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| tujiko Senior Member United States Joined 6534 days ago 140 posts - 144 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 97 of 405 26 January 2007 at 6:50pm | IP Logged |
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I've used the beginner and advanced courses for each language except for German, and I found the Spanish course good. The biggest drawbacks are the lack of native accents and pronunciation. The beginner course is a good introduction to the language, but the male student makes a great many mistakes, which can be bothersome (though amusing) if you use the program multiple times. The advanced course goes through the 'higher' tenses, but I feel I got more out of the advanced French course (when I used that) than the Spanish adv course in comparison. This might have been due to the French students (they were sharper), or to differences in his teaching of the grammatical points, or my knowing more Spanish when I used that adv course than French when I used its adv course. But for the price, I'd say it's a good introduction to the language, and a far better deal (both time-wise and money-wise) than many other courses out there. You'll be able to make your own sentences when you're done with it if you sweep it enough, and you'll be able to make yourself understood. From there, you can learn accent, vocabulary, and the rabbit hole of intricacies that define day-to-day conversation from other sources (reading, radio, FSI, native speakers, etc).
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| ColdBlue Groupie Angola Joined 6574 days ago 40 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 98 of 405 01 February 2007 at 4:35pm | IP Logged |
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So are they coming out with vocabulary courses with Michel Thomas?
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| Roger Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6593 days ago 159 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Indonesian | Message 99 of 405 01 February 2007 at 5:10pm | IP Logged |
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Yes they are but im told it's been delayed. Which is a pain :(
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| Roger Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6593 days ago 159 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Indonesian | Message 100 of 405 26 March 2007 at 5:16pm | IP Logged |
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MICHEL THOMAS: THE LEARNING REVOLUTION. This book is comming out in may 2007, just thought I would say in case any michel thomas fans didn't know.
EDIT: 25 Jan 2008, thats when it comes out on amazon.co.uk for some reason. Edited by Roger on 26 March 2007 at 5:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6529 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 101 of 405 26 March 2007 at 11:37pm | IP Logged |
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Can someone explain me what "Michel Thomas" is? I have never seen that learning method in my country (and I will never see it here).
I just want to know what it is, how much languages can you learn with Michel Thomas method? Cost of the method? Thank you. Guido, from Argentina 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6910 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 102 of 405 27 March 2007 at 6:03am | IP Logged |
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Four, I think: German, Spanish, French and Italian.
More info here (if you don't want to read the entire thread): http://www.michelthomas.com/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| lutonia Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6464 days ago 15 posts - 17 votes Speaks: English* | Message 103 of 405 27 March 2007 at 9:27am | IP Logged |
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Roger,
Where did you find your information about the new Michel Thomas books? The only information I can find on his official site is the astounding revelation that he continues to teach classes, some 27 months after he passed away. Guido, Michel Thomas was a language teacher. He produced some popular audio courses in French, German, Spanish and Italian (aimed at native English speakers). He taught using an original method. There are three stages to each course. The beginner's course contained eight CDs, the intermediate course contained two, and the advanced course contained four. A set of three courses (beginner, intermediate and advanced) would cost about $150 US brand-new. Read the reviews on amazon.co.uk for more information. Edited by lutonia on 27 March 2007 at 9:30am 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 104 of 405 27 March 2007 at 9:40am | IP Logged |
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Hi, I typed in 'Michel Thomas vocabulary' and it came up with this. http://www.michelthomas.co.uk/forthcoming.htm
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