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| TheArabist Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3900 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Arabic (classical) Studies: French | Message 1 of 4 13 March 2014 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
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Hi Guys, this is my first post and I was hoping I could get some advice.
My workplace is expanding out to France and Germany and I've fortunately been given the opportunity to have classes in both these languages, paid for by my company, as I shall be heading out these projects. I live in Cairo and to prepare for this will be taking intensive courses in French and German, one to one with two experienced tutors. My french is quite rusty but I am able to read quite well and write somewhat tolerably. My German is at a B1 level that I tested for a few years back. I have three months before I am to be posted out there and would like to make as much progress as possible, lessons being one to one would facilitate that I think. I was thinking of scheduling my classes as such. Monday to Friday - 8am-12pm French and 1pm to 5pm German. With an extra fours hours for revising, doing homework and keeping on top of work. It would come up to roughly: 240 hours of tuition in French and 240 hours of one to one tuition in German. My goal would be to reach a B2 level in both languages if not perhaps C1. I shall be in France for a couple of months after and in Germany for a month with the possibility of studying there but probably mostly working. In your experience, would this be feasible? This is very important and I would be very happy in benefiting from your experiences in setting up a tight schedule. Many Thanks! Arabist one to oneone to one 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| TheArabist Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3900 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Arabic (classical) Studies: French | Message 2 of 4 19 March 2014 at 3:16pm | IP Logged |
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Bump!
Anyone guys? Id really appreciate the advice. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7196 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 3 of 4 19 March 2014 at 3:39pm | IP Logged |
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Professor Arguelles tells the story of learning Russian through various courses. Then, after getting those down solid, he spent a month in Saint Petersburg and had tutor lessons for several hours each day and came out fluent.
I used a tutor once. For me, the real benefit came after having a solid grounding in the language. The native speaking tutor could spot my strengths and see where I needed work. Based on her analysis, she tailored lessons to address my weak points. For me, the tutor is most helpful having already hit the intermediate level. Professor Arguelles says the same. By taking ownership of the early learning process, you can tailor your self-teaching program around your interests. That's a cost effective approach as well. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5325 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 4 19 March 2014 at 3:51pm | IP Logged |
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It sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime, I am so envious of you :-)
I would perhaps have tried to do "double shifts" of French Monday and Tuesday and half of Wednesday, and then German half of Wednesday and all Thursday and Friday, because it may be stressful to change from one language to the other every day, but that is a matter of personal taste. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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