Basic Sinhala

An Introductory Language Course

De: Udari Dias

Narrado por: Udari Dias

This Basic Sinhala Course offers an introduction to the Sinhala language for complete beginners. This course targets the A1 level on the CEFR scale (basic communication for beginners), making it perfect for beginners who want to dive into the Sinhala language. Whether you’re planning a trip to Sri Lanka or have Sri Lankan friends and relatives, this course will equip you with the foundational skills you need to speak and understand the language at a simple level.

In this course, you will focus on speaking and understanding commonly used vocabulary. From the first session of the course, you will find yourself actively engaging in practical greetings that are essential for everyday communication. We believe that language learning should be immersive and interactive, so you will be encouraged to speak and listen in Sinhala throughout the course. This approach helps you build confidence and proficiency quickly. The course teaches common phrases, helping you put what you learn to use.

You will learn how to introduce yourself, ask for directions, order food, and carry out basic conversations with native speakers. Our carefully structured lessons help you learn the fundamental sounds, words, and phrases of Sinhala. We emphasize real-life scenarios making it easy to apply what you learn.

You will learn how to converse with locals during your visit to Colombo or understanding the cultural significance of words used in traditional Sri Lankan ceremonies. With this introductory course, these experiences become accessible to you.

Discover the joy of speaking and understanding Sinhala. Take the first step towards becoming a confident communicator in the language. You’ll be amazed at how quickly you can start communicating in Sinhala. Your journey to effectively communicating in Sinhala starts here!

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Inconsistent

There are very few Sinhala audio courses available at all for English speakers, so I am grateful for the existence of this audiobook. Unfortunately that’s about all I can say. It is extremely inconsistent and its approach. It starts by breaking down the sounds of words backwards, and then never comes back to it – fortunately. Then it offers a few greetings, some of which are annunciated carefully and others which are not. And then all of a sudden we are expected to repeat long phrases spoken so quickly it is impossible to break down the sounds.

I also don’t appreciate that there is a female speaker who does on list all of the work in this video and yet the only voice it gets credit is the male voice, who essentially is just occasional encouragement.

As a professional ESL teacher, I expected this production to at least follow a specific, easy to understand sequence. There was no building up upon words or phrases. It was just a bunch of random, alternating words and phrases. I’m getting a lot more out of the free YouTube/podcast series “Smart but Lazy Sinhala.”

One of the stars for this rating is simply that this audiobook exists at all, when there is almost nothing out there to help one learn Sinhala. But the production could be much better.