montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4828 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh
| Message 233 of 376 13 September 2011 at 4:29pm | IP Logged |
Jeffers wrote:
Edit: another thing I always do when learning a language is to get music in the language if possible. Jupiter Jones for German, lots of Bollywood for Hindi, and now Guillaume Grand for French. |
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For German, I'm a big fan of Udo Lindenberg. You can usually find the lyrics on the web somewhere if they are not on the CD liner.
For French, if you don't mind (or like) something old fashioned and nostalgic, there's Charles Trenet, or Jaques Brel, and a few more of that ilk that I can't remember.
And no one's shelves should be without some Edith Piaf! :-)
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TMoneytron Groupie United States Joined 4861 days ago 70 posts - 83 votes Studies: German
| Message 234 of 376 27 September 2011 at 9:35pm | IP Logged |
What does everyone think of the Living Language Advanced German Course?
I found it for about 80 dollars and am considering it since I am coming up to the end of Assimil "German with Ease."
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tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5453 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 235 of 376 01 October 2011 at 8:39pm | IP Logged |
TMoneytron wrote:
What does everyone think of the Living Language Advanced German Course? |
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I haven't used it yet, but I have the book and think it looks very promising.
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MrkKnop Newbie United States Joined 4801 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes
| Message 236 of 376 03 October 2011 at 11:29pm | IP Logged |
I am a big fan of supermemo.net learning platform and their English and Polish courses - especially those with a tutor. They are cheap, you can try them before buy, they take care for repetitions.
Mark
Edited by MrkKnop on 03 October 2011 at 11:31pm
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pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5083 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 237 of 376 04 October 2011 at 12:39pm | IP Logged |
tractor wrote:
TMoneytron wrote:
What does everyone think of the Living Language Advanced German Course? |
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I haven't used it yet, but I have the book and think it looks very promising. |
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I bought the 'Living Language: German Beyond The Basics' pack (book, dictionary, CDs). I haven't started German yet, but I've gone over the book, and I'm really impressed with it. But that's Living Language for you. They're good! :D
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Nguyen Senior Member Vietnam Joined 5093 days ago 109 posts - 195 votes Speaks: Vietnamese
| Message 238 of 376 07 October 2011 at 3:33pm | IP Logged |
I used the DLI, FSI courses in reverse. Vietnamese to English with good results. Up until 1975 we could take English in school and many did, myself included. For about 15 years that all ended but with the internet and tv plus alot of intrest in learning English; I managed to get pretty good at it. BTW the DLI, FSI courses for Vietnamese from the 60's and 70's use alot of outdated vocabulary. You will still be understood though.
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tennisfan Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5360 days ago 130 posts - 247 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: German
| Message 239 of 376 09 October 2011 at 5:45am | IP Logged |
misslanguages wrote:
Rosetta Stone is my favorite program. It's fun because you get to look at beautiful pictures while studying your target language. Moreover, it's based on repetition, which is always a good thing. |
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Deerhound Triglot Newbie England Joined 4905 days ago 30 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English*, German, Toki Pona Studies: French, Mandarin, Esperanto, Greek, Latin, Welsh
| Message 240 of 376 18 October 2011 at 11:47pm | IP Logged |
The pre-1973 Teach Yourself books - I love them!
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