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| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5416 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 361 of 405 08 February 2012 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Oh, I certainly didn't mean to suggest that some releases didn't even sell a single copy. -.-' But it's undeniable that there is a correlation between number of reviews and popularity, the only exception I can think of being school textbooks. 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 362 of 405 08 February 2012 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Being able to identify a non-native accent doesn't require a high level in the language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5784 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 363 of 405 10 February 2012 at 12:46am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Well, no, it doesn't; but it requires something a bit more than absolute beginner or false beginner. Let's put it this way, his romance accents are not as good, but if you can tell from his accent that Michel Thomas was not a native German speaker I can say with some confidence that you're passed the level at which the course will be useful to you, UNLESS you picked up a load of the language as a kind of "soup" elsewhere but lack confidence with the grammatical structure, in which case spending 13 hours with Michel Thomas' course is really, REALLY not going to hurt your accent. Annoyance is one thing, but in terms of developing faulty pronunciation I can confidently assert that, whatever your level, the only way that using a Michel Thomas course will cause you to develop faulty pronunciation is if you do not use it properly (you spend months instead of hours on it or, worse, try to learn it). Edited by Random review on 10 February 2012 at 12:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5419 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 364 of 405 10 February 2012 at 1:50am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I'm not really sure if you need be more than an absolute beginner or false beginner to realise that Thomas doesn't speak with a native German accent but perhaps the reason for that is his accent does not change much from his English accent which to my ears doesn't sound particularly German. What you say is probably often applicable when it comes to hearing a person speak whom you haven't heard before though. But anyway, Thomas' accent should not put people off from using his courses. If I learn German one day I'll certainly be using Thomas' courses as my starting point. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5345 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 365 of 405 10 February 2012 at 3:18am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Probably can't do to copyright and patents. =\ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5419 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 366 of 405 10 February 2012 at 3:30am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Thankfully my dad has the CDs for the Foundation, Advanced, Language Builder and Vocabulary courses for German already so I can just borrow them whenever I want in future. ^_^ Probably won't bother much with anything other than the Foundation and Advanced courses though. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5345 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 367 of 405 10 February 2012 at 4:11am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I like the German foundation course so far. Even though I know most of it so far. ------------------------- I hope they do a new Spanish version. I do not like his Spanish accent. It is really awful to listen to. I just listened to the 2nd track (via youtube). I wouldn't bother using MT for Spanish. I do like the German and Russian ones. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5419 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 368 of 405 10 February 2012 at 4:42am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I know what you mean about his Spanish accent! Makes me feel uncomfortable to listen to. He might not have been good at accents but he was good with grammar! Not sure about the other courses but I noticed Thomas teaches some incorrect things though not grammar related. My dad thinks the Foundation and Advanced German courses are a great start but you'll still need to find another good grammar resource, especially for cases. My dad also noticed the lack of an important kind of past-tense which was taught in the French and Italian courses but not in the German ones. Can't remember what particular tense it was though but my dad was confused as to why it wasn't taught as it is an important one to know. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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