kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4889 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 89 of 174 05 December 2012 at 8:46pm | IP Logged |
tennisfan wrote:
I'm sure some people will disagree with me but I really don't think
that the Iberian accent on the Assimil recordings would present a huge problem. |
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I like the way the Iberian accent on Assimil sounds, and it feels compatible with the
Spanish I hear from northern South America, Central America, and most of Mexico. My
theory (and it's only a theory) is that these places have a large indigenous population
for whom Spanish is a second language, and so it's a bit cleaner and slower.
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ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4711 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 90 of 174 08 December 2012 at 8:00pm | IP Logged |
Just an update, I heard back from Natalie Froehly at Assimil, and she said the updated
Spanish with Ease (English base) will be out in September 2013. That was the first I'd
heard of a specific month.
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4909 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 91 of 174 08 December 2012 at 9:09pm | IP Logged |
ericblair wrote:
Just an update, I heard back from Natalie Froehly at Assimil, and she
said the updated
Spanish with Ease (English base) will be out in September 2013. That was the first I'd
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Let's hope they fix the thing.
With regard to Iberian accent vs "Latin American" accent, you might actually put yourself
at an advantage with the Iberian accent, instead of trying to sound local. A friend of
mine went to America, and his Spanish is good enough that he was regularly thought to be
a native of Spain even though he is English. Had he learnt with an accent from the
Americas, they would have spotted him by his accent.
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Innion Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 4374 days ago 13 posts - 15 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: French
| Message 92 of 174 11 December 2012 at 2:50am | IP Logged |
I would like a Swedish Assimil course in English, that would be amazing. Anyways, I will
probably use their French version after I learn French, if they don't make one until
then.
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Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5395 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 93 of 174 21 December 2012 at 3:56am | IP Logged |
For anyone in the states, Schoenhofs (dot com) is a great place to get Assimil courses. The books run about $20 and the complete courses with audio are about $50 USD. It might even be cheaper to buy there and have them ship it elsewhere.
Be warned, though. If they are out of stock, it can take 6-8 weeks to show up, and they are awful about answering questions.
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Registrador Tetraglot Newbie Czech Republic Joined 5026 days ago 16 posts - 21 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, Italian Studies: German, Czech
| Message 94 of 174 18 January 2013 at 12:57pm | IP Logged |
Any update on this topic?
I'm waiting for the new "tchèque sans peine". I'm wondering if it'd be a brand new course or just a rehash
of the 1994 course.
Edited by Registrador on 18 January 2013 at 12:57pm
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embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4610 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 95 of 174 18 January 2013 at 3:26pm | IP Logged |
I see that Assimil has posted a message to their Facebook page saying that the 2013
catalogue is available on request at contact@assimil.com
"Le catalogue Assimil 2013 est disponible sur simple demande à contact@assimil.com"
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ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4711 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 96 of 174 20 January 2013 at 9:00pm | IP Logged |
embici wrote:
I see that Assimil has posted a message to their Facebook page saying
that the 2013
catalogue is available on request at contact@assimil.com
"Le catalogue Assimil 2013 est disponible sur simple demande à contact@assimil.com"
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Nice. If anyone happens to pick that up, feel free to post the list for us.
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