Khublei Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Yugoslavia homestayperu.net Joined 5350 days ago 90 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English*, Irish*, Spanish Studies: Russian, Khasi, French, Albanian
| Message 137 of 376 29 June 2010 at 4:20pm | IP Logged |
I've a quick question for those of you who have discussed Pimsleur and Assimil Russian.
Did you find you learned a lot from Assimil even after all three Pimsleurs?
I'm going to try and find somewhere to buy Assimil, but I don't want the same stuff as
Pimsleur again, would like to progress somewhat.
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6868 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 138 of 376 29 June 2010 at 5:20pm | IP Logged |
I have always found Pimsleur extremely tame and pedestrian. Most of the sentences are far too simple, and they are often just slight variants of each other. Certainly not worth the price tag
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hobbitofny Senior Member United States Joined 6236 days ago 280 posts - 408 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian
| Message 139 of 376 29 June 2010 at 6:32pm | IP Logged |
Khublei wrote:
I've a quick question for those of you who have discussed Pimsleur and Assimil Russian.
Did you find you learned a lot from Assimil even after all three Pimsleurs?
I'm going to try and find somewhere to buy Assimil, but I don't want the same stuff as
Pimsleur again, would like to progress somewhat. |
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You will get much out Assimil after Pimsleur. I think it will give much progress for you.
Dale
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arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5274 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English
| Message 140 of 376 06 July 2010 at 11:07am | IP Logged |
FSI, Colloquial, Teach Yourself. These are the only ones I have tried. Every program has it's pros and cons, but I like these 3 programs very much.
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pineappleboom Groupie United States languageloft-ashley. Joined 5256 days ago 66 posts - 76 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, French, Russian
| Message 141 of 376 13 July 2010 at 2:20am | IP Logged |
Assimil! If you really like assimil though, you should learn french so you can have a much wider selection of resources
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Ericounet Senior Member France yojik.euRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5438 days ago 157 posts - 414 votes Studies: English, German, Russian
| Message 142 of 376 26 July 2010 at 4:41pm | IP Logged |
Hi,
I like: assimil, DLI, Pimsleur, Thomas ...
But I think, the better method is to use many different methods, read books, listen to the TV or radio, study grammatical books. I mix all of theses at the same time.
languages: Russian, English, German .. I tested Japanese with Pimsleur but only a few lessons. I focus on Russian at this moment. Watch BBC series in English (but don't remember if in English, I have to write English or English ...: I'll have to look for ...
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Eric!
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michaelmichael Senior Member Canada Joined 5260 days ago 167 posts - 202 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 143 of 376 31 July 2010 at 9:20am | IP Logged |
Ericounet wrote:
Hi,
I like: assimil, DLI, Pimsleur, Thomas ...
But I think, the better method is to use many different methods, read books, listen to the TV or radio, study grammatical books. I mix all of theses at the same time.
languages: Russian, English, German .. I tested Japanese with Pimsleur but only a few lessons. I focus on Russian at this moment. Watch BBC series in English (but don't remember if in English, I have to write English or English ...: I'll have to look for ...
:)
Eric!
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I've also been mixing. Still i think you should push one method slightly more, since i believe completion is quite important. I finished MT, and now focusing more on pimsleur. i have grammar books, but i don't use them every day, where as my main method must be daily.
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zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5347 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 144 of 376 05 August 2010 at 9:14am | IP Logged |
I was doing Pimsleur but it was just too long and too slow. From what I've done of
Pimsleur in German the speakers only worked on the polite form and never the informal
one. Also, it's hard to understand what you are learning if you only listen and say but
not read.
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