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| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6623 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 25 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm doing this too now. I read an Assimil lesson, read the notes, try the exercises, all
that. Then I pick all the interesting new content and make Anki flash cards (phrases/sentence though, not single words). In many cases just typing the card is enough for me to learn it. In almost all cases I know it after 2-3 revisions. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6515 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 26 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:20am | IP Logged | |||||
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How do you use the flashcards with Assimil? Do you use them in a passive (L2-L1) or in a active way (L1-L2)?
Do you put the Assimil sentences' audio in one of the sides of the cards or you only write them? Edited by slucido on 22 September 2010 at 11:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5851 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 27 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:22am | IP Logged | |||||
If you struggle to translate without memorisation of the material, that would suggest that the Assimil methodology is flawed. Translation of something you have memorised the translation for is trivially easy, and isn't actually "translation" at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6623 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 28 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:30am | IP Logged | |||||
I use them passively. I haven't reached Assimil active phase yet, I'll see what I decide then. And I don't use the audio in the flash cards, but I'm learning an "easy" language so I don't need it. Edited by numerodix on 22 September 2010 at 11:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| daveyboy Newbie Spain Joined 5122 days ago 33 posts - 46 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 29 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:43am | IP Logged | |||||
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>>Absolutely, I have no desire to learn grammar for it's own sake. I am more than
happy to be picking up the ability to use Spanish. If I learned to use the language I would be happy if I never learned any grammar rules. If people are able to, could thet address the particular queries that I mentionned above, about the fact that I am not sure that I am picking up everything as I go along. Thanks Jim << Hey Jim, There are so many Romanians / Polish / Bulgarians and Russians that live over here in Spain, If you gave most of these guys a Spanish grammar book and said " here can you explain this to me ? they would just look at the book and not understand nothing except maybe reading the instructions..!! But, talking / listening to them you will find that they speak fluent Spanish, with no problems at all..!! The Romanians pick the language up so fast because theirs is a romance language like Spanish, but for the others their language is very different like Ours. How do they do it..? Listening, repeating and talking, It becomes easy for them because they are surrounded by the Spanish every single day. For you it will be more difficult because your in England. Jim, stay with the Assimil book, it really does work mate, but if you want add the phrases to a flash card program as well, plus buy some audio books and listen while reading the story. Have you heard of the Lola Lago Detective audio books ? They are really good because they are made for people that study Spanish, there are seven in the range, they have them in levels: A1 / A2 / A2+ and B1. Look in your local book shop or on Amazon. Grammar is Important if say you were doing a professional job, but for the average joe bloggs on the street, I don't think you need to get deep deep deep in to it. I know people that have studied Spanish for over 3 years In England with their grammar books, later they have come to Spain [ Talking on the Street ] Like : Hola...err errr hum...¿como estás ? hum hum hum.. puedes ayudarme... errrr.. Then the person replies at 600 mile an hour and they can´t understand a single thing..! Why..? It´s because they have had their heads deep inside the grammar books, with phrases you would hardly use on the streets in Spain. Try the Audio books Jim, Listen / read along / listen without reading / just read out loud. Along with the other Methods you will get there mate. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| daveyboy Newbie Spain Joined 5122 days ago 33 posts - 46 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 30 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:50am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes Cainntear, and the method that has made it more easy for me [ and some others on here ] is by adding them to the flash cards. If there is a method that will speed up my progress I am going to use it for sure..! Give it a try mate. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| daveyboy Newbie Spain Joined 5122 days ago 33 posts - 46 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 31 of 35 22 September 2010 at 11:53am | IP Logged | |||||
What do you think of adding / using this method Numerodix..? is it working for you mate...? I'm sure it is. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5405 days ago 938 posts - 1839 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 32 of 35 22 September 2010 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have long thought about entering Assimil vocabulary on index cards, but I have concluded that it is just too much effort. I did a test and it took me about an hour to insert the words from one of the middling lessons.
Instead I review random lessons in both the passive and active phases (translating in the active) and go through a lesson 3 or 4 times in the active phase until I can translate it without much pause for thought. Still, whatever works.... Edited by Elexi on 22 September 2010 at 3:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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