The best book for self- learning Polish at home

 Today we are looking for the best book for self-learning
if you’re just beginning your Polish learning journey.

If you haven’t learned Polish before, where is a good place to start? Which book I would recommend?

There is no perfect book or even a very good one (in my opinion) for beginners, but you will find good enough to start learning.

Here are my first 3 favourites ones:

NUMBER 1

"Polish doesn't bite" is my favorite book. You can study there a new vocabulary  and also the grammar is explained in quite simple and short way. There are exercises to practice and what is important while self- learning, you can find the key answer at the end of the book. Helpful will be also CD attached to the book.

Each chapter starts with the dialogue translated into English, then there are vocabulary exercises and explanation of grammar plus grammar exercises. It is not overwhelming, quite clear and comfortable to learn.

NUMBER 2

"Survival Polish Crash Course" is mentioned to be a classroom book, however I think it could be fine for self- learning as well. It is not overhelming with the vocabulary. Apart from the instructions, everything else is translated into English (all dialoques and new words).  Each chapter finished with the list of words and expressions and homework. For some exercises, will be good to have a teacher or a Polish person next to you, but most of them you will manage to do by yourself. I quite like some chapters. There is very little grammar in this book, it is more about learning how and what to say to survive in Poland during daily life (in the restaurant etc.).

NUMBER 3

 "Polish in 4 weeks". I think it is a bit too much if you never studied Polish at all, however for very motivated and self-discipline learners it may work somehow. It is not bad for those who are not completely beginners. All the dialogues are in MP3 format as well.

The book consists 28 lessons, each lesson containing around 2 hours work. Each of them, consists of five sections: a) a dialoque, b) words and phrases in the alphabetical order, 3) grammar, 4) exercises.There is an answer key.

There is too much of theory which can make you bored a bit if you want to go through this book page by page. However if you need to search for some grammar rules, it is your best choice.

What is your opinion? Which book would you recommend for other beginners?