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| evol Triglot Newbie Hong Kong Joined 4330 days ago 28 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 9 of 15 03 March 2013 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Perhaps I should better examine the few courses available nearby when I have the time to
see if they match. I believe you are right. Indeed, I don't think a language course should attempt to go too deep into the culture; in fact, it can't meet the goal in most cases. The best is to have some, to a larger extent to keep the learner entertained and motivated. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5565 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 10 of 15 03 March 2013 at 9:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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The 4 cassette courses from the 1970s and 1980s are almost certainly almost the same as
the 8 cassette courses. The additional cassette space on the 8 cassette courses is for the inclusion of FSI like oral drills - a feature that Linguaphone added in the 1980s. The only time one might find a course 'on the cusp' between the 50s-60s courses and the later generation is in courses manufactured in the early 1970s. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| evol Triglot Newbie Hong Kong Joined 4330 days ago 28 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 11 of 15 04 March 2013 at 5:42am | IP Logged | ||
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The 8 cassette courses might have been introduced before 1980. In the local library
there is a Spanish course published in 1975 which has 8 cassette and 5 books, and a German course in 1971 which even has 10 cassettes. On the contrary, I found courses published in 1988 have odd numbers of cassettes, which are 5, 10 or 15 respectively. The 15 ones may be business courses, but I have no idea what the 5 and 10 are. The numbers of books vary though, ranged from 2 to 5 through the years. Jeff said that the number was not that important, as long as you get 2 books (course and handbook), which are the basic course and all you need; the other books are additional which won't do much harm if you miss them. It seems that, up to now, the safest way is to get a course with: a) 2 books at least (course and handbook) b) 4 or 8 cassettes Edited by evol on 04 March 2013 at 5:46am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ling Diglot Groupie Taiwan Joined 4586 days ago 61 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Indonesian, Thai | Message 12 of 15 04 March 2013 at 11:25am | IP Logged | ||
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I found an excellent Linguaphone Indonesian course form the 1970s that got me to basic
conversational level in the language in 25 lessons, and helped me a lot during a visit to Bali. There are 40 lessons in all, if I remember correctly. This summer I intend to review and complete all the lessons. So far it's the best language program I've ever found, despite being a little dated. But I'm concentrating on Thai for a moment in preparation for a trip to Thailand next month. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5565 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 13 of 15 04 March 2013 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Not all Linguaphone courses have 4 or 8 cassettes because not all Linguaphone courses
follow the same format. The 'big' languages of French, German, Spanish and Italian follow the 30 lesson format in the 1970s-80s iteration, but others do not - e.g. Dutch, Greek, Afrikaans. Often if a course has an odd numbers of cassettes it is generally 5 or 9 because it includes an introductory 'how to use' cassette. But not always - for example the Welsh course has 5 cassettes. The 15 cassettes ones are the business courses (French and German, only, I think) - which are more like FSI than other linguaphone. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Mistermark21 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4612 days ago 23 posts - 26 votes Studies: Swedish* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Polish | Message 14 of 15 06 March 2013 at 1:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I bought a 1960s Linguaphone Polish Conversational course on eBay last week. Imagine my dishappointment when it arrived and contained all the records, the coursebook entirely in Polish but not the other two books (the grammer and explinatry notes).
So here i am trying to hunt those books down. They're rare so the chances are very small. 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 15 of 15 10 March 2013 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | ||
It is often very hard to tell. I started this thread about a year ago: The Linguaphone buyer’s guide thread http://how-to- learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31780&PN=8& TPN=1 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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