcces]]>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:18:38 +0600http://www.turkishlisteninglibrary.com/1/post/2011/09/more-new-resourcces.htmlToday I came across a new website for language learners called Pronunciator.  It has 60 languages available and could be a fun way to review basic vocabulary in any language - including Turkish.  The program is pretty cool and free. It can be just a normal audio flash card system with pictures, but it also has a lot of other goodies that I am just beginning to discover; voice recognition, quizes, spelling and a lot more.  A great site for beginners to get started with as part of an overall program.  Check it out HERE.  If any of you use it a bit, let me know what you thing.

Helping others learn language is one of my passions and so if you are just getting started learning Turkish, I would encourage you to check out The Ten Week Journey program over at my other website, The Everyday Language Learner.   You could also drop by the EDLL Youtube Channel for great tips and ideas.  

And speaking of Youtube, I added two new videos to the Youtube page today. One is a Smurfs cartoon from the days of old in honor of the recently released movie - which I haven't seen.  The other is a scene from the Cars movie.
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