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| Languagelover1 Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6434 days ago 63 posts - 63 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 177 of 405 24 August 2007 at 6:54am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Zorndyke,
The courses are marketed differently in the US using different titles to those used in the UK, but they are the same recordings. You should do the courses in the following order Foundation Course (8 Cd´s) Advanced course (4 cd´s) Vocabulary course (5 Cd´s) Language builder (2 cd´s) treat as optional These titles are available for German, French, Spanish and Italian. As you are German, and studying French I suspect you are interested in the French course. It is very good for giving you the structure of the language and then building vocabulary through the use of cognates in the Vocabulary course. At the end of September there will be Russian, Arabic and Mandarin but only in the foundation course for the time being. You can obtain all of these titles through Amazon.co.uk at half the normal price (well this is usually the case) Edited by Languagelover1 on 24 August 2007 at 6:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zorndyke Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6963 days ago 374 posts - 382 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Czech | Message 178 of 405 24 August 2007 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for your answer. From all I have seen I guess that the Foundation courses are not the same as the basic courses with 8 CDs (afaik, the Foundation courses have 10 CDs) and will replace them when it comes to the new languages (Arabic, Chinese, Russian).
So how are these basic courses with 8 CDs called? I am interested in the French courses, but even more in the Spanish courses. Edited by Zorndyke on 24 August 2007 at 6:10pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zhuangzi Nonaglot Language Program Publisher Senior Member Canada lingq.com Joined 7033 days ago 646 posts - 688 votes Speaks: English*, French, Japanese, Swedish, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 179 of 405 24 August 2007 at 7:25pm | IP Logged | ||
Just get yourself some comprehensible content. Start with Assimil or Colloquial or Teach Yourself. Or do them all, and then move on to authentic content. How can you think of spending 600 pounds? You will not be any further ahead. It all depends on you and a lot of listening and reading. There are no courses that work. There is just the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Languagelover1 Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6434 days ago 63 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 180 of 405 24 August 2007 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sorry, I had forgotten that since I bought it they have now added two CD's to
the foundation course, which enable you to revise the entire content of the course without listening to the students or the teaching points. Just the question in English and the answer in the target language. Hope this clarifies it for you 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| angeltreats Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6299 days ago 48 posts - 49 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Swedish | Message 181 of 405 08 September 2007 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't read all 23 pages of this thread so apologies if this has already been answered!
I was wondering just how advanced the Advanced Spanish course is. And does it focus more on vocabulary or grammar? If I am capable of, say, watching a Spanish movie without subtitles or having a conversation in Spanish or reading Harry Potter, would I get any benefit from it? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Languagelover1 Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6434 days ago 63 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 182 of 405 08 September 2007 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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It gives grammar only but covers all the major tenses. By the end of MT you will have about 500 words of
vocabulary. There is a follow on vocabulary course which will give you a further 1000 (mainly cognates). If you want to read a book like Harry Potter I suggest you get the English version and the Spanish version and the audiobook in Spanish. You will be able to shadow read the Spanish and refer to the English where you can't guess from context. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| angeltreats Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6299 days ago 48 posts - 49 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Swedish | Message 183 of 405 08 September 2007 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for your quick response! But I actually meant that I'm already able to read books like Harry Potter and watch films and stuff, though, and wondered whether MT's Advanced Spanish would still be of benefit to me or would it be too low a level for me. If that makes sense.
(I'm actually about 1/3 of the way into the first Harry Potter but struggling to find time to read it as I cycle to work nowadays and used to do my reading on the train!) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Languagelover1 Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6434 days ago 63 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 184 of 405 08 September 2007 at 3:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Unless your unsure of grammatical points I would leave it. Michel Thomas is better for beginners and those who
have learned but have an unsteady grammatical foundation. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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