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| V8 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5679 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* | Message 18 of 59 24 December 2008 at 9:24am | IP Logged |
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To me (a British person) using 'doubt' in this way is perfectly normal.
EDIT: My thoughts on TY. I dislike it, the 'main' language courses anyway. However, the vocabulary books are quite good. Edited by V8 on 24 December 2008 at 9:26am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stephen_g Groupie Canada Joined 6169 days ago 44 posts - 84 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Italian | Message 19 of 59 26 December 2008 at 10:10am | IP Logged |
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Teach Yourself can really go either way. Though some of the books are really quite mediocre, "Teach Yourself Hindi" is a wonderfully useful tool. It is probably the best Teach Yourself I've ever come across.
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| Cheeky chica Groupie England Joined 5796 days ago 70 posts - 75 votes Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 20 of 59 27 December 2008 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
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I bet the OP is regretting putting the word 'doubt' in the topic heading!
I haven't tried the TY books, and doesn't look like I will any time soon lol. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6073 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 21 of 59 29 December 2008 at 5:54pm | IP Logged |
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TY Norwegian is one of the best self study course for the language.
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| ofdw Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5695 days ago 39 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English*, Italian | Message 22 of 59 13 January 2009 at 6:17am | IP Logged |
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I doubt the usefulness of adding to the debate about "doubt". (sorry!)
I also find TYS a bit "touristy". But when I was learning Italian I found it useful to listen to the dialogues for sharpening my listening comprehension, and filling in vocabulary gaps left by MT and Pimsleur. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ronp Heptaglot Newbie Australia ronpeek.blogspo Joined 5934 days ago 33 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, German, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Norwegian, Mandarin, Esperanto, Finnish, Macedonian, Hindi, Greek, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Basque, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic (Written), Sign Language Studies: Turkish, Swahili | Message 23 of 59 01 February 2009 at 2:20pm | IP Logged |
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The Teach Yourself series has changed significantly over the last 5-6 decades and there are about 4-6 generations of books (see Prof. Arguelles review on youtube). I personally think that the editions of the last 10 years vary in quality for various languages, but there are some gems, depending on your purpose, how you use them, as well as which languages you already now (and their level). The TYS Norwegian one, written by Margaretha Danbolt Simons, is one of the better ones. The audio and story line are very helpful, and so are the explanations in the book.
Lykke til! Ron Edited by ronp on 02 February 2009 at 2:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Frisco Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6696 days ago 380 posts - 398 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Italian, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 24 of 59 01 February 2009 at 5:30pm | IP Logged |
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I like the Teach Yourself series. There's a wide selection of languages and they're about as affordable as you can get for having an audio component. The courses are indeed different now, but since they've been around so long, you can get the modern edition, which is heavier on communication and an earlier edition, which is heavier on grammar. That's what I did with Turkish and Persian.
No one course is going to teach you everything about a language. If you're serious about learning a language, I say collect whatever materials you can get your hands on and learn whatever you can from them. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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