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| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes  2 sounds | Message 89 of 405 25 January 2007 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know that in the French and Spanish courses the beeping is only for the first few tracks. After that it's assumed you can know when to respond!
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| unlocked87 Groupie United States Joined 6621 days ago 42 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 90 of 405 25 January 2007 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
Why, would they even have it to begin with? The horrible beeping sound sure put me off. How hard is it for him to ask a question and leave a pause like a normal human being? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 91 of 405 25 January 2007 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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The recording engineers were too lazy to edit the long pauses out, so they put those beeps in there instead. They had to earn their keep somehow.
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| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6944 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 92 of 405 26 January 2007 at 7:22am | IP Logged | ||
I rather suspect the recording engineers were paid top pound to make the beeps as obnoxious as possible, so as to remind the inexperienced language dog to bark its answers out loud instead of silently chasing its tail. After several tracks of Pavlovian training, they dropped the beeps and proceeded to rely on the newly acquired conditioned reflex to produce the needed response. Edited by frenkeld on 26 January 2007 at 7:23am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 93 of 405 26 January 2007 at 11:57am | IP Logged | ||
Pure comedic genius! Edited by luke on 26 January 2007 at 2:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Roger Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6593 days ago 159 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Indonesian | Message 94 of 405 26 January 2007 at 3:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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The beeps only last a few minutes out of 8 hours. You really should'nt give up on this course because of that. Mind you if the beeps were for the full 8 hours I think I would have gone insane. Edited by Roger on 26 January 2007 at 3:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tujiko Senior Member United States Joined 6534 days ago 140 posts - 144 votes Speaks: English* | Message 95 of 405 26 January 2007 at 3:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Are you talking about the beeps in the very beginning of the beginner courses? As Roger noted, they disappear after less than a minute. Hardly a reason to dispose of the whole course.
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| ColdBlue Groupie Angola Joined 6574 days ago 40 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 96 of 405 26 January 2007 at 6:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Are all of Michel Thomas' language programs good, or are some language sets better than others? How is the Spanish one (all the way up to the advanced courses)?
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