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| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5365 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 17 of 22 18 October 2014 at 7:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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The Prisma publisher has a ton of books directed at your child's age. Their products for adults are great and I'd imagine these are too.
Also, there is a new English based Assimil course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6587 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 18 of 22 18 October 2014 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | ||
It's thought that children can learn better from native materials though (and especially from immersion). For example, you don't need to pass the Finnish exam if you move to Finland before the age of 15. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4648 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 19 of 22 31 October 2014 at 4:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Language Transfer - Spanish 50 Lessons (FREE)
FSI - Basic Spanish (FREE) Multiple free audio sites on the web concerning whatever the child's interests are. IF, and I know it is a big IF, a person completed those two free courses, they would be on their way for all the free native materials they could handle. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4899 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 20 of 22 12 November 2014 at 8:20am | IP Logged | ||
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I'd love to know how your brother's study is going, EnglishEagle. The fact that he expressed the interest himself means he is more likely to succeed, in my opinion.
Or have we scared you off with aggressive advice giving? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4999 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 21 of 22 12 November 2014 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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I must admit I am slightly sceptical of the Prisma series. I don't lik the adult
version for some reasons (I think it might be ok with tons of supplements and perhaps for a class but I trully wasn't impressed when I considered it for my self learning). The trouble with courses aimed at children or teenagers is that they are actually suitable for younger children than advertised due to underestimating the children endlessly. I've seen a lot of children aimed courses and their authors appear to believe the children are dumb. Basically, my 10 years old sister (and me years and years before her) has always been bored by her English course aimed at ther age because the content was usually stupid and uninteresting. At the age children devour info about animals, other countries, the universe and whatever, the course was strictly following the "these are my toys" pattern. At the age of 13 or 14, I was totally fine with courses aimed at adults and so was everone else around. I am not saying all thematerial aimed at younger teenagers is bad, not at all. I am just saying that choosing a course just because it has a "12-15 years" tag, that is a huge mistake. Sure, you want a course that might have a more interesting content that looking for a job abroad but all the other usual criteria for a good quality course still apply. Another thing: Well, any topic can lead to some comprehensive input. A fan of a football team or a tv series is likely find the video too demanding in the beginnings but can still find a Spanish fan site on the internet. And the passion can almost always break the difficulty, large part of my generation dived into new Harry Potter book before it was translated and before we were ready by the standards of most htlalers. It helped our English and made us totally excited no matter we had gaps in our understanding. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4999 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 22 of 22 12 November 2014 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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And there was a great point. Spanish is an awesome language for a native of English or a
romance language. The intelligibility is quite high so you can start with native input quite early. Comic books may be a good complement quite early. Not only many get translated in Spanish, there are nice original Spanish ones too. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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