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| jean-luc Senior Member France Joined 4961 days ago 100 posts - 150 votes  Speaks: French* Studies: German | Message 1 of 10 06 October 2011 at 12:51pm | IP Logged |
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Hello All,
After reading some recent threads :Lingua latina per se illustrata - Greek? and From mnemonics to actual usage of vocab, I became interested by this "nature"or "natural" method. Not so much as a primary learning method but as a good complement to Assimil. I'm currently looking for the equivalent of "latina per se illustrata" in German (which I recall is not a simple text but a text designed to teach the target language without the need to use the primary language). I know it exists but it's incredibly difficult to find even information on it. If someone can give me a good link about, I would be thankful. Edited by jean-luc on 06 October 2011 at 12:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MmeFleiss Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5983 days ago 58 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog Studies: Japanese, French, Spanish | Message 2 of 10 19 October 2011 at 12:20am | IP Logged |
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This is a book from the 1800s that does that. In case the link doesn't work for you, it's James Henry Worman's Erstes deutsches Buch nach der natürlichen Methode: für Schule und Haus.
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| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6660 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 3 of 10 19 October 2011 at 6:40am | IP Logged |
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Hmm… That book should be PD, why is it not accessible as a PDF from Google Books?
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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5321 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 4 of 10 19 October 2011 at 7:40am | IP Logged |
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You can find a couple of natural method books at archive.org:
Erstes deutsches Buch nach der natürlichen Methode für Schule und Haus (1887) Leitfaden zum Erlernen der deutschen Sprache nach der natürlichen Methode (1887) The Practical German Grammar (1850) However, they're all hopelessly outdated, not suitable for self-study and on top of that are mostly printed in Fraktur typeface. I.e. they're probably only of interest to those who already speak German and are interested in older teaching methods. IMHO, most students are better off using modern textbooks. Edited by Doitsujin on 19 October 2011 at 2:48pm 7 persons have voted this message useful | |
| jean-luc Senior Member France Joined 4961 days ago 100 posts - 150 votes Speaks: French* Studies: German | Message 5 of 10 19 October 2011 at 1:56pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks all, I will have a look at these books. I don't mind outdated texts (it'll be just a complement), but I must confess that this fraktur typeface makes my eyes melt.
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| MmeFleiss Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5983 days ago 58 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog Studies: Japanese, French, Spanish | Message 6 of 10 19 October 2011 at 6:09pm | IP Logged |
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I forgot to add: this is the book we're currently using in my neighborhood class. It's an updated book on the method. I think the preview offered on Google Books gives a pretty good idea of what it's like. If the Google link doesn't work for you, you can see it here. Edited by MmeFleiss on 19 October 2011 at 6:10pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| AndrewL Newbie United States Joined 6660 days ago 26 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 7 of 10 26 October 2011 at 2:08am | IP Logged |
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There's also this book followed by this book, which form the Studien und Plaudereien series. The language is a little archaic, having been written a hundred years ago, but it works. I only went through the first one (which you can download onto your iPod using iBooks), but I thought it provided a pretty good foundation considering I hadn't studied much German since high school.
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| jean-luc Senior Member France Joined 4961 days ago 100 posts - 150 votes Speaks: French* Studies: German | Message 8 of 10 27 October 2011 at 9:31am | IP Logged |
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Looks good, thanks a lot to both of you!
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