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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 81 of 81 09 February 2014 at 9:22pm | IP Logged | ||
This is a good way to frame a question, but note the specificity required. E.G. "in French". This is a necessary component because although there are great similarties between Pimsleur or MT or Assimil for various languages, they aren't identical. E.G. Assimil French isn't the same as Assimil Spanish. Even there, we have different generations of products to deal with. Then there is the question about how is effectiveness measured? By taking a particular test? Which test? Although there are human evaluators for tests in speaking and writing, even the most impartial test examiner could be swayed by charisma or beauty in the candidate. Depending on who is doing the research, there may be an axe to grind. This leads me back to the point that although research may be interesting and helpful, so much depends on motivation and ability in the student that a little more effectiveness here and there could end up being noise in the final result. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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