Learning Bengali Alphabet for English speakers: Teach yourself Bengali (Bangla) alphabet

This is exactly the kind of resource that I needed after buying a Bengali textbook that just introduced the writing system out of nowhere, with no explanation of how to write it. Not only are the instructions and illustrations very clear, but there are even activities sprinkled throughout the book to help the reader review and test their knowledge. This is an excellent resource! Thank you 😊

This book is thoughtfully created for new learners of Bangla. The English transliterations made it very easy for my kids to retain the knowledge. Also includes the more complicated parts of the Bangla alphabet (joint letters and modifiers). A fantastic resource for learning the foundations of Bangla language!

Some of the example words are weird or funny but it's not a big deal. For the purpose of learning how to write the alphabet, this is a good book. It's designed for kids but I used it as an adult.

Definitely recommending to my friends and family, easy to learn from, simple yet informative.

This book is showing wrong pronunciations of Bengali letters. Don’t buy it.

Very nice book with in detailed description. I believe it would be much better if this book have colored pages.

Neat book. Hard to find workbooks for learning Bengali/Bangla for Bangladesh and not India. This one looks good!

The book has great intentions but is incorrect in its references to phonetics and words that would produce the correct sound and pronunciation of the letter.

Highly recommend for beginners and teaching the Bengali alphabet. Like any learning make sure to set aside time to read and practice and revise!

Born abroad, ethnically Bengali, this book is very useful for reconnecting to my roots. I speak Bangla at home on a basic level, but am wanting to be able to read, write, and improve my fluency in general. This book is very helpful for learning the vowels, consonants, vowel marks, modifiers and some joint letters. I still have some trouble with joint letters but hopefully with practice and some research, I'll be able to recognize them all in no time.

Exactly what I was looking for. So many other Bengali/Bangla language books labeled "for beginners" assume quite a lot of previous cultural exposure to the language or academic knowledge. This book pitches it just right --- gives you the name of the letter, the sound the letter makes (with an understanding of how British English speakers pronounce things, as opposed to Australian or American -- no point in saying something like "this letter has the sound of the 'a' in 'tomato' if you don't know what pronunciation of tomato you need!), and plenty of space to practice tracing and then free writing the letters yourself. Not too dumbed down, not too erudite, just right.

Liked the whole idea.

very clear and easy to follow.