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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5839 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes  Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 145 of 185 11 January 2009 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
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What, is it THE SAME man and woman in all languages?
I agree, the man is not the sharpest tool... I suspected he might be putting it on! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pythonbyte Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5929 days ago 26 posts - 28 votes Studies: French, German | Message 146 of 185 11 January 2009 at 2:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
No different students. The male student in the Spanish course and the female student in the French are infuriating at times. I've noticed in the Russian course that the same students are used for both the foundation and advanced course, that seems a good idea and am surprised Michel Thomas didn't do that in the originals, we could have shared their adventures of learning the language from the start to finish so to speak. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6012 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 147 of 185 11 January 2009 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
When the original courses were recorded they didn't know they were going to make the advanced ones. Hodder have said that they tried to get hold of the original students, but some of them had moved, and others had learned a lot more and were no longer at the appropriate level. For the new courses, the advanced course was planned alongside the foundation one, so they avoided that particular problem. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| andrewm Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6014 days ago 40 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian | Message 148 of 185 11 January 2009 at 6:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
The male student in the Russian course is one of the reasons I didn't finish the advanced course. He constantly interrupts and winds up Natasha Bershadski! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| FSI Senior Member United States Joined 6360 days ago 550 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English* | Message 149 of 185 12 January 2009 at 4:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm going through the Japanese beginner course. So far, so good. If I judge it worth it by the end of the 8 hours (I'm on disk 3 now), I'll try the advanced course when it becomes available this spring.
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| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5924 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 150 of 185 12 January 2009 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've definitely heard the female student on the new Polish course before but I can't remember which course. I think the new teachers have a little trouble making the method their own, except perhaps for the Dutch and Polish ones, who do an excellent job.
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| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 151 of 185 18 January 2009 at 3:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ya, but don't you feel just a little smart when they sound dumb. :D
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6273 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 152 of 185 18 January 2009 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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How, briefly, do typical Michel Thomas courses work?
I can't be bothered going through this very long thread to find out. How do his methods differ from other language self-instruction courses? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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