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| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4712 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 8 17 August 2014 at 6:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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I had not checked out the site in a while, but Spanish is now complete. Anyone use this
program and have any thoughts? My general impression it is basically a Michel Thomas like course. http://www.languagetransfer.org/html/spanish_speakers.html#! blank/cbjz Here is the Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/languagetransfer/sets/complete-spanis h 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| BOLIO Senior Member United States Joined 4659 days ago 253 posts - 366 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 8 20 August 2014 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I am reviewing it (completed the first 20). I really like it and as someone who has done MT and Assimil and currently using FSI and native material, I would recommend it to anyone who is starting the process of learning Spanish. It is MT without the Male student who makes you want to drive your vehicle into an embankment.
I know it is heresy to say this here...but if I were starting over, I would do these 50 lessons and just jump into FSI without Assimil (I know I will be reported to the authorities and I await my punishment). 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4611 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 3 of 8 24 August 2014 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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There are a few of us who have already raved in other threads about Language Transfer's
Greek course. Language Transfer Greek takes you a bit further than Michel Thomas Greek, but unfortunately, LT does have a very annoying student. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5866 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 4 of 8 26 August 2014 at 8:30am | IP Logged | |||||
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I agree with BOLIO that it's a great introduction into the language and can easily take the place of Assimil if you plan on moving on to FSI Spanish. The "Complete Spanish" course is the new version of the old Spanish course. It's supposedly been completed but i don't think they've finished uploading all the audio of the course, or have they? Soundcloud won't load fully in China.
The Greek course is great, but it's not finished yet. Supposedly a new version much like the new "Complete Spanish" course is in the works for Greek. I don't remember thinking the student was annoying in Greek, i remember getting a little frustrated with their pronunciation though. In the Greek 3 course there's a new student, probably 'cuz it took so long for the third level to come out. I've stopped holding my breath waiting for the courses to be released, but the ones that have been put out, even if "incomplete" are still really great. Btw, we had another thread on LT here: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=29668&PN=1 Edited by Crush on 26 August 2014 at 8:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4712 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 5 of 8 02 October 2014 at 3:25am | IP Logged | |||||
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Is this course more geared towards Peninsular or Latin American Spanish? Or does it cover
both? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4145 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 6 of 8 02 October 2014 at 1:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
The teacher suggests using a Latin American accent if the "th" is difficult for you, but he often says a word using both accents. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4145 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 7 of 8 02 October 2014 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I listened in while my mom did the first 10 lessons. It's really a very good resource. I wish that I'd had it when I
was first starting out! The first 10 lessons are all about using cognates and what you already know to build increasingly complex sentences. By day six (I think?), my Mom was able to say: "I want to cancel it, but I don't want to cancel it now." There's lots of built-in review, which I found useful. Her comments: - makes you think - surprising how much you can puzzle out - good length for lessons (any longer and her brain would have needed a break) Both of us thought that you'd definitely need something else for common and household vocabulary. She's using it in tandem with Duolingo, which seems to be working well. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4712 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 8 02 October 2014 at 10:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
Interesting. I often see questions on the forum about whether to skip certain resources (ie, Assimil) since it uses the "th" and some find that a turn-off. If that is the only difference in pronunciation (ignoring vocab differences), I always wondered why people couldn't just use the Castilian resources and pronounce the "th" as an "s" and call it good! Edited by ericblair on 03 October 2014 at 12:15am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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