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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 265 of 278 01 September 2011 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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You may be right. I am basing my opinion mostly on the Italian courses, which I've completed in their entirety, and from browsing through the French courses. They introduce some harder tenses like the subjunctive very early on in the Without Toil series and much later in the With Ease books.
Either way, the courses are much different so it's useful to do both. Edited by newyorkeric on 01 September 2011 at 3:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TMoneytron Groupie United States Joined 4862 days ago 70 posts - 83 votes Studies: German | Message 266 of 278 01 September 2011 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | ||
Hey Derek! From what I've gleamed from the Without Toil book, they do introduce more complicated structures and words earlier. For example, the word "Vernügen" is introduced in, I believe, the fourth lesson. But isn't mentioned until about lesson 52 in the "With Ease series." At least one of the lessons is the same, "Der Engel mit Schuhen" features in both (lesson 55 in "Without Ease" and 53 in "Without Toil"). I think newyorkeric is correct, though. "Werden" is introduced in lesson 25, much earlier than in With Ease, which introduces it in lesson 41. The same with "da- compounds". Lesson 20 in Without Toil introduces "dafür" while a With Ease doesn't introduce those compounds until lesson 32. Either way, newyorkeric is right, there's enough variation in order and vocabulary to get a lot out of both. I think I might start what you are doing, dleewo and working through both simultaneously. Thanks for the input, guys! Edit: For reference Derek, I'm on lesson 57 in "With Ease." Edited by TMoneytron on 01 September 2011 at 8:07pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4701 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English* | Message 267 of 278 22 August 2012 at 12:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello, without reading every page on here (although I will do at some point) I am wondering what Is the best way to use Assimil Chinese with ease?
I have just got It today and before I start, I would like to here how to use It to the best you can. What other programs work well with It and how much time should I study. Also, I apologize If this Is posted else where. Thanks In advance 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| AdamUK Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5155 days ago 12 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Italian, Spanish | Message 268 of 278 31 August 2012 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just started with my Assimil Spanish and I'm loving it already!
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 269 of 278 31 August 2012 at 3:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Are there alternatives for the active wave? I wouldn't want to translate really but I still wanna join the challenge;)
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| mikeinstlouis Newbie United States Joined 5982 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 270 of 278 23 August 2013 at 6:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is this forum still active?
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 271 of 278 23 August 2013 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | ||
This forum is still quite active. This particular thread, on the other hand, hasn't been active for a while. But there's nothing wrong with bringing it back to life, especially if you have something to ask about it, or to add to the discussion. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5784 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 272 of 278 26 August 2013 at 5:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Just finished lesson 100 of Assimil's German program. It's the first time I've used Assimil as my main
method and I'm really happy with it. I can now confirm what others have said: no way it takes you to B2. A strong A2 or at best a (very) weak B1 is more like it. Nevertheless, I highly recommend it and hope that the second level course (I've now realised I don't need to speak French to use it) and finishing the FSI course (which I'm about a third of the way through) will get me to B2. Great course, 6 persons have voted this message useful |
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