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| tricycle Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5667 days ago 99 posts - 107 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: French | Message 9 of 24 04 August 2011 at 7:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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s0fist, thank you for the recommendations.
I was really excited about the French with Native Audio deck for Anki, but the audio doesn't work for me in either Windows or Linux. In Windows the audio plays just fine on its own but doesnt seem to be linked to Anki. (I've struggled with this problem for more time than I'd like to admit.) Any Anki experts out there who have an idea of what I could do to fix it? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| s0fist Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5050 days ago 260 posts - 445 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Sign Language, German, Spanish, French | Message 10 of 24 04 August 2011 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||
For me, the audio didn't come with by default with the deck. I had to do what the deck description says (I just did it again to verify that it still works): After you download the deck, or later when you "open" the deck, go to settings->deck properties In the media url field copy and paste: http://static.tatoeba.org/audio/sentences/fra/ and then after you "close" that screen, back at "study screen" go into tools->advanced->download missing media files This will take a few (10-30) minutes depending on Internet speed, to download all the audio into a local directory on your computer. Once it's downloaded, it should work. I've noticed that every first time I open the deck the first card's sound can take 2-10 sec to play (maybe due to my computer), but after that sound is usually played as soon as you flip the card. You can also replay the sound by pressing the appropriate button or F5, I'm assuming the audio functionality isn't a result of some plugin that I might've installed by accident. Also, are you using Anki from a phone, or maybe you're trying to use a deck that's being synced using their service (audio isn't synced by default)? If so you might have to manually transfer audio from your computer. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5038 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 11 of 24 05 August 2011 at 2:38am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello! I am having a flirtation with French since it is a language I've always thought I should know but have never made the effort on it.
My main study right now for the 6WC is Japanese, but I thought to do the basic course through Mango (online database) and just do one lesson of French a day. The concentration is just speaking and can be done quickly. I did the first lessons last night in 12 minutes. I'll definitely know more real French if I do that than I did before! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4913 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 12 of 24 06 August 2011 at 12:56am | IP Logged | ||
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Just ordered the book Babar's French Lessons, after seeing it in a library. It's from 1963, but looks like it will be helpful to a noob like me.
So far most of my study time has been using French in Action (about 1/3 of my total hours), then vocabulary, then Assimil. I haven't been using my textbook (Fast French) as much because it's just not as interesting as FIA and Assimil. Most of my vocab cards are from Fast French though. EDIT: I'm glad to see that none of us French learners are still on 0 hours like some of the others, lol. At the moment, I'm the 3rd ranked French learner. GenaOh, you better watch out, because I'm on your tail! Edited by Jeffers on 06 August 2011 at 12:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tricycle Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5667 days ago 99 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French | Message 13 of 24 06 August 2011 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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s0fist, I really appreciate your help. Unfortunately, I redid everything and it still didn't work. Oh well - the deck "beginner french with audio" is enough to keep me busy at the moment.
Jeffers, that's me! I'm now 10 minutes ahead (a short-lived victory, I'm sure). I'm checking out FIA now based on your recommendation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4913 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 14 of 24 06 August 2011 at 5:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Tricycle, I've just passed you again. It's great having someone else learning French at around the same number of hours. I find it motivating to think that if I slack off for a day or two, you'll be too far ahead of me!
My daily goal is to do about 2 hours of study each day. I didn't quite do it on the first couple of days, but I've been managing close to 2 hours lately. I don't understand how the front runners can be doing 5-6 hours a day! Especially druckfehler, as he/she works full time! Just awesome! EDIT: Let me know what you think of FIA, Tricycle (or GenaOh... what should I call you? LOL... I guess tricycle here and GenaOh on Twitter) Edited by Jeffers on 06 August 2011 at 5:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MrFrenchFox Newbie United States Joined 4859 days ago 18 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* | Message 15 of 24 10 August 2011 at 7:37am | IP Logged | ||
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I am a little late for August, but I just joined. I would still like to participate.
I took French in High School, but I don't recall much of anything. I would say I am a complete beginner. I will be using Pimsleur, at least one lesson per day. I might jump ahead because I drive a lot during the day. I did lesson one today and I was surprised at how comfortable it was. I also have Assimil, I will wait until I get further along in Pimsleur first. Merci. Also, Jeffers please let me know how that Babar book turns out. It is Babar the elephant, right? If you know of any way to involve the children please post that as well. My young children are asking to watch movies in French. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4913 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 16 of 24 11 August 2011 at 1:34am | IP Logged | ||
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@MrFrenchFox:
I do most of my French along with my 13 year old son. His favourite learning tool right now is the French in Action DVD set. We also use Assimil together, and Fast French. We take turns testing each other on vocabulary cards based on Fast French. I have been doing bits and pieces of French with my younger children as well. Ladybird publishes 4 books about Max et Mathilde. The CD reads through the whole book, and then reads through again allowing the listener to repeat each sentence. They also like to listen to French music. We have Songs in French for Children, but they prefer the pop CD I got: Guillaume Grand. I don't think I'll be using the Babar book right away, because I'm still shaky in my pronunciation. I still need audio with my books; once I'm better at reading I still prefer to use audio as well, but at least I'll be able to make a good stab at reading correctly. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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