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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 11 21 October 2011 at 3:56pm | IP Logged |
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Has anyone tried the Linguaphone Second Stage CD Language courses ? They only do them in English, French, German, and Spanish. They imply the course is entirely in the target language but don't give a huge amount of detail.
Edited by DaraghM on 21 October 2011 at 3:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 2 of 11 21 October 2011 at 5:44pm | IP Logged |
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They are all in the target language and consist of 60 lessons using about 2500 additional words to the first
stage linguaphone courses. The format is that of dialogue and grammar/usage exercises. Is there anything you want to know specifically? 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| DavidW Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6525 days ago 318 posts - 458 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French, Italian, Persian, Malay Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), Portuguese, German, Urdu | Message 3 of 11 21 October 2011 at 8:08pm | IP Logged |
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They differ from the advanced assimil courses in these ways: Grammer notes are explained
in the target language. There are many written excercises, and some recorded oral exercies. Some exercices are more open-ended than you would find in the beginner courses: write a small article about xyz, write a letter etc. There's quite a few lessons dedicated to phonetics and intonation. I've studied with the French one, which was quite good and carefully prepared, even if the content of the lessons wasn't very inspiring. Edited by DavidW on 21 October 2011 at 8:13pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| chrisphillips71 Groupie United States Joined 5235 days ago 64 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 11 21 October 2011 at 8:32pm | IP Logged |
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I am interested in this course, but am worried about the price tag (over $200). Here are
some threads I found about it on HTAL. http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=4519&PN=83 http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=22682&PN=7 http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=20956&PN=29 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5782 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 5 of 11 22 October 2011 at 2:44am | IP Logged |
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The Spanish one is quite useful, I don't regret buying it, though even second hand it
cost more than any other language book I have -although I'm contemplating buying "German for Reading", which (amazingly for just a book with no audio) may well cost more :-( - but it definitely feels like studying. I prefer Assimil's "Using Spanish", which was fun. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 6 of 11 10 November 2011 at 3:59pm | IP Logged |
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These courses mention a vocabulary book. Is this also entirely in the target language ?
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 7 of 11 11 November 2011 at 10:56am | IP Logged |
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The vocab book has English translations of the words
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 8 of 11 24 November 2011 at 3:16pm | IP Logged |
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How much audio is included in these courses ? The description says it's 6 CD's, but are they full length ? I came across an older French Complete course and the Cd's are about 35 minutes each. Also, are the vocabulary books broken down by lesson or is it an alphabetical dictionary ? Edited by DaraghM on 24 November 2011 at 3:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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