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| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6229 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 25 of 64 19 May 2011 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm just bumping this to remind people to fill put their favorite (and least favorite) Assimil courses!! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| exscribere Diglot Senior Member IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5279 days ago 104 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Danish Studies: Mandarin, French, Korean, Hindi | Message 26 of 64 19 May 2011 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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So far, I'm pretty unimpressed with Hindi sans peine. It's another one of the "My name is Nishka. My name is Indian, but I am French." "Who is that? That is Boris. Is he a student? Yes, he is a student. Who is that? That is Herman. He is German. He is also a student." types.
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| Welltravelled Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5862 days ago 46 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 27 of 64 19 May 2011 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'm using Assimil German with Ease and Assimil German without Toil and they are both
excellent. I recommend using the together. Someone suggested this to me from the forum and they really do compliment each other very well. In fact I feel that the courses are so good in combination that they almost approach a form of art. They really are exquisitely good! 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Welltravelled Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5862 days ago 46 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 28 of 64 19 May 2011 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Only a shame there isn't an Assimil Using German as well, although I get the feeling that
once I've finished with these two courses combined, it probably wouldn't be necessary. There really does appear to be a lot of German in these two books. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5453 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 29 of 64 19 May 2011 at 6:30pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
If you're French is good enough, there's a follow-up to each of the two courses: Assimil La pratique de l'allemand (old) and Assimil Perfectionnement allemand (new). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Welltravelled Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5862 days ago 46 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 30 of 64 21 May 2011 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Thanks for that suggestion Tractor. I think you were the person who originally suggested
I use the German without Toil and German with Ease together. Thank you for that too - they are awesome! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jasoninchina Senior Member China Joined 5231 days ago 221 posts - 306 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Italian | Message 31 of 64 22 May 2011 at 9:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I have recently acquired two versions of the Italian Assimil program: one from the 50's and one that appears to be just a few years old. For those of you who are familiar with them, I'd like to hear your opinion on their strengths and weaknesses.
Also, the 1950's edition seems to say that I need only to spend a quarter of an hour per day on a lesson. And furthermore that I can complete one lesson in a day. Did I read this correctly? I know that Italian will be easier than Mandarin to learn, but it can't be that much easier. The main reason I'm asking about the differences is that I'm not sure I would want to be learning 50's Italian any more than I would want to learn 50's English. But, I've also heard some good things about older assimil editions. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5453 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 32 of 64 22 May 2011 at 11:18am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I haven't used Italian without Toil, but from my own experience with the French and the German ones, I'd say you need to spend at least half an hour on each lesson (during the passive wave). The first few lessons are very easy and can be done in less time, but the course quickly becomes more demanding as you progress.
Yes, that's one of the basic principles of Assimil: one lesson a day. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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