beginning Bengali

[HFArnold at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/3/97 8:56:31 PM, david   raphael   israel wrote:

<<might anyone kindly recommend self-study programs in beginning 
Bengali? -- preferably acomputer-based CD tutorial, or, 
alternatively, a textbook-plus-cassette package, or something.
>>

I used Teach Yourself Bengali by William Radice to learn the Bengali script.
I only worked through the lessons on the script, but I also learned a bit of
the Bengali language in the process. The book is so well structured that I
wished that I had had the time to continue to learn the language. Teach
Yourself Bengali is available with or without two cassettes. I recommend it
highly.