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| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4712 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 273 of 278 29 August 2013 at 7:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Random review, do you have any experience with the older-style Linguaphone courses of
either 30 or 50 lessons? I'd be curious how someone that has completed one of those and an Assimil compare the two! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4637 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 274 of 278 30 August 2013 at 2:42am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think the advanced Assimil will get anyone to B2. It's definitely great to solidify the material from the first course and will maybe get you to a strong B1.
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| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5784 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 275 of 278 30 August 2013 at 7:40am | IP Logged | ||
Not as my main method. I have ued the 30 lesson Spanish course as a supplement and plan to use the 30 lesson German course in the same way. If the Spanish one is typical, they are good courses. A little less convenient than Assimil due to lack of a transation on the facing page, but that's no big deal. They're not as fun as Assimil, though. Assimil lessons are genuinely interesting and enjoyable in themselves. Language learning should be fun. Linguaphone isn't really much fun. Good courses all the same, I think. I'll have a think and get back yo you with anything else that occurs to me. Edited by Random review on 30 August 2013 at 7:41am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5566 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 276 of 278 30 August 2013 at 9:57am | IP Logged | ||
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Personally, I would disagree that Linguaphone isn't fun. If one can associate with the
characters, in the way one does with a soap opera or radio drama, a Linguaphone course is fun. Maybe not the flippant fun of a classic Assimil, but fun all the same. I think in the round I prefer Linguaphone - here are my reasons: The lessons are longer and less flippant and so allow for a richer demonstration of colloquial vocabulary than Assimil. The new words are set out as a list at the start of each lesson making flash card production easier. I like the fact that one has raw L2 text with no translation in the course book - so one can encounter the language first without peeking. My method, after listening to and grasping the text, is to listen to the audio and pause at the end of each line so I can read the more comprehensive grammatical and idiomatic analysis of the sentences in the handbook. The exercises, being written and oral FSI style drills, add more than the Assimil translation and fill in the blanks exercises. I feel that Linguaphone, despite its age, has more relevant vocabulary than Assimil. In saying that, that is not to knock Assimil - Assimil courses have taken a good few hours of my life over the years and Assimil is still my 'go to' method of choice. Edited by Elexi on 02 September 2013 at 7:33pm 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4712 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 277 of 278 31 August 2013 at 10:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting. It sounds like Linguaphone would work more as a total package program for
many people who dislike the open-ended setup of Assimil. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 278 of 278 07 May 2014 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | ||
Now we see how English has become the dominant world language... It all traces back to that first course... 8 persons have voted this message useful |
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